
Engineering
Giant Filanovksi project to open Caspian Sea to Lukoil In October Lukoil organized a welcome reception dedicated to the selected contractors for the Vladimir Filanovsky field development project in the north of the Caspian Sea. With $3.5 billion capital expenditure, the Filanovsky project is strategic for Lukoil as it opens a $22 billion campaign of […]
Mellitah Oil and Gas to pre-qualify for Basic and FEED On October 14th, 2012, the joint venture Mellitah Oil and Gas (MOG) between Eni from Italy and the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) closed the submission period for the pre-qualification of the engineering companies to provide basic design and front end engineering and design (FEED) work […]
STAR Refining plans one of largest projects in Turkey Through the joint venture STAR Refining Inc. established in January 2012, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) and Turcas Petroleum AS (Turcas) are developing the $5 billion Aegean Refinery project on the western coast of Turkey on the Aegean Sea. The Socar Turcas Aegean […]
Petronas to move on Burma Yetagun North expansion The Yetagu gas field is located in southern Andaman Sea about 100 kilometers west offshore Myanmar coast line. Originally explored and developed by Texaco, Premier Oil and Nippon Oil Exploration (JX NOEX) , the American withdrew in the years 2000s because of the US sanctions against Myanmar. The Malaysian […]
Jordan qualified 13 contractors for Red Sea oil terminal In May 2012, Jordan Ministry of Energy and Mineral resources published the call for tender of the Aqaba Oil Terminal. Among the countries having the highest dependency on foreign energy source, Jordan imports 96% of the country’s energy consumption. Jordan holds some natural gas with the […]
Petrobras moves on Tupi and Franco FPSOs Topsides Petrobras is ready to open publicly the bids submitted for the topsides packages of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels called P-74 and P-75. In parallel, Petrobras is preparing the call for tender (CFT) for the tow following FPSOs, the so called, P-76 and P-77. All these […]
KNPC to award sulfur handling EPC contract in 2013 On October 14, 2012, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) kicked off the bidding process for the Mina al-Ahmadi (MAA) Sulphur Handling Facilities (Revamp and new) Project (SHFP). Located 45 kilometers away from Kuwait City, this sulfur handling project belongs to the Mina al-Ahmandi refinery upgrade […]
Petronas moves on second Floating LNG unit On September 2012, JGC Corporation (JGC) from Japan and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) from South Korea signed a contract with the Malaysian national oil company Petronas for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of a new floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit. Malaysia waters is rich of […]