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Dow to pioneer Argentina first shale gas pilot project The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) from USA and the Argentina national oil company YPF signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop shale gas in the giant deposit of the Vaca Muerta in the eastern Province of Neuquen. For Dow, the control of the natural […]
Saipem won EPC contract for Nigeria Edo fertilizer Based in Lagos, Nigeria, the Dangote Group (Dangote) has selected the Indian Tata Consulting Engineering company as project manager consultant (PMC) for its Edo Fertilizer project in Nigeria. Estimated to require $1.9 billion capital expenditure, this Edo Fertilizer project is given as to build the largest Fertilizer plant in Africa. […]
Technip completes FEED on Freeport ethylene cracker To optimize the competitive advantage of the US glut of shale gas, the Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is planning to increase locally the number and variety of production units downward its chemical value chain. Presented as early as April 2011, the US Gulf Coast Investment Plan elaborated by […]
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 […]
Rosneft’s Neftegaz signed farm-in agreement with ExxonMobil in Gulf of Mexico deepwater The first week of March gave the opportunity to Rosneft to unveil its objective to go global in multiplying strategic partnerships with leading companies such as ExxonMobil. On March 6th 2013, Rosneft‘s subsidiary Neftegaz America Shelf LP (Nefetgaz) signed with ExxonMobil a Farm-in Agreement […]
Petronas to decide soon on Bintulu LNG Expansion As part of Malaysia oil and gas and petrochemical strategic development program, the national oil company Petronas is to about to decided on the ninth liquefied natural gas (LNG) train project in its Bintulu LNG facility in the Sarawak Province, Malaysia. On January 4th 2013, Petronas announced in […]
KBR wins Azeri OGPC Gas Processing Plant PMC The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) selected the Houston-based engineering company KBR to provide project management consultancy (PMC) for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the gas processing plant (GPP) within its Oil & Gas Processing and Petrochemical Complex (OGPC) project in Azerbaijan. In April 2012, […]
Jizan gasification process to increase scope of work Saudi Aramco selected Shell technology for the power plant to be part of the giant Jizan Refinery project on the southeast of Saudi Arabia. Together with the refinery, the Jizan gazification project is the master piece of the development of this southern region of Saudi Arabia with the […]
