August 2012

Toyota Tsusho to build South Sudan Kenya $3 billion pipeline

South Sudan oil export pipeline to come thru Kenya Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) increases its foothold in East Africa in leading the $3 billion South Sudan oil export pipeline project and in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Kenya. In South Sudan, the oil revenues represent 98% of the country […]

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BP to focus upstream in selling assets to Tesoro and Eagle Rock

BP to sell Carson refinery to Tesoro;  Sunray and Hemphill gas processing facilities to Eagle Rock BP continues to implement its $38 billion divestment plan of non strategic assets by the end of 2013 in signing two spin off agreements with Tesoro Corporation (Tesoro) and Eagle Rock Energy (Eagle Rock) partners. These agreements cover:  – Downstream assets with

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Conceptual Study

Definition Conceptual Study stands in the oil and gas and petrochemical industry at the very early stage of a greenfield project to identify all the possibilities and conditions to develop this project. Comments During the conceptual study, the engineers will: – Investigate the multiple technologies to be used – Evaluate the costs of each solution, especially

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EGL, Statoil and E.ON get funding for Trans Adriatic Pipeline

Shah Deniz Consortium secures funding for TAP BP, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and Total, the stakeholders of the Shah Deniz  Consortium, have committed to provide the founding to joint venture made of EGL Energy (EGL), Statoil and E.ON Ruhrgas for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is a section of

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PetroChina to invest $6 billion to develop Sichuan shale gas

CNPC to boost China shale gas through joint ventures China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC or PetroChina) is to become the spearhead of China‘s new policy to boost its own shale gas exploration and production in multiplying joint ventures and strategic agreements such as with Shell, Gazprom or Sichuan Province. China holds about triple shale gas resources of

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MEG to increase Christina Lake enhancement program by 30%

$185 million program to boost production by 30% MEG Energy Corp (MEG) from Calgary in Alberta, Canada, announced last July to revise upward its Christina Lake oil field production enhancement program called RISER. Christina Lake is an in situ oil sands field located 150 kilometers south of Fort McMurray in the northeast Alberta. Christina Lake

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Woodside to speed up Laverda in Australia Exmouth sub-basin

Laverda to contain 100 million barrels deep offshore WA Woodside Petroleum (Woodside) from Australia and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co, Ltd (Mitsui) have decided to move ahead in the development of the Laverda oil field in respect with the promising conclusions of the last appraisal drilling operations. In Laverda the both partners share working interests so

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Recoverable Reserves

Definition Recoverable reserves are defined as the proportion of resources, here oil and gas, that can be technically, economically and legally possible to extract. The recoverable reserves may also be called proven reserves. Comments The recoverable reserves may be far different from the total resources called total Petroleum Initially-In-Place (PIIP). This Petroleum Initially-In-Place (PIIP) is an estimation resulting from exploration campaign

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Dana selects Cosco for $1.5 billion UK Western Isles FPSO

Cosco to build Sevan-designed cylindrical Dana FPSO The UK-based Dana Petroleum (Dana), a subsidiary of the Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC), and its partner Cieco (Itochu Oil Exploration Corp. LTd), awarded to the Chinese Cosco Shipyard Group (Cosco) the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its Western Isles Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit.

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