BOTAŞ seeks LNG carrier on 940-day charter

GLNG - Global LNG
MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By Newsbase analysts 4 October 2026
Turkey’s state pipeline operator BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Co. has launched an open tender for the time charter of a single LNG carrier

Tecnimont and CCC seal Safaniyah water injection deal

MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By Newsbase analysts 4 October 2026
Italy’s Tecnimont and Consolidated Contractors Co. (CCC) have signed the construction contract for Saudi Aramco’s Safaniyah Water Injection Project
The Petroleum Ministry building in Tehran. Photo: GTVM92 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Iran's oil minister quits, replaced in shock announcement

MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By Newsbase 4 October 2026
Hamid Bovard, who runs the National Iranian Oil Company, is acting oil minister after Mohsen Paknejad resigned, leaving Iran's oil ministry in the hands of a veteran oilfield manager during the war with the US.

Dangote's $16bn Kenya refinery faces second legal challenge over state stake

DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
By Newsbase 2 October 2026
Kenya's consumer federation wants a review of the state's planned 10% stake in Aliko Dangote's $16bn Lamu refinery, the project's second legal challenge.
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