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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 […]
SBM and Modec to charter three FPSOs to Petrobras The Brazil national oil company Petrobras signed with SBM Offshore (SBM) from The Netherlands two chartering contracts for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels to substitute the P-66 and P-67 FPSOs currently in construction and planned for the Lula field. These contracts with SBM come in […]
KBR to complete FEED on Lucapa new-build FPSO On first quarter 2012, the international oil company Chevron through its local subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (Cabinda) and its partners, the national oil company Sonangol, Eni from Italy, Total from France, and Galp from Portugal, had awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract to […]
Statoil prepares High North oil exploration in Norway In February 2013, Statoil and its partners, Eni from Italy and Petoro from Norway, presented the conclusions of their feasibility study for the development of the Skrugard and Havis offshore oil fields in the Norwegian territorial waters of the Barents Sea. The selected concept depends of course […]
ONGC and ConocoPhillips closed deal on $5 billion November 26th, 2012, ConocoPhillips and the Indian national OIL and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh Ltd (ONGC) have agreed on a transfer of interests in the North Caspian Production Sharing Agreement (NCPSA). Signed on the base of $5 billion in cash, the deal opens ONGC the access to […]
BASF runs into upstream while Gazprom goes west On November 12th, 2012, the German chemical company BASF and the Russian Gazprom signed a binding basic agreement to swap assets estimated of the same value. The assets selected to support the swap reflect the strategy of both companies: – BASF to increase its position in the oil […]
OMV to replace RWE in Lundin’s Edvard Grieg project In October 2012, the Austrian-based OMV took over the 20% share held so far by the German RWE in the Edvard Grieg offshore project just after that Statoil had acquired 15% from Wintershall in the same project. Previously called Luna, the Edvard Grieg project is led […]
Chevron Rosebank to unlock one fifth of UK’s reserves Chevron and its partners Statoil from Norway, OMV from Austria and Dong Energy (Dong) from Denmark selected WorleyParson and its subsidiary Intecsea to perform the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the facilities to develop the offshore Rosebank project in UK. The Rosebank field is […]
