March 2013

Iraq details crude oil pipeline project to Jordan Red Sea

SNC Lavalin won FEED contract for phase-1 to Aqaba On December 2012, the Iraq Ministry of Oil (MoO) presented in London, UK, Road Show, its Strategic Crude Oil Export Pipeline Infrastructure Project across Jordan, Syria and Turkey. During this London Road Show, the Ministry of Oil also detailed the phase-1 of the Strategic Crude Oil […]

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Eni and Anadarko in parallel talks for partnership in Mozambique

Eni ready to sell 20% stake in Rovuma to CNPC Although Eni from Italy and Anadarko Petroleum  (Anadarko) from US had decided to team up in the onshore part of Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, the both companies are searching for separated partnerships to develop the super-giant natural gas fields of the Rovuma basin. The size and complexity

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Petronas to invest $61 billion in Malaysia on next five years

Petronas to decide soon on Bintulu LNG Expansion As part of Malaysia oil and gas and petrochemical strategic development program, the national oil company Petronas is to about to decided on the ninth liquefied natural gas (LNG) train project in its Bintulu LNG facility in the Sarawak Province, Malaysia. On January 4th 2013, Petronas announced in

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SOCAR moves on Oil & Gas Processing and Petrochemical Complex (OGPC) project

KBR wins Azeri OGPC Gas Processing Plant PMC The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) selected the Houston-based engineering company KBR to provide project management consultancy (PMC) for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the gas processing plant (GPP) within its Oil & Gas Processing and Petrochemical Complex (OGPC) project in Azerbaijan. In April 2012,

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Inpex and Shell to speed up Indonesia Abadi FLNG project

Inpex and Shell awarded competitive FEED contracts Inpex Corporation (Inpex) from Japan and the international oil company Shell signed two contracts in parallel for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the Abadi floating liquefied natural gas (Abadi FLNG) project in the Masela Block, offshore Indonesia. The Masela Block is located in the utmost

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Qatar Petroleum Ras Laffan Refinery phase 2 at last round negotiations

Technip completed FEED for Ras Laffan Refinery Expansion project Since Technip completed the  front end engineering and design (FEED) contract the Ras Laffan Refinery Expansion project is moving into its final bidding phase for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with only four companies still in the competition such as selected by Qatar Petroleum (QP) and its partners, ExxonMobil, Total, Cosmo Oil

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Pangea LNG and BW Offshore to partner in Israel Noble King FLNG

BW Offshore to take operation role in Tamar FLNG On February 19th, 2013, the Norwegian fleet operator BW Offshore (BW) announced to have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with the Dutch company Pangea LNG B.V. (Pangea) regarding Noble Energy (Noble) King floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project for the Tamar and Dalit gas fields

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Chevron and Wintershall join Statoil and ExxonMobil in Badger Explorer

Majors develop cutting-edge subsea drilling technology On February 2013, the German Wintershall oil and gas company has decided to follow Chevron example in taking shares in the subsea drilling innovative company Badger Explorer aside its key stakeholders ExxonMobil and Statoil. With the ambition to increase its footprint in the offshore exploration and production in the

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ZEEP and Todd to invest $1.3 billion in Louisiana Gas-To-Methanol facility

South Louisiana Methanol selected St. James Parish  Zero Emission Energy Plant Ltd (ZEEP) from Austin in Texas, USA, and Todd Corporation (Todd) from Wellington in New Zealand will invest $1.3 billion capital expenditure in a new methanol plant in Louisiana, USA. To support the project, ZEEP and Todd established the South Louisiana Methanol LP (SLM) as a

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BP selects Maersk Drilling and KBR to achieve new drilling rigs program

Maersk to develop BP 20K drilling technology concept BP selected Maersk Drilling from Denmark and the Houston-based engineering company KBR to implement the development of its 20KTM concept for a new generation of drilling rigs. February 2013, BP and Maersk Drilling (Maersk) signed an agreement to develop and provide detailed engineering on a BP‘s  conceptual designs for a new generation of

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