Caspian Sea
What are the main reasons for projects cancellation Since the WTI and Brent barrels prices have lost 20 to 25% of their value in a couple of months we assist to a frenzy of publications and speculations on the consequences of this dip on the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical projects that could be cancelled […]
BP recommends AIOC to add platforms before 2021 As the operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) oil field in the Caspian Sea of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan, BP shared with his partners, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (Socar), Inpex, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Statoil, TPAO, Itochu and ONGC Videsh, in the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) his recommendations to maintain […]
Fluor and WorleyParsons designed Tengiz Expansion The California-based international oil company (IOC) Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and its partners, the Kazakh national oil company (NOC) KazMuniaGas (KMG), the global leader ExxonMobil and the Russia company LukArco (Lukoil) are closely reviewing the offers of the engineering companies to award the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for […]
Shah Deniz Stage-2 to go for Full Field Development The London-based BP and its partners, Statoil from Norway, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Total from France, Lukoil from Russia, the National Iran Oil Company (NIOC), and Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO) from Turkey, have made the final investment decision (FID) for the Shah Deniz […]
Haldor Topsoe wins Socar Sumgayit Ammonia Licence The national State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) selected the Danish catalysis expert Haldor Topsoe to provide its first integrated fertilizer project in Azerbaijan with its ammonia technology. With a budget of $650 million capital expenditure, the Republic of Azerbaijan has made the final investment decision (FID) […]
RiCoal selected Rostov for its Petrochemical complex The Russian joint venture RiCoal Chemical Coal Plant (RiCoal) is planning to build a world-scale Coal-to-Olefin and petrochemical complex in Rostov-on-Don in the south of Russia. Estimated to require $2.5 billion capital expenditure, RiCoal selected Rostov-on-Don location because of available coal and natural gas available in the region and […]
PetroChina to complete FEED by end of June 2013 The joint venture between the national oil companies China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) and the local KazMunaiGas (KMZ) is working on a second crude oil export pipeline from Kazakhstan to China. As the existing pipeline, the new one would connect Atyrau on the coast […]
Statoil aims at major interests in giant Umid gas field In January 2013, the Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide supported by Statoil International development and production chief Lars Christian Bacher paid a state visit to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to promote the Norway national oil company to increase the partnership with the State Oil […]
