Shark & Matt publications was established in the year 2000 and is the publisher of the Oil & Gas vendor Guide directory.

The Oil & Gas vendor Guide directory is published every year which carries information about more than 17,000 companies in the Oil & Gas industry across the middle east. The Vendor guide also carries a separate section for the Marine industry titled "Marine Vendor Guide" which contains the information of the UAE Marine industry. All the listings in the directory are updated each year and the directory is released with a huge number of listings of new companies every year.