BASF runs into upstream while Gazprom goes west On November 12th, 2012, the German chemical company BASF and the Russian Gazprom signed a binding basic agreement to swap assets estimated of the same value. The assets selected to support the swap reflect the strategy of both companies: – BASF to increase its position in the oil […]
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Take it further Headquartered in Paris, France, Technip is one of the largest engineering companies with more than 32,000 people covering all sectors of the oil and gas and petrochemical industry offshore and onshore, upstream, midstream and downstream. Established in 1958, Technip is today listed in NYSE Euronext Paris and USA through an American Depositary
Technip and Heerema to build and install Malikai TLP With Malikai, Shell and its partners ConocoPhillips and Petronas are on the way to install the first tension leg platform (TLP) in Malaysia. Through the joint venture Sabah Shell Petroleum Company, Shell and its partners selected the TLP solution from the conceptual study because of the high capabilities of this type
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$50 billion of business opportunities in 250 projects On November 19th 2012, the Project Smart Explorer data base reports $50 billion of business opportunities within the 250 active projects in pursuit in the oil and gas and petrochemical industry. These business opportunities are related for: – $18 billion to Electrical products and systems (Switchgears, transformers, motors and generators, cables, lighting, power systems, etc…) –
Enriching lives through innovation With Headquarters in The Woodlands, on the north of Houston, Texas, USA, Huntsman is a chemical company listed in the New York Stock Exchange and operating 75 production units in 30 countries with about 12,000 employees. Jon Huntsman established the Huntsman Container Corporation in 1970 in Fullerton, California. At that time
Huntsman and Sinopec Jinling to invest $750 million The Texas-based chemical company Huntsman Corporation (Huntsman) and the Sinopec Jinling Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Jinling) have decided to form a joint venture to build and operate a greenfield world-scale Propylene Oxide (PO) and Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) plant in Nanjing, in the Jiangsu Province, China. Huntsman
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Petrobras expects first series of vessels in 2014 – 2015 On end of last year Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) signed contracts for chartering six pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) for the development of the pre-salt oil and gas fields in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Representing a total of $2.9 billion chartering contracts, these new-build pipelay vessels were
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Setting the standard in drilling The actual Seadrill assets results from the consolidation of several companies operating in the offshore drilling sector. Registered in Hamilton, Bermuda Islands, in 2005, Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) is listed in Oslo and New York Stock Exchanges. One of the major Seadrill’s acquisition relies on the Norwegian Smedvig asa in 2006.
Pemex awards Litoral A series of offshore platforms In October 2012, the national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) selected Dragados Offshore from Spain for the Compresion Alta Litoral A (CA Litoral A) project. This CA Litoral A project is part of the Litoral A Pemex‘s program to develop recent oil discoveries in the shallow waters of
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Saudi Aramco to require “In-Kingdom EPC” contracts After implementing the General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative at the design phase of the projects, Saudi Aramco is planning to enforce its requirements for the Saudi localization at the execution phase with the “In-Kingdom EPC” contracts. For some years, Saudi Arabia is investigating all the opportunities to use
