Kuwait Paraxylene Production Co. (KPPC) has let a contract to Honeywell International Inc. subsidiary Honeywell UOP LLC, Des Plaines, Ill., to provide a suite of cloud-based technology and interactive support services aimed at improving productivity, efficiency, and profitability of operations at the Shuaiba petrochemical complex in Safat, Kuwait. Source: News

An election seen partly as a referendum on Norway’s future as an oil-producing country went solidly for the status quo. Source: News

Belayim Petroleum Co. (Petrobel), a joint venture of wholly owned Eni SPA subsidiary IEOC Production BV and Egyptian General Petroleum Corp., has let a subsea contract to Baker Hughes for Phase 2 of the supergiant Zohr gas field in the Mediterranean Sea offshore Egypt. Source: News

Samson Resources II LLC, Tulsa, is slated to drill five operated wells on its Fort Union property in Sweetwater County, Wyo., and will conduct an accelerated permitting program in the Powder River basin. Source: News

Block Energy PLC, London, has agreed to sell gold-mining subsidiary Antubia Resources Ltd. and will concentrate on oil and gas development in the Republic of Georgia. Source: News

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said secondary sources estimated its oil production fell 79,000 b/d in August to 32.76 million b/d compared with July. It was the first time since April that the oil cartel reported a production drop. Source: News

The US light, sweet crude oil contract for October gained modestly on the New York market Sept. 11 while heating oil and gasoline futures prices fell as Hurricane Irma moved north along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Source: News