September 2012

BP accelerates in Egypt with North El Burg discoveries to complete West Nile Delta development

BP hits gas in Egypt Nile Delta Block North El Burg BP and International Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC), the local operating company of the Eni Egypt, confirmed two news gas discoveries, Taurt North and Seth South, in its offshore concession of the North El Burg, in the Nile Delta, Egypt. These findings follow 50 years of […]

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Bitumen

Definition Bitumen refers to an oil-based non crystalline solid substance produced naturally or from crude oil refining. Bitumen is mostly composed of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. After refining, Bitumen is the more viscous, heaviest and thickest petroleum derivative. Comments Natural bitumen is an unconventional oil,  sticky, looking like tar and more viscous than molasses. It must be

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Oman $1.5 billion Sohar Refinery expansion near EPC stage

ORPIC evaluates bids on Sohar Refinery Expansion In April the Oman Oil Refineries  & Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) had qualified eight engineering companies to receive the Call for Tender of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Sohar Refinery Expansion project. ORPIC is a national oil company (NOC), wholly owned owned by the Oman

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Oman boosts upstream and downstream with $33 billion projects

PDO Saih Rawl, PDO Zauliyah and BP Khazzam and Makarem lead Oman natural gas development Last  August, the national oil company (NOC) Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO) awarded the Saih Rawl Depletion Compression Phase 2 (SRDC2) project to Larsen & Toubro from India to provide with the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. Earlier this month,

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EOR

Definition EOR is the acronym of enhanced oil recovery and refers to all the ultimate technologies to compensate the natural depletion of the oil and gas fields Comments In developing a new oil and gas field, the natural pressure of the reservoir is at its maximum. For the oil fields, this natural pressure combined with

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BP scales up to $24 billion tight gas Oman Full Field Development

BP to develop Khazzan and Makarem in phase 1 BP revised significantly upward its capital expenditure in Oman Full Field Development project from $15 billion to $24 billion. Discovered in the 1990s, the huge reserves of natural gas in Center Oman have been left undeveloped because of the complexity and the potential costs related to

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BASF and Total merge Port Arthur operations into BASF Total Petrochemicals

BASF FINA Petrochemicals LP and Sabina Petrochemicals to merge into one joint venture The global chemical leader BASF SE, from Germany, and the international oil company Total SA, from France, have decided to merge the assets of the two joint ventures they have in Port Arthur, Texas, USA, to create a new joint venture called

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Nitrogen Fertilizer

Definition Nitrogen Fertilizer refers to one of the most common categories of fertilizers produced out of nitrogen (N) chemical combinations. To be considered as an organic fertilizer, the plant nutrient must contain 5% minimum of nitrogen. Comments Nitrogen is an inert gas representing 78% of the earth atmosphere. As inert gas in the form we breath

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Orascom Construction Industry to build $1.3 billion Iowa Fertilizer

Shale gas boosts OCI into Iowa biggest investment ever The Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFC) a subsidiary of the Egyptian company Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) made the final investment decision (FID) to build a world-scale fertilizer plant in Iowa, USA. OCI selected the location near Wever, in the Lee County, southeastern Iowa, to develop its greenfield

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Shell to lead Carbon Capture and Sequestration in oil sands

Shell made FID on $2 billion Quest Athabasca CCS project Shell, Chevron and Marathon Oil (Marathon) made the final investment decision (FID) for the Quest CO² Capture Sequestration project through their Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint venture. In order to reduce the carbon footprint of the oil sands exploration and production in the Athabasca Oil

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