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Eni discoveries trigger debate on upstream localization In September 2012, the Italian national oil company Eni and its partners, Vitol from The Netherlands and the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC), made the first oil discovery in the Offshore Cape Three Point (OCPT) block in the Tano Basin about 50 kilometers offshore Ghana. The exploration and […]
STAR Refining plans one of largest projects in Turkey Through the joint venture STAR Refining Inc. established in January 2012, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) and Turcas Petroleum AS (Turcas) are developing the $5 billion Aegean Refinery project on the western coast of Turkey on the Aegean Sea. The Socar Turcas Aegean […]
We build the Pemex of the Future Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) was established as the Mexican national oil company in 1939 as a result of the Oil Industry Expropriation Presidential Decree. In 1992, the Mexican Federal Government published a new Organic Law to position Pemex and its subsidiaries as a decentralized entity of the Federal Government […]
Pemex to import natural gas from Eagle Ford shale field The Mexican national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), through its international gas trading division MexGas International (MGI), is pursuing several pipelines projects to import natural gas from USA. In Mexico as in other countries, the price of the natural gas is a key driver of the performances […]
We create chemistry for a sustainable future. Established in 1865, in Mannheim, Germany, under the name of Badische Anilin- and Soda-Fabrik, BASF’s first factory was finally built on the other bank of the River Rhein in Ludwigshafen in Bavaria, Germany. Since that time BASF became the world leading chemical company listed in Frankfurt, London and Zurich […]
Technip signs FEED contract for Dow Texas Operations October 2012, The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) selected Technip from France for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of its world scale ethylene project on the Gulf Coast, Texas, USA. Dow is the world largest manufacturer of olefin and polyolefin products. Based on ethylene cracking, the production costs are directly related […]
Producing oil and gas for the world Established in 1992 from the Azerineft State Concern and Azerneftkimya Production Association, the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) received the mandate as national oil company to : – Improve the management structure of the oil and gas industry – Develop the energy industry In this […]
Petronas to move on Burma Yetagun North expansion The Yetagu gas field is located in southern Andaman Sea about 100 kilometers west offshore Myanmar coast line. Originally explored and developed by Texaco, Premier Oil and Nippon Oil Exploration (JX NOEX) , the American withdrew in the years 2000s because of the US sanctions against Myanmar. The Malaysian […]