heavy crude oil
Oman and Iran signed gas pipeline Heads of Agreement During a Royal visit of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said to Iran President Hassan Rouhani in April, the two countries signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) for the construction of a natural gas pipeline across the Gulf of Oman. The discussions between Oman and Iran for […]
Statoil and Sinochem add new platform in Peregrino II The state-owned companies Statoil from Norway and Sinochem from China, partnering in the offshore Peregrino field, submitted the plan of development (POD) for its southwest expansion in the Campos Basin to Brazil National agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel (ANP). Despite its 14-degree API heavy […]
PDO to tender Block-6 Khulud Tight Gas First Phase The largest oil and gas producer, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and its main partner Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) are preparing to call for tender the first phase of the challenging Khulud Tight Gas project in its Block-6 concession of central Oman. After BP with Khazzan […]
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 […]
Gazprom to upgrade NIS Pancevo refinery The Russian giant JSC Gazprom Neft (Gazprom) is planning to upgrade the Naftna Industria Srbije (NIS) refinery located in Pancevo on the east of Belgrade, Serbia. The NIS refinery results from a joint venture between Gazprom, the Republic of Serbia (Serbia) and minority stakeholders share the working interests such […]
CNOOC to tender one FEED for two TLPs in Liuhua The national oil company (NOC) China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) made its mind up regarding the conceptual design to be used for the development of the offshore oil and gas fields Liuhua 11-1 and Liuhua 16-2 in favor two tension legs platforms (TLPs) to […]
XER to combine Teekay-Sevan FSO with Arup Platform The Aberdeen-based Xcite Energy Resources Limited (Xcite or XER) company selected the conceptual design to develop its heavy crude oil field, Bentley offshore the Shetland Islands in the UK North Sea in combining a Teekay Sevan-type floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel together with Arup ACE steel […]
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 […]
