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Russia Key Projects and Business Highlights In acquiring TNK from BP, Rosneft became this first half 2013 the world largest oil & gas and petrochemical company, ahead of ExxonMobil or China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) in term of revenues, thus sending the signal that Russia intends to stay clearly in the lead of […]
Rosneft’s Neftegaz signed farm-in agreement with ExxonMobil in Gulf of Mexico deepwater The first week of March gave the opportunity to Rosneft to unveil its objective to go global in multiplying strategic partnerships with leading companies such as ExxonMobil. On March 6th 2013, Rosneft‘s subsidiary Neftegaz America Shelf LP (Nefetgaz) signed with ExxonMobil a Farm-in Agreement […]
Anadarko is providing for today, innovating for tomorrow Headquartered in The Woodlands, in Texas, USA, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko) is listed in the NYSE (APC). Anadarko sits among the largest independent oil and gas companies in the world. Focusing on exploration and production, Anadarko holds 2.54 billion of barrels oil equivalent (boe) of proven reserves […]
Total align bidders for $3 billion Kaombo FPSOs. Modec, Saipem and SBM Offshore are expected to bid for the two converted FPSOs proposed by Total and its partners, ExxonMobil, Marathon, Sonangol and Galp for the development of the Kaombo offshore project in Angola. Angola, on the western coast of Africa, is one the strategic countries to support […]
Definition Continental Shelf (CS) refers to the part of the seabed sloping gently between the coast and the deep ocean. Geographically and legally the definition of the Continental Shelf is different from the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Comments The Continental Shelf is the sub-sea extension of the continent where the waters are still shallow, between 150 […]
PCIC Middle East Conference to take place with ADIPEC on Nov 12th & 13th 2012 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) organizes its 15th edition on November 11th to 14th 2012 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) in UAE. With more than 1,500 exhibitions and 45,000 attendees, ADIPEC is the largest exhibition in […]
Technip and WorleyParsons completed the FEED Chevron had awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) for the development of Gengalo – Gehem project to: – Technip Jakarta office in Indonesia and Houston office in Texas, USA, for the two large Floating Production Units (FPU) package – Worley Parsons Indonesia for the Subsea and Flowline system package. From these FEED performed by Technip and WorleyParsons, the packages are estimated […]
Definition Umbilical refers in the oil and gas industry to the connections used offshore between the subsea equipment and platforms or floating production units and enabling the control from the surface. The umbilicals are made of steel or thermoplastic to be flexible and in the same time to resist to operating conditions. Comments Umbilicals provide control, power, […]
