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Canada Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 The more TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline project is running far from any decision in the USA, the more the Canadian projects are gearing up under the impulsion of international oil companies (IOCs) such as Japan Petroleum and Exploration Corporation Ltd (Japex), Kinder Morgan Inc., Shell, Suncor, Total, and national […]
Nigeria Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 Nigeria holds first largest proven reserves of natural gas and the second largest of crude oil in Africa as a result of intensive campaign of exploration on the early 2000s years led by international companies such as Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell or Total. Despite flaring the major part […]
Petrofac contracted as Block R Development Operator The London-based junior company Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) has appointed the engineering company Petrofac from UK, to support them for the development of the natural gas reserves held in the Block R, offshore Equatorial Guinea on the west coast of Africa. While listed in UK with main operations […]
ExxonMobil to add DCU with Belgium ANWERUP The refining branch of ExxonMobil is planning to add a delayed coker unit (DCU) at its Belgium refinery with the Antwerp North-West Europe Resid Upgrading Project (ANWERUP). Located on the Port of Antwerp at the boarder with The Netherlands, this integrated refinery and petrochemical complex was built in […]
Petroceltic to prepare FEED on Ain Tsila development The Irish junior company Petroceltic International plc (Petroceltic) and its partners, the Algerian national oil company (NOC) Sonatrach and the Italian utility Enel, are preparing to move into the front end engineering and design (FEED) phase of the Ain Tsila discovery within the Isarene gas and condensate […]
Shah Deniz Stage-2 to go for Full Field Development The London-based BP and its partners, Statoil from Norway, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Total from France, Lukoil from Russia, the National Iran Oil Company (NIOC), and Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO) from Turkey, have made the final investment decision (FID) for the Shah Deniz […]
2B1st Consulting wish you a Happy New Year 2014 2B1st Consulting wish you a Prosperous and Happy New Year 2014 with always more projects in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industry. Even if some projects were put on hold or postponed because of design and costs issues, the overall trend of the sector remains […]
Russia votes for competitive LNG export projects On December 1st 2013, Russia enforced the new regulation to allow Gazprom Russian competitors such as Rosneft and Novatek to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia. Until then, this export licence was concentrated in the exclusive rights attributed to Gazprom. But the Stokman experience, the legal pursuits of the European Community […]
