December 2012

Lukoil selects WorleyParsons for West Qurna-2 in South of Iraq

WorleyParsons to provide project management services November 2012, OAO Lukoil (Lukoil) selected the Australian engineering company WorleyParsons to provide project management services (PMS) on the next three years for the West Qurna-2 oil field development project in southern Iraq. Discovered in 1973, the West Qurna-2 oilfield is the second largest undeveloped field in the world. […]

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Japan confirms interest in Gazprom Vladivostock LNG project

Gazprom and Itochu completed feasibility study November 26th, 2012, Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom hosted a meeting in Moscow with a Japanese delegation led by Japan Ambassador Chikahito Harada about the joint project of liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Vladivostok in the outmost Far East of the Russian Federation. In January 2011, Gazprom and Japan Far

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Saipem in brief

Tackle each challenge with safe, reliable and innovative solutions Headquartered in San Donato Milanese, next to Milano in Italy, Saipem is a subsidiary of the Italian national oil company ENI S.p.A. (ENI) operating in the engineering and contracting services. Previoulsy wholly owned, ENI floated 57% of the shares in 1984 in Milan Stock Exchange. Initiated in

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Shell, Chevron and PNOC to kick off Malampaya Phase 3

Keppel Subic to build Malampaya compression platform On December 7th 2012, Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (Shell), Chevron Malampaya LLC (Chevron), Philippines National Oil Company Exploration Corporation (PNOC) will celebrate the kick off of the Malampaya Phase 3 project with a “Strike steel” ceremony in the Keppel Subic Shipyard in Zampales, Philippines. This Malampaya Phase 3 project

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Argentina to become world test field for tight oil and shale gas

Schlumberger and Baker Hugues to lead exploration When Repsol-YPF discovered in 2011 the potential reserves of the Vaca Muerta in tight oil and Los Toldos and Totoral permits, it sent the signal to all the 50 companies having licenses in Argentina to drill more and to take their chance at the benefits of Schlumberger and Baker

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Schlumberger in brief

To Find Oil, You Have to Drill Established in 1926, Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger) has become since that time the world market leader of the oilfield services with more than 115,000 employees working in approximately 85 countries, listed in New York, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Switzerland Stock Exchanges. Based in Houston, Texas, USA, Schlumberger provides oil and

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Shell, Vopak and Greenergy convert Coryton refinery into Thames Oil Port terminal

Shell to increase diesel import capacities in UK  The consortium made of Greenergy International Ltd (Greenergy), Royal Vopak (Vopak) and Shell completed the acquisition of the assets of the Coryton refinery in UK to build and operate a state-of-the-art import terminal for oil products. The transaction was closed with PwC acting as the administrator of

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Fluor and Technip sign Shell engineering frame agreements

Fluor selected for Shell downstream projects in EMEA  On November 2nd, 2012, Shell and the US Fluor Corporation (Fluor) signed a 5 years enterprise framework agreement for engineering and management services. On November 15th, 2012, it was the turn of the Paris-based Technip to ink with Shell Global Solutions a similar 5 years frame agreement.

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Fluor in brief

Fluor takes on the toughest challenges Founded in 1912 in Santa Ana, California, as a construction company, Fluor became in 100 years one of the oldest and largest engineering company in the world. For its 100th anniversary, Fluor is engaged in more than 1,000 different projects in the world with its 43,000 employees. Fluor maintains

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Final investment decision expected in 2013 for Cameron LNG

Sempra, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and GDF-Suez to convert Louisiana terminal into Hackberry LNG plant Based in San Diego, Califormia, USA, Sempra Energy (Sempra) completed its commercial development agreements with its partners Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi), Mitsui and Co. (Mitsui), both from Japan, and GDF-Suez, from France, for the Cameron LNG project in Louisiana, to export liquefied natural gas

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