final investment decision (FID)
Shell to start upstream and postpone LNG Trains Since November 2012, the Anglo-Dutch international company, Shell, and China National Petroleum Company (CNPC or PetroChina) multiplied announcements to reconsider their Arrow LNG project in the Queensland in eastern Australia. Shell and PetroChina wholly own the Arrow LNG project through a 50/50 joint venture with the intention to invest […]
SINOMACH and CPC to build first Cambodia refinery On December 28th 2012, China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp (SINOMACH) and Cambodia Petrochemical Corporation (CPC) made the final investment decision (FID) to build the first crude oil refinery in the Kampong Som Petrochemical Industrial Zone along the southern coast in Cambodia. This $2.3 billion capital expenditure this […]
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 […]
ExxonMobil and partners to invest $14 billion by 2017 ExxonMobil, Chevron, Suncor Energy (Suncor), Statoil and Nalcor Energy Oil and Gas (Nalcor) made the final investment decision (FID) to develop the Hebron offshore oil field project in Canada. The Hebron oil field is located offshore the Newfoundland and Labrador on Canada East Coast, in the […]
CNPC to pay BHP $1.6 billion for 10% of Browse LNG The super giant China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) is to acquire the 10% stakes held by BHP Billiton in the $40 billion capital expenditure Browse LNG project. In practice the transaction is based on PetroChina to pay $1.6 billion to BHP Billiton for: – […]
OGS and Samsung won Lavaca Bay LNG project FEED Excelerate Energy LP (Excelerate) is planning to convert its Lavaca Bay liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal into export LNG facility. Located at Lavaca Bay on the Texas Gulf Coast, the Excelerate export LNG project should be the first one in USA to be designed with a floating LNG […]
Hoegh-KBR to submit competitive pre-FEED to PTTEP The Norwegian Hoegh LNG and the Houston-based KBR are completing a pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) work for the Cash-Maple FLNG project to developed by the Thailand national oil company PTTEP. The Cash-Maple FLNG project is related to the exclusive license owned by PTTEP on the offshore blocks AC/RL7, AC/P54 […]
