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Total and Petronas organize double conceptual studies The french major Total and the Malaysian national oil company Petronas decided to organize parallel conceptual study for the development of the K5 gas field offshore the Sarawak province in southeastern Malaysia. Discovered in 1970, the K5 gas field is located 230 kilometers northwest Bintulu, in 80 meters of […]
Shell and Saudi Aramco prepare bids for Kidan FEED Shell and Saudi Aramco are working, through their joint venture South Rub Al-Khali Limited (SRAK), on the call for tenders of the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the Kidan gas field development project. Saudi Arabia holds the third largest reserves of non-associated natural gas […]
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 […]
