Engineering Procurement and Construction
Definition FLNG is the acronym of Floating Liquefied Natural Gas and refers to floating production unit of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Floating Liquefied Natural Gas is not the chemical derivative of any form of natural gas, this wording was invented to describe the manufacturing process to produce LNG. Comments At the wellhead, the natural gas is in fact a […]
Zadco to extend Zirku oil processing and gas treatment The Abu Dhabi company Zakum Development Company Oil Company (Zadco) is a joint venture between the national oil company (NOC) Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the international oil companies (IOCs) ExxonMobil and the Japan Oil Development Company (JODCO). Zadco was created in 1977 to […]
Cairn, San Leon, Genel increase footprint in Morocco On the same week, Cairn Energy (Cairn) announced to sign a Farm-in Agreement for offshore exploration and production while San Leon Energy (San Leon) extended its oil shale onshore acreage, both in Morocco. These moves reflects the potential of resources and the momentum taken by Morocco in […]
Larsen & Toubro wins Oman PDO Saih Rawl phase 2 >On August 27th 2012, Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO) awarded to Larsen & Toubro from India the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Saih Rawl Depletion Compression Phase 2 (SRDC2) project. Nine engineering companies were in competition to win this order of $235 […]
Anadarko sold 7.2% Lucius stakes to welcome Inpex Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (Anadarko), formaly Kerr-Mc Gee, and its partners, Apache, Eni, ExxonMobil, Petrobras and Plains Exploration & Production (PXP), had sanctioned the development of the Lucius project in December 2011. In July 2012, Anadarko sold 7.2% of its interests in Lucius to Teikoku Oil, a wholly owned Inpex […]
Definition Heads of Agreement (HOA) refers to the first document signed between parties in the perspective to go for a fully bidding contract. Heads of Agreement may also be called Shake hands Agreement and is different from Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Comments Parties willing to close a bidding agreement or contract are aware that such a process […]
Iraq export pipeline to Aqaba to substitute Syria pipeline SNC Lavalin from Canada and Stroytransgaz from Russia had been appointed respectively in 2011 and 2010 to provide consultation services and rehabilitation work studies to build two crude export pipelines and one gas pipeline through Syria. These pipelines should have a total capacity of 2.75 million […]
Saudi Aramco extends Jacobs’s FEED on $3 billion Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel and Aromatics project In May 2011 Saudi Aramco awarded the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) to Jacobs ZATE for the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel and Aromatics project. Located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, along the Arabian Gulf, Ras […]
