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CB&I and Foster Wheeler in competitive pre-FEED The two super giant companies Rosneft from Russia and ExxonMobil from USA have awarded contracts to the engineering companies CB&I and Foster Wheeler Energy from USA to perform the first phase of the front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) for their joined project of liquefied natural gas (LNG) […]
Australia Bonaparte FLNG to start operations in 2019 The French energy group GDF-Suez and its Australian partner Santos Ltd (Santos) are planning to award the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract on the first quarter 2014 for the development of the Bonaparte floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) to be moored offshore Western Australia. This […]
Bechtel wins Ras Laffan Petrochemicals PMC contract The national oil company (NOC) Qatar Petroleum (QP) and the joint venture Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) selected the US-based engineering company Bechtel to provide project management consultancy (PMC) for the Ras Laffan Petrochemicals Project in Qatar. In this partnership with QP, QAPCO is itself a 80/20 joint venture between […]
QGEP gauges two FPSO sizes for Atlanta heavy crude The first Brazilian independent oil company Queiroz Galvao Exploration & Production (QGEP) and its partners, OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A (OGX) and Barra Energia do Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda (Barra Energia), are currently evaluating two different schemes to develop the offshore Block BS-4 and select the […]
Pemex to release Ayatsil call for tender in September The Mexican national oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), selected the concept of the floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to develop its Ayatsil-Tekel discovery in the shallow water of the Campeche Basin in the Gulf of Mexico. Located 130 kilometers northwest Cuidad del Carmen, Ayatsil […]
E.ON to acquire stake in GDF-Suez Austen (ex Jacqui) On May 30th 2013, the German-based E.ON signed an agreement with the French GDF-Suez to take 25% stake in the Austen discovery in the Central UK North Sea. Until then, GDF-Suez was the solely owner of the working interests in Austen. After the transaction, GDF-Suez will hold 75% […]
Anadarko combines subsea and FPU in Rovuma Area-1 The Houston based Anadarko Petroleum (Anadarko) and its partners Mitsui E&P (Mitsui), BPRL Ventures Mozambique B.V. (BPRL), Videocon Mozambique Rovuma (Videocon), PTTEP and ENH, are exploring all the potential solutions for the offshore part of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the area-1 of the Rovuma Basin Offshore Mozambique. Since 2011, Anadarko accumulated major discoveries in the Area-1 […]
British Columbia LNG project in design competition The Malaysia national oil company Petronas and its partner Japan Petroleum Exploration Corporation Ltd (Japex) are opening a design competition for the greenfield Pacific Northwest LNG project in British Columbia, Canada. This decision came out after the completion of the acquisition of the Canadian company Progress Energy Resources […]
