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Block 61 among world largest tight gas development In January 2013, BP received the technical and commercial offers from the engineering companies bidding on the key packages of its Block 61 tight gas full field development phase-1 project in the Sultanate of Oman. Last September, BP had announced to scale up its capital expenditure from $15 billion […]
KOC to invest $7 billion in Lower Fars heavy crude oil The national upstream Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) is considering to move into the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)stage for the Lower Fars phase-1 project since WorleyParsons completed the front end engineering and design (FEED) work in 2012. This phase-1 is part of the Lower Fars heavy […]
WorleyParsons to provide project management services November 2012, OAO Lukoil (Lukoil) selected the Australian engineering company WorleyParsons to provide project management services (PMS) on the next three years for the West Qurna-2 oil field development project in southern Iraq. Discovered in 1973, the West Qurna-2 oilfield is the second largest undeveloped field in the world. […]
Keppel Subic to build Malampaya compression platform On December 7th 2012, Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (Shell), Chevron Malampaya LLC (Chevron), Philippines National Oil Company Exploration Corporation (PNOC) will celebrate the kick off of the Malampaya Phase 3 project with a “Strike steel” ceremony in the Keppel Subic Shipyard in Zampales, Philippines. This Malampaya Phase 3 project […]
Floating LNG lead Petronas to develop new solutions Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) from Malaysia and Honeywell’s UOP from Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, signed a cooperation agreement to develop new solutions for the natural gas treatment on board of vessels. While the crude oil production is stalled on a plateau, the natural gas production is increasing continuously […]
Petronas and Japex move on Iraq Gharraf phase 1 The Malaysian national oil company, Petronas, Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) and North Oil Company from Iraq, are moving one the first phase of the development of the Gharraf, or Garraf, oil and gas field in southern Iraq. Gharraf is the fifth largest oil field in Iraq with estimated 1 […]
BP hits gas in Egypt Nile Delta Block North El Burg BP and International Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC), the local operating company of the Eni Egypt, confirmed two news gas discoveries, Taurt North and Seth South, in its offshore concession of the North El Burg, in the Nile Delta, Egypt. These findings follow 50 years of […]
Eni, Vitol and GNPC to develop Ghana offshore gas Eni from Italy, Vitol from Switzerland and the National Oil Company Ghana National Petroleum Corp (GNPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Blocks offshore Ghana. This MOU follows the discoveries by Eni and its partners of significant recoverable reserves […]