
enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
Petrobras Jupiter FPSO to learn from Lula development Petrobras and its partner, Galp Energia (Galp) from Portugal, are expecting to benefit from the lessons learnt in developing the Lula giant offshore pre-salt field to design the floating, processing, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels to be moored at Jupiter field to operate in similar conditions in […]
Oxy split ISND Expansion project in five EPC packages The state-owned company Qatar Petroleum (QP) and its US partner Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) are moving forward on the development of the Idd-Al-Shargi North Dome (ISND) fifth phase project offshore the Qatar Peninsula in the Arabic Persian Gulf. Located 90 kilometers east of Doha, Idd-Al-Shargi is […]
Qatar Petroleum to diversify in oil and petrochemicals Since the moratorium decided by Qatar in 2005 to freeze all new offshore projects out of its giant North Dome project, Qatar Petroleum concentrated to complete on going projects and to stabilize the reservoir from the consequences of the multiplication of the production wells. This moratorium was supposed […]
ADCO to invest $1 billion in Shahil, Qusahwira, Mender Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) is activating the South East Full Field Development (FFD) project related to Asab Sahil, Qusahwira and Mender crude oil fields in the southeast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This project is part of Abu Dhabi program to […]
BP and CNPC prepare Rumaila processing plant bids The UK super major BP and its partners, China National Oil Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) and the Iraq state-owned State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) are currently reviewing the long list of the potential bidders for the Rumaila oil processing plants projects near Basra in the south of […]
Indonesia Key Projects and Business highlights Within the Asia-Pacific region, Indonesia popped up on the first half 2013 as one of the most dynamic country with the major international oil companies (IOCs) BP, Chevron, Eni, GDF-Suez, Inpex, PTTEP, Shell and Total competing to speed up their projects in exploration and production. Concentrated on the upstream […]
Zadco to prepare call for tender on Umm al-Dalkh After awarding Upper Zakum EPC-2 contract to Petrofac, the Abu Dhabi Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) is preparing the invitation to bid (ITB) for the development of Umm al-Dalkh, offshore Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. On April 11th, 2013, ZADCO awarded the engineering, procurement and […]
Petronas to decide soon on Bintulu LNG Expansion As part of Malaysia oil and gas and petrochemical strategic development program, the national oil company Petronas is to about to decided on the ninth liquefied natural gas (LNG) train project in its Bintulu LNG facility in the Sarawak Province, Malaysia. On January 4th 2013, Petronas announced in […]