
conceptual design
Statoil celebrates Mdalasini-1 – Block-2 eighth success The Norwegian national oil company (NOC) Statoil and its partner the international oil company (IOC) ExxonMobil scored their eighth discovery in the Block-2 offshore gas fields concession in Tanzania on the East Africa. Following the successful discoveries of large gas fields in Mozambique, the East Africa coast is delivering […]
CNOOC opts for Lingshui FPSO and export pipeline The state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is opting for a conventional scheme to develop the offshore gas field Lingshui 17-2, one of its largest discovery in the deepwater of the South China Sea. Located 150 kilometers south of the Hainan Island, the Lingshui 17-2 gas field […]
China Key projects and business highlights 2014 If China growth domestic product (GDP) slowed down these last years, it remains twice higher than world average and it maintains its top position as the country with the largest energy consumption. In 2014, China is passing USA to become the world largest net importer of liquid fuels. […]
Total to focus on Caspian Sea Absheron gas field The French major Total and its partners, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and the other French oil and gas company GDF-Suez, are finalizing the conceptual design to develop the Absheron offshore gas field in the Azerbaijan Caspian Sea. This decision on the design to […]
BFCL plans world-scale methanol and fertilizer plants The Lagos-based Brass Fertilizer Company Limited (BFCL or Brass Fertilizer) is planning to build world-scale gas treatment plant supported by methanol and nitrogen fertilizer facilities on the Brass Island in the State of Bayelsa in Nigeria. With the natural gas prices depressed as a consequence of the US […]
CNOOC to tender one FEED for two TLPs in Liuhua The national oil company (NOC) China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) made its mind up regarding the conceptual design to be used for the development of the offshore oil and gas fields Liuhua 11-1 and Liuhua 16-2 in favor two tension legs platforms (TLPs) to […]
XER to combine Teekay-Sevan FSO with Arup Platform The Aberdeen-based Xcite Energy Resources Limited (Xcite or XER) company selected the conceptual design to develop its heavy crude oil field, Bentley offshore the Shetland Islands in the UK North Sea in combining a Teekay Sevan-type floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel together with Arup ACE steel […]
Petronas considers onshore solution for Angsi CEOR Petronas, the Malaysia national oil company (NOC) and the super major ExxonMobil are considering to re-design the Angsi Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery project from the original CEOR vessel concept into an onshore treatment plant at Terengganu on the East Coast of Malaysia Peninsula. Since 2012, Petronas and ExxonMobil are investigating […]