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BASF selected US Texas Freeport for greenfield MTO The German chemical giant BASF SE (BASF) has selected its Freeport existing site on the Texas US Gulf Coast to build a greenfield Methane-To-Olefins (MTO) complex based on the critical methane-to-propylene (MTP) conversion. While the Bundestag, the German Parliament, continues to debate about the opportunity to allow or […]
Statoil celebrates Mdalasini-1 – Block-2 eighth success The Norwegian national oil company (NOC) Statoil and its partner the international oil company (IOC) ExxonMobil scored their eighth discovery in the Block-2 offshore gas fields concession in Tanzania on the East Africa. Following the successful discoveries of large gas fields in Mozambique, the East Africa coast is delivering […]
Noble and Delek ready to declare Aphrodite viable The US-based company Noble Energy (Noble) and its Israeli partner Delek Group (Delek) are nearing the point to declare the Aphrodite gas field in the Block 12 offshore Cyprus Island in the southeast of the Mediterranean Sea commercially viable. In August 2007, Noble acquired the Block 12 during […]
Sempra to capitalize on Cameron LNG project learnings The California-based midstream company Sempra Energy (Sempra) submitted a Pre-file application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal project at Port Arthur in Texas, USA. With this initiative Sempra is willing to capitalize on its experience acquired from the Cameron […]
BG, EGAS and EGPC signed $4 billion on WDDM 9b The UK-based BG Group (BG) and its Malaysian partner Petronas signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with the national oil companies Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) for the development of the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Phase 9b project. […]
Enbridge to connect 11 oil sands projects to Edmonton The Calgary-based midstream company Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) has decided to merge the Athabasca Twin Pipeline project with the Wood Buffalo Extension Pipeline project as part of its Regional Oil Sands System across the Province of Alberta in western Canada. Originally Enbridge had announced to proceed with these two pipelines […]
PTTEP and Chevron to tender 25 wellhead platforms The Thai national oil company (NOC) PTT Exploration and Production plc (PTTEP) and its partners, the California-based Chevron and the Japanese Mitsui Oil Exploration Corporation (Mitsui or MOECO) are preparing the call for tender for twenty five wellhead platforms for the expansion of the Bongkot and Arthit […]
CNOOC and Total consider Kingfisher modular design The State-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and its partners, the major Total from France and the independent company Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) from UK, are rethinking the conceptual design for the Kingfisher project in the Uganda Lake Albert gas fields in the light of the modular […]
