October 2012

Ecopetrol and major companies to prospect shale gas in Colombia

Canacol, ExxonMobil, Nexen, Shell lead exploration The national oil company Ecopetrol invites international oil companies such as Canacol, ExxonMobil, Nexen, Shell for partnership to explore and develop shale gas in Colombia. Ecopetrol is owned at 88.5% by the Colombian Government while the remaining shares are floated at the Bogota and New York stocks exchanges. After Mexico […]

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Gazprom and Rosneft extract first oil from PetroMiranda Junin-6

PDVSA and Russians to pump $25 billion in Orinoco In September 2012, the national oil company Petroleos De Venezuela SA (PDVSA) and a Russian National Petroleum Consortium LLP (NPC) made of Gazprom, Rosneft, Lukoil, TNK-BP and Surgutneftegas, inaugurated PetroMiranda first oil in the Venezuela Orinoco. PetroMiranda is a joint venture created between PDVSA and Russian

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Subsea 7 wins Apache Julimar in Carnarvon Basin

Apache to tie-in Julimar in Chevron Wheatstone LNG 1 In 2007, Apache Corporation (Apache) and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. (KUFPEC) discovered the Julimar and Brunello natural gas fields in the Carnarvon basin offshore Western Australia. Attached to the WA-356-P block, the Julimar and Brunello are estimated to contain 2.1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of

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Apache in Brief

To be both a competent explorer and acquirer Investors established Apache Corporation (Apache) in 1954 with only $250,000 capital to become an international oil and gas company listed in NYSE (APA) Today, Apache has taken the world market leadership of the independent oil and gas companies.exploration and production companiese In line with its corporate statement

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CNOOC selects Technip and COOEC for Panyu in China

Genesis to provide support and detailed design China National Offshore Oil Corporation Deepwater Development Limited, a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), selected the consortium made of Technip from France, and the local China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation Ltd (COOEC) for the engineering, procurement, installation, and construction (EPIC) services contract for the Panyu offshore field development. The

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GE to supply LNG compressors on Petronas Sarawak FLNG1

Technip and Daewoo in progress on Sarawak FLNG In June 2012, Petronas Floating LNG 1 (Labuan) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) selected the Technip-Daewoo Consortium (TDC) to design and build the first floating unit to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Malaysia. This Malaysia FLNG1 is to be installed 180 kilometers offshore

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