Changing circumstances in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are altering perceptions of potential developments in Libya and Iran.

ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. was continuing cleanup operations Apr. 30 at the site of an Apr. 28 crude oil spill from its North Line.

Benchmark US light, sweet crude continued its moderate rally in New York while North Sea Brent dipped slightly in mixed markets Apr. 27.

Centrica has closed separate acquisitions from Statoil and ConocoPhillips of major Norwegian Continental Shelf oil and gas interests.

Aurelian Oil & Gas PLC has spudded its first exploratory well in the Zechstein reef oil play on the Torzym concession in Poland’s central lowlands.

Shell has let a $30 million contract to Rolls-Royce to supply two industrial RB211 gas turbines to boost gas output from Malampaya deepwater natural gas field offshore the Philippines.

BP Exploration & Production Inc. let a front-end engineering design contract to Technip for a spar hull and mooring systems for the second phase of development of deepwater Mad Dog oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico.

Energy Transfer Partners LP has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Sunoco Inc. in a unit and cash transaction valued at $5.3 billion.

Aminex PLC said its Ndovu Resources Ltd. Subsidiary will test a Cretaceous sandstone interval at 2,660-85 m at the Ntorya-1 indicated gas discovery well in the Ruvuma basin onshore southern Tanzania.