Engineering Procurement and Construction
$350 million to acquire Dubai’s NPS Energy 21 May 2012 – Aker Solutions has agreed to acquire NPS Energy, which is part of oil field services company National Petroleum Services. NPS Energy has a strong presence in the Middle East and North Africa, which combined hold approximately 60 per cent of the world’s proven oil […]
Definition Long lead item refers to the equipment, product or system that is identified at the earliest stage of a project to have a delivery time long enough to affect directly the overall lead time of the project. Comments The long lead items are common in the oil & gas and petrochemical industry because of […]
KNPC to pre-qualify EPCs for CFP and NRP projects Expected on June 13th, the state-owned oil refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) has decided to postpone to July 4th the dead line for the engineering companies to submit their expression of interest (EOI) for the calls for tenders to be issued for the multiple engineering, procurement and construction […]
Takreer moves on with $10 billion Ruwais Refinery expansion The Abu Dhabi Oil Refinery Company (Takreer) is moving on with its Ruwais refinery expansion in UAE. This refinery expansion will add a capacity of 400,000 b/d crude oil to the actual 417,000 b/d. The Capital expenditure is estimated around $10 billion The refining units should have the following capacities: – 59,800 b/d Unsaturated LPG treatment unit […]
Statoil, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips rename Luva project into Aasta Hansteen During the concept selection Statoil estimated the development capital expenditure in the Aasta Hansteen field (formerly named Luva) at some $5.6 billion (NOK 34 billion). With a total hull weight of 45,000 ton, a length of 193 meters and a draught of 170 meters, the Aasta […]
Shaw to sell Energy & Chemicals Group (mostly Stone & Webster) to Technip On May 21st, 2012, The Shaw Group Inc (Shaw) and Technip announced to have closed a deal to the US based Energy & Chemicals Division, mostly made of Stone & Webster, to the France headquartered engineering company Technip for approximately $300 million. Under […]
Mad Dog: BP’s second giant field in Gulf of Mexico In September 2011, BP announced the drilling of a successful appraisal well in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the US Gulf of Mexico. The well results confirm a significant resource extension for the Mad Dog Field complex, which includes […]
Total lowers Carbon Footprint with Power from Shore Previously called Hild, the Martin Linge development belongs to Total E&P Norge AS (51%), the operator, Petoro AS (30%) and Statoil Petroleum AS (19%). End of March, the Norwegian Government approved the development plan for the Martin Linge oil and gas field. Total capital expenditure is estimated to $4.2 […]
