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Samsung benefits from Nigeria local content regulation The french major Total and its partners, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC), are in the process to approve Samsung Heavy Industries (Samsung) offer for Egina new-build floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. Egina project is part of the development of […]
Hyundai Heavy Industries books $1.1 billion Topsides Statoil and its partners, OMV from Austria and ConocoPhillips from USA made the final investment decision (FID) and awarded the topsides, the most critical package, of the Aasta Hansteen project to Hyundai Heavy Industries. Previously named Luva, the Aasta Hansteen is located 300 kilometers offshore Norway by 1,300 […]
M&G to invest $1 billion in PET and PTA plants in USA The Italian company Mossi & Ghisolfi Gruppo (M&G Group) made the final investment decision (FID) for to build a greenfield polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants in Corpus Christi in Texas, USA. M&G Group is a wholly owned family company with […]
Total and Oil Search build reserves for Coral Sea LNG On October 9th 2012, the french major Total and the Australian – Papua New Guinea junior Oil Search Limited (Oil Search) signed a Farm-in agreement on five natural gas onshore and offshore blocks around the Gulf of Papua. This deal came as the conclusion of […]
Oman to invest $1 billion in new Chemical EOR Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is working on the expansion of its Marmul Polymer project with flooding enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique to maintain and increase the current production of heavy crude oil. Oman is one of the first country in the Middle East to explore and […]
Qatar to double petrochemicals production until 2020 On December 23rd 2012, Qatar established a new company, the Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (MUNTAJAT) Q.J.S.C., to lead the strategic development of the country on the downstream sector. In creating this corporation, Qatar is targeting to more than double the chemical and petrochemical production from […]
YPF and Bridas signed $1.5 billion deal in Vaca Muerta As a result of the new oil export tax system, the national oil company YPF and Bridas Corporation (Bridas) signed a Farm-in agreement to explore and develop 663 square kilometers of oil shale fields in the Loma la Lata and Loma la Campana of the […]
BP to focus on crude oil Exploration & Production UK major BP PLc (BP) is planning to increase its capital expenditure per year from $19 billion in 2011 and $22 billion in 2012 to $24 billion in 2014 and $27 billion by 2020. After Macondo blow and TNK-BP turbulences, BP is presenting its strategy to boost […]
