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Husky to qualify Madura MDA-MBH FPU bidders Calgary-based Husky Energy (Husky) and its partners, the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and the independent Singapore-registered Samudra Energy (Samudra) are proceeding to the qualification of the engineering companies and shipyard to be invited to bid (ITB) for the construction of the floating production unit (FPU) […]
Oman Key project and Business Highlights 2014 Although the Sultanate of Oman points only on the seventh position by crude oil proven reserves amongst the Middle-East country it attracts more and more international companies such as BP, PTTEP, Shell or Total to support the national companies Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO), Oman Oil Company (OOC) […]
Malaysia Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 With the fifth largest proven reserves of crude oil in the Asia-Pacific region, Malaysia, through its national oil company (NOC) Petronas , occupies a strategic position in between the thirsty East Asia and the producing countries in Middle-East. Because of this strategic position on the oil and gas map, Malaysia is […]
Kuwait Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 Despite its sixth largest proven reserves of crude oil in the world, the national oil companies (NOCs) Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and the Petrochemicals Industries Company (PIC) have been rather quiet these last years in term of projects and capital expenditure. After […]
Kazakhstan – Turkmenistan Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 Kazakhstan is the second largest after Russia producer of crude oil from the former Soviet Union, it also holds the second largest reserves. More than 40% of the oil and gas production is coming from the famous Tengiz and Karagchaganak. With the support of the international […]
Iraq Key projects and Business Highlights 2014 After the licenses rounds in 2009 and 2010 to award the development of the major oil and gas fields in Iraq all the winning companies such as BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, Petronas, Gazprom, Lukoil, China National Petroleum Company (CNPC or PetroChina), Sinopec,TPAO or Total spent a couple of years to […]
Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 Over the last months the national oil company Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) has tried to draw conclusions from the lessons hardly learnt on last years with the consequences to delay projects and see the oil and gas production flattening despite the most massive capital expenditure invested in the world. […]
KOC to drill 900 wells in Lower Fars heavy crude oil The wholly state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) is planning to drill more than 900 wells to develop the heavy crude oil lying in the Lower Fars field in the north of Kuwait. Discovered in 1978, the Lower Fars formation belongs to the Ratqa field, […]
