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The completion of ADCO’s Habshan-Furjairah pipeline has dramatically changed Abu Dhabi and the UAE’s energy landscape. The pipeline is designed to transport 1.5 million barrels of crude oil per day, with the possibility of increasing this to 1.8 mbpd through the use of drag-reducing agents. ADCO has been a key part of Abu Dhabi’s massive […]

Saif Al-Ghafli is heading the Shah sourgas development, one of the most challenging upstream projects in the gulf. Abu Dhabi – and the wider gulf – needs gas supplies to meet domestic demand from power generation and industrial feedstock. While Abu Dhabi has 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, its potentially lethal levels of […]

Raoul Restucci serves as the Managing Director of Petroleum Development Oman, LLC and is responsible for its day-to-day management in accordance with the programme and within the budget approved by the Board of Directors. Restucci has been an Executive Vice President and Country Chairman of Shell Group of Companies – Dubai & North Emirates at […]

Dhia Jaafar, Director-General of South Oil Company, holds immense responsibility as the head of the national Iraqi company responsible for the oil in the South of Iraq. He is vested with the power to award contracts in the burgeoning market where tenders continue to be extremely competitive. In November, the company signed a 20 year […]

The executive director and chief commercial officer of Russia’s largest private oil company’s growing Middle-East division. Earlier this year, Lukoil signed a contract worth US $998 million with Samsung to carry out the commissioning and start-up of the West Qurna (Phase 2) field. The company floated a number of tenders this year for the West […]

Inpex continues to strengthen its position in the Middle East with senior vice president Yasuhisa Kanehara recently signing a deal with the Iraqi Federal Government and Russia’s Lukoil to explore an area believed to contain oil. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, JODCO, Inpex owns an interest in the ADMA Block located offshore from Abu Dhabi […]

Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani is an experienced oil and gas executive who, in addition to his roles at DNO and RAK Petroleumm, serves as Chairman of Foxtrot International which is a privately-held Franco-American oil and gas company active in West Africa. He was founder and first chief executive of Houston-based Apache International Inc. DNO was the first […]

ExxonMobil is actively developing Abu Dhabi’s offshore Upper Zakum field, one of the largest offshore oil fields in the world. The company is currently planning to expand the field’s production from 550,000 bpd to 750,000b bpd. Through the companies ZADCO Joint Venture with ADNOC, the field is being completely redeveloped. Extended reach wells are being […]

Cresent Petroleum’s CEO Jaafar is also vice-chairman of the Crescent Group of companies. He brings his experience with Shell International’s Exploration & Production and Gas & Power Divisions to the Middle East’s oldest private oil & gas company. Majid Jafar attended Eton College and graduated from Cambridge University (Churchill College) with a Bachelor and a […]

HE Dr Abdul-Hussain Bin Ali Mirza is the Minister of Oil & Gas Affairs and Chairman of the National Oil and Gas Authority, he has also served as Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs. He brings over 47 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Mirza was also a member of Bapco’s Executive […]