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Saipem won EPC contract for Nigeria Edo fertilizer Based in Lagos, Nigeria, the Dangote Group (Dangote) has selected the Indian Tata Consulting Engineering company as project manager consultant (PMC) for its Edo Fertilizer project in Nigeria. Estimated to require $1.9 billion capital expenditure, this Edo Fertilizer project is given as to build the largest Fertilizer plant in Africa. […]
Statoil prepares High North oil exploration in Norway In February 2013, Statoil and its partners, Eni from Italy and Petoro from Norway, presented the conclusions of their feasibility study for the development of the Skrugard and Havis offshore oil fields in the Norwegian territorial waters of the Barents Sea. The selected concept depends of course […]
From UK to Turkey all Europe is working on shale gas In December 2012, UK made the most noticeable step in Europe when ending the moratorium on fracking process after the Blackpool tremors in 2011. At that time not only UK lifted the fraking ban but also unveiled tax breaks and advertised to become the […]
Rosneft’s Neftegaz signed farm-in agreement with ExxonMobil in Gulf of Mexico deepwater The first week of March gave the opportunity to Rosneft to unveil its objective to go global in multiplying strategic partnerships with leading companies such as ExxonMobil. On March 6th 2013, Rosneft‘s subsidiary Neftegaz America Shelf LP (Nefetgaz) signed with ExxonMobil a Farm-in Agreement […]
SNC Lavalin won FEED contract for phase-1 to Aqaba On December 2012, the Iraq Ministry of Oil (MoO) presented in London, UK, Road Show, its Strategic Crude Oil Export Pipeline Infrastructure Project across Jordan, Syria and Turkey. During this London Road Show, the Ministry of Oil also detailed the phase-1 of the Strategic Crude Oil […]
Eni ready to sell 20% stake in Rovuma to CNPC Although Eni from Italy and Anadarko Petroleum (Anadarko) from US had decided to team up in the onshore part of Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, the both companies are searching for separated partnerships to develop the super-giant natural gas fields of the Rovuma basin. The size and complexity […]
Technip completed FEED for Ras Laffan Refinery Expansion project Since Technip completed the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract the Ras Laffan Refinery Expansion project is moving into its final bidding phase for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with only four companies still in the competition such as selected by Qatar Petroleum (QP) and its partners, ExxonMobil, Total, Cosmo Oil […]
Majors develop cutting-edge subsea drilling technology On February 2013, the German Wintershall oil and gas company has decided to follow Chevron example in taking shares in the subsea drilling innovative company Badger Explorer aside its key stakeholders ExxonMobil and Statoil. With the ambition to increase its footprint in the offshore exploration and production in the […]