
Chevron
Chevron at final stage for Oleska Shale Gas project After Eni and Shell, which signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) respectively in June 2012 and January 2013, Chevron is reaching the final stage to close also a PSA with the State Government and Regional Councils of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk to explore and develop the Oleska shale […]
Technip still in the race for BP Mad Dog-2 concept The French engineering company Technip is still in the race for the concept to develop BP Mad Dog Phase 2 project offshore USA in the Gulf of Mexico. As part of strategic alliance between BP and Technip on the single point anchor reservoir (SPAR) concept, AMEC and […]
Total to add compression platform to boost Yadana gas The international oil companies (IOCs) Total from France and Chevron from USA with their local partners PTTEP from Thailand and Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) are preparing the expansion of the Yadana gas field offshore Myanmar. Located 60 kilometers from Myanmar coast line in the […]
JGC and Fluor to build Baytown USGC Ethane cracker Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (ChevronPhillips) made the final investment decision (FID) to build its Cedar Bayou US Gulf Coast Petrochemical (USGC) project in Baytown, Texas, USA. In following this decision ChevronPhillips selected the 50/50 joint venture of JGC Corporation from Japan and Fluor Enterprises Inc. from […]
Woodside to moore three Shell-type FLNGs on Browse Woodside Petroleum (Woodside) and its partners, Shell, BP, Mitsubishi-Mitsui (MIM), and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) are setting up the benchmark for the development of the natural gas fields offshore Western Australia in confirming the decision to deploy a fleet of three floating liquefied natural […]
USA Key Projects and Business Highlights In June 2013, the US energy agency, Energy Information Administration (EIA) updated its estimation of the shale gas reserves in the world and published its first estimations for the shale oil where USA ranks in the Top 5 countries in both cases. According to the 41 countries analyzed by the EIA, […]
Mexico Key Projects and Business Highlights Since 2004, when Mexico was able to produce 3.4 million barrels per day (b/d), this oil and gas giant managed to come down to 2.55 million b/d on first half 2013 due to a constitution concentrating in one state owned company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) all the responsibilities to explore and produce […]
Iraq Key Projects and Business Highlights The first half 2013 saw positive changes in Iraq with all the companies increasing the production of crude oil and natural gas, and with most of the international oil companies (IOCs) such as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Petronas, Shell, Total proceeding to successful diplomatic moves either in signing farm-in agreements […]