infrastructure
Investing for the future of Oman The Sultanate of Oman established the Oman Oil Company S.A.O.C. (OOC) in 1992 as the national oil company with the mission to build a prosperous future for Oman regardless country’s direct oil and gas revenues. This mission still guides the Sultanate’s Vision 2020 for its wholly owned Oman Oil […]
Methanex to invest $550 million to benefit from low shale gas prices Methanex produces about 3.8 million t/y of Methanol and is the world’s largest supplier of Methanol to major international markets with production units in Canada, Chile, Egypt, New Zealand and Trinidad. Methanol is produces mainly out of natural gas, therefore the access to reliable and […]
ExxonMobil to boost oil sand production in Canada Through Imperial Oil Ltd (Imperial Oil), ExxonMobil is planning to double upstream production capacity in Canada in the period 2010 – 2020 supported by $30 to $40 billion capital expenditure. Imperial Oil is an ExxonMobil company based in Calgary and operating oil and gas production, refining and petrochemical […]
Definition QIA is the acronym of Qatar Investment Authority Comments Headquartered in Doha, Qatar, the Qatar Investment Authority represents the Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund. The QIA was founded by the State of Qatar in 2005 to strengthen the country’s economy by diversifying into new asset classes. The QIA is structured to operate at the very highest […]
Philadelphia Refinery to rely on Marcellus shale gas Last year Sunoco Inc (Sunoco) had announced to close the Philadelphia refinery in Pennsylvania, USA, on summer 2012 if no buyer could be found in the meantime. But the development of the shale gas in USA much faster than expected and in very competitive conditions offers a […]
Petronas to pay $5.3 billion Progress Energy Resources The Malaysian NOC Petronas and the Canadian Progress Energy Resources (Progress) have signed an agreement for a friendly takeover of Progress by Petronas. The integration will be done through Petronas Canada to remain based in Calgary, Alberta, for upstream with commercial office in Vancouver,BC, for LNG. The […]
Weatherford won Garraf $200 million processing facility Garraf or Gharraf is the fifth biggest oil field in Iraq with estimated 1 billion barrels reserves. Garraf is located halfway between the southern cities of Karbala and Nasiriya in Thi Qar governorate in the Southern of Iraq. In 2009 Petronas, with its partners, successfully won the Garraf oilfield […]
Shale gas to help Celanese integration business model Celanese Corporation (Celanese) is a global technology and specialty materials company owning and operating a large acetyl complex at Clear Lake, close to Houston, Texas, USA. The positive developments in the U.S. energy complex to become a net gas exporter creates favorable conditions to explore all the […]
