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Repsol Canaport LNG to value Talisman US shale gas The Spanish oil and gas company Repsol SA and its local partner Irving Oil (Irving) have decided to convert their existing import liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal Canaport LNG into an export LNG terminal from Saint John in the New Brunswick Province of the Eastern Canada. In […]

CNOOC opts for Lingshui FPSO and export pipeline The state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is opting for a conventional scheme to develop the offshore gas field Lingshui 17-2, one of its largest discovery in the deepwater of the South China Sea. Located 150 kilometers south of the Hainan Island, the Lingshui 17-2 gas field […]

$45 billion Alaska LNG FERC approval in progress The major companies ExxonMobil from USA, BP from UK, ConocoPhillips from USA and the midstream specialist TranCanada submitted the first drafts of so called Resources Reports as part of the environmental and project designed reports to be filed in for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval […]

Norway to take technological lead with Johan Sverdrup Statoil Johan Sverdrup project is not only remarkable because of the context in which its final investment decision (FID) is made, but also as it will concentrate the most advanced technologies all along its development from the electrical power supply to the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques […]

Shell to take advantage from flared gas gathering In January 2015, the international oil company (IOC) Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) and Iraq Government signed a new agreement to prepare ground in Nibras, near Basra, for the largest ever built petrochemical complex in the country in order to monetize the gigantic reserves of flared associated gas […]

Parallax Energy selects Louisiana Calcacieu Parish The newly established company Parallax Energy LLC (Parallax) has chosen a site in Louisiana Calcacieu Parish along the US Gulf Coast to build and operate its first project, the Live Oak LNG as liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal. Even though Parallax may have a start up profile as a company, […]

ExxonMobil signed MOU for PNG LNG Third Train The international oil company (IOC) ExxonMobil and its partners Santos Ltd (Santos) and Oil search Ltd (Oil Search) from Australia, Nippon Oil Exploration (JX NOEX or Nippon Oil) from Japan, and the local land owner Mineral Resources Development Company (Mineral Resources) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) […]

Talisman Ca Rong Do Tension Leg Platform at design The Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman) and its partners the independent companies Pearl Energy, Pan Pacific Petroleum (Pan Pacific) and the national oil company (NOC) PetroVietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) have completed the conceptual study in favor of tension leg platform (TLP) linked to a […]

PDO to tender Block-6 Khulud Tight Gas First Phase The largest oil and gas producer, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and its main partner Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) are preparing to call for tender the first phase of the challenging Khulud Tight Gas project in its Block-6 concession of central Oman. After BP with Khazzan […]

Nebraska Court sets green light to Keystone XL project On January 9th 2015, the Nebraska High Court gave the green light to TransCanada for the acquisition of lands to build and operate its giant Keystone XL Pipeline project to connect the Alberta tar sands to the US Gulf Coast downstream industry. In removing the last […]