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Lamprell anticipates overall margin of just 3.5% for 2012, despite previous predictions.

Lamprell shares dive 60% on profit warning

Company officers sold 450,000 shares days before severe profit warning

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Qapco's new petrochemical plant nears completion

Start-up of LDPE project will halve Qatar's ethylene exports capacity

Genel doubles down on Kurdistan

London-listed independent snaps up new stake in Bina Bawi for $175m

Iran and Iraq press on with joint field talks

Tehran Times says negotiations ongoing for border straddling reserves

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COMMENT More » People Power: training in the upstream sector Amanda examines the need to dynamically train the upstream workforce Energy Independence: the shale grail Could Iraq accommodate Exxon's Kurdish deal? Downstream comment: The Value Proposition Are billion dollar plants good at job creation? Why is Saudi shipping more crude to the US? Big spenders: Supermajors primed for mammoth capex COMMENT: Problems in the (ADCOP) pipeline		SPECIAL REPORTS More » Top 10 instruments providers Petrochemicals ME identifies the major instrumentation providers Top 10 Catalysts Companies NEW: Top 20 Upstream Projects Country focus: 2011 UAE energy report NEW: The year's Top 30 EPC Contractors 2011 Oil & Gas Middle East Photography Competition NEW: World's Top 10 Listed Oil Companies NEW: World's top 10 biggest oil reserves
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HAVE YOUR SAY More » Do you agree with our top 10 Gulf mega projects? Your chance to nominate projects that you think should be on the list 5 Comments Attracting the bright young things Have Russia's strong arm tactics backfired? Is filling empty oilfields with CO2 a good idea?		BLOG More » MEOS 2011 - Brilliant Fact of the Day How much unconventional gas has been discovered to date? 1 Comments Big debate: How do you solve a problem like OPEC? Is Dubai wise to diversify its power generation? How will oil at US$90 affect Oil & Gas industry? Royal prerogative: Is Saudi Arabia's King right? NEW VIDEO: Deepwater Horizon survivor account New BP Video: ROV conducts key subsea operations Video: Huge gas blowout in Alaska