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CNPC and Rosneft plan Tianjin Refinery and Chemical The State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) and the Russia oil and gas champion OAO Rosneft (Rosneft) signed an agreement on the design and construction planning of the Tianjin Refinery and Petrochemical complex to be built through their joint venture PetroChina-Rosneft Orient Petrochemical Tianjin Company […]

Shell and CNPC build up gas capacity for Arrow LNG The international oil company (IOC) Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) and its partner, the national oil company (NOC), China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) have decided to move on fast track for the execution of their shared subsidiary Arrow Energy Pty Ltd (Arrow) gas Daandine […]

ENOC selected KBR for Jebel Ali Refinery FEED work Dubai Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) is aligning its Falcon Jet Fuel Phase-2 project with its Jebel Ali Refinery Expansion project in order to synchronize operations start up. On one side ENOC is operating the Jebel Ali Refinery since 1999 and on the other side it is […]

Shell Bonga SW FPSO enters EPC bidding phase Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) and its partnering major companies, ExxonMobil from USA, Total from France and Eni from Italy, are entering the bidding phase on the Bonga South West floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be moored in the Block 118 offshore Nigeria. Covering the […]

Cenovus received Pelican Lake Grand Rapids approval The Calgary-based  independent company Cenovus Energy Inc. (Cenovus) has bought the idled steam plant from the French major Total Joslyn project in the north of Alberta for relocation to its own Pelican Lake Grand Rapids steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project in the Greater Pelican Region of Alberta in […]

APC and SK Gas selected CB&I licence for Ulsan PDH The downstream industrial group Advanced Petrochemical Company (APC) from Saudi Arabia and the midstream company SK Gas Corporation Ltd (SK Gas) from South-Korea signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Ulsan on the southwest coast of South Korea. Headquartered […]

BP 20K technology to takle high temperature-pressure The international oil company (IOC) BP from UK and the independent company Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) from Oklahoma, USA, are considering to use a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to develop the ultra deep Kaskida oil and gas field in the US Gulf of Mexico. Discovered […]

ADOC awarded Hail FEED contract to Technip The Cosmo Oil Ltd (Cosmo Oil) subsidiary, Abu Dhabi Oil Corporation (ADOC), made the decision to start the design phase of the Hail oil field offshore Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in awarding the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract to the French engineering company […]

Banagas considers Sitra Third Train Expansion project While Tatweer Petroleum (Tatweer) is increasing its oil and gas production from the Bahrain Field, Bahrain National Gas Company (Banagas) is considering the expansion of its Sitra gas processing facilities with the addition of a third train. Covering 80 percent of Bahrain main island, the Bahrain field was discovered […]

GALNG secured land for American Coast LNG Terminal The Houston-based General American LNG LLNC (GALNG) company is securing land along the US Gulf Coast to build and operate the American Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) Terminal project. This American Coast LNG Terminal project is expanding the long list of the already announced LNG production and export facilities […]