International oil and gas exploration and production company, Energean, make gas discovery offshore Israel at Karish North in the Levantine Basin.

Intensely secretive, for more than half a century Gulbenkian personally controlled five per cent of Middle East oil production and shaped the firms we know as Shell and Total.

Major oil discovery announced in the prolific Abu Gharadig Basin of Egypt's Western Desert.

It was a successful 2018 in Middle East oil and gas exploration for the small Gulf states and UAE.

Unlocking the extraordinary hydrocarbon potential of the Eastern Mediterranean, offshore Lebanon, with Spectrum's reprocessed broadband seismic data of the Levant Basin.

In 2018, Sharjah's first onshore licencing round opened, offering companies 30-year contracts in an area with a production history demonstrating a 90% recovery factor.

A revolution is underway in the Omani desert: renewable solar energy is being used in oil & gas to help lower the cost of production of heavy oil and conserve remaining natural resources.

Highly significant offshore hydrocarbon discovery of tight oil and deep gas in the Khaleej Al Bahrain Basin, offshore Bahrain.

In the 1930s, Chief geologist at Casoc and Aramco expat, Max Steineke revolutionised hydrocarbon exploration in the Middle East using structure drilling - which led to some of the first discoveries of oil in Saudi Arabia.

Rumaila–West Qurna in the Middle East is one of the world’s greatest supergiant oilfields.

Doubling hydrocarbon production in 2022 as the giant Miran-Bina Bawi project ramps up.

Join us as we take a look at just one of Oman's many geological wonders: Wadi Nakhr, in the Al Hajar Mountains.

Excellent exploration opportunities to open up in 2017 Oman bid round.

Levantine Basin Blocks

New Iran Petroleum Contracts