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Petrobras to prepare FEED tender for first GTL FPSO After years of feasibility studies and tests, Petrobras is readying to move on the first gas-to-liquid (GTL) floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel ever made in the world to stop flaring the associated gas released from the production of the pre-salt crude oil offshore Brazil. […]
Total to upsize Alberta Joslyn oil sand project by 50% After making the final investment decision (FID) on the Athabasca Fort Hills oil sand project in joint venture with Suncor Energy (Suncor), the French major company Total and its partners Suncor, Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) and Inpex, are considering to revise upward the capacity of its […]
ADCO evaluate offers for NEB-3 Onshore EPC contract The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Operations (ADCO) is currently evaluating the offers for the third phase of the North East Bab (NEB-3) project onshore Abu Dhabi. As the other projects Upper Zakum, Umm Al-Lulu or Al-Nasr, NEB-3 is part of the giant […]
$2 billion Nasiriyah and Bin Umar Oil Depots delayed The national oil company (NOC) State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) has announced to postpone the tenders opening ceremony for the $2 billion oil storage depots project planned in the south of Iraq. Since the license rounds in 2009 and 2010 during which Baghdad Government awarded […]
Shell calls for bid St Joseph CEOR Pilot Vessel project The international oil company (IOC) Royal Dutch Shell is calling for bid a three year engineering contract to design and develop a pilot vessel to provide chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) at the St Joseph oil field offshore the State of Sabah in Malaysia. This […]
Foster Wheeler won Statoil Mongstad feasibility study The national oil company (NOC) Statoil ASA (Statoil) sanctioned a feasibility study contract to the Swiss-based engineering company Foster Wheeler to upgrade the Mongstad Refinery in Norway. Norway is hosting two refineries, in Mongstad operated by Statoil and in Slagen owned by ExxonMobil. Located on the Norwegian west coast […]
Shell makes final decision for Carmon Creek Project After the joint venture Suncor-Total which decided to proceed with their multibillion Fort Hills oil sands mining project in Athabasca region, Shell is making the final investment decision (FID) with its Carmon Creek oil sands project in Alberta. The two mega projects, by their size and new […]
JGC in the lead for Ras Tanura Offsites & Utilities EPC The Japanese engineering company JGC Corporation (JGC) is leading the discussions with Saudi Aramco for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of the Offsites & Utilities in Ras Tanura Clean Fuel and Aromatics project. Located on the East Coast within the Eastern Province, […]