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ConocoPhillips to merge Offshore experience and Cascade LNG know-how into its first Floating LNG In 1969 the ConocoPhillips Company (ConocoPhillips) pioneered liquefaction of natural gas (LNG) with its first LNG facility in Kenai LNG, Alaska, USA. Then ConocoPhillips optimized its process with a series of world-scale onshore LNG projects, Atlantic LNG, Egyptian LNG, Darwin LNG, Equatorial LNG and Angola […]

BP low sality EOR to bring 6% additional oil recovery BP and its partners ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Shell presented at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen a new technology to significantly improve the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology by water injection. Based on the principle of low salinity water injection, BP deployes this new technology […]

Chevron explores next generation of energy innovation. Based in San Ramon, California,USA, for 130 years, Chevron Corporation (Chevron) is listed in NYSE (CVX) As one of the world’s leading integrated international oil and gas company  Chevron conducts business worldwide to:  – Explore, produce and transport crude oil and natural gas  – Refine, market and distribute transportation fuels and lubricants […]

Statoil FSU to strengthen Heidrun oil loading system Statoil and its partners, Petoro, ConocoPhillips and Eni, in the Heidrun oil and gas field awarded a new permanent floating storage unit (FSU) to the South Korean engineering company Samsung Heavy Industry (Samsung). Heidrun is an oil and gas field located in the Norwegian North Sea discovered by ConocoPhillips […]

2B1st, we propose you a new category of information For months we run a blog and publish a Newsletter every day with three categories of information:  – One day – One News  – One day – One Project  – One day – One Word With these categories of information we intend to address different topics. […]

The world largest publicly traded oil and gas company Based in Irving, near Houston, Texas, USA, Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) is listed in NYSE (XOM) and recognized as the world largest publicly traded international oil and gas company. ExxonMobil holds the largest oil and gas resources among the international oil companies (IOC) with 87 billion […]

Enterprise to proceed with Appalachia-to-Texas pipeline The Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise) is opening since September 1st a period to offer the opportunity for long term commitments with additional capacity for its Appalachia-to-Texas (ATEX Express) pipeline. Enterprise is a North American midstream leading company providing transportation services for crude oil, refined products, natural gas, […]

BP hits gas in Egypt Nile Delta Block North El Burg BP and International Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC), the local operating company of the Eni Egypt, confirmed two news gas discoveries, Taurt North and Seth South, in its offshore concession of the North El Burg, in the Nile Delta, Egypt. These findings follow 50 years of […]

Definition Bitumen refers to an oil-based non crystalline solid substance produced naturally or from crude oil refining. Bitumen is mostly composed of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. After refining, Bitumen is the more viscous, heaviest and thickest petroleum derivative. Comments Natural bitumen is an unconventional oil,  sticky, looking like tar and more viscous than molasses. It must be […]

ORPIC evaluates bids on Sohar Refinery Expansion In April the Oman Oil Refineries  & Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) had qualified eight engineering companies to receive the Call for Tender of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Sohar Refinery Expansion project. ORPIC is a national oil company (NOC), wholly owned owned by the Oman […]