Japan
Back in April, Japan published a report announcing the discovery of huge reserves of rare earth close to the Minamitori Island, 1800km away from Tokyo. Scientists discovered 16 million tons of rare earth elements encapsulated in mud 6000 meters underwater, enough to supply the national electronic industry and the world consumption for at least 400 years.
South-Korea dreams about Creative Economy Squeezed between the ballooning China and the resisting Japan, South Korea used to see its economic future through its large industrial groups playing global and able to mobilize huge resources, especially after the 2008 financial crisis. Benefiting from global champions in the heavy industry as well as in the high […]
India Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 The Indian oil and gas sector is dominated at 70% by national oil companies (NOCs), the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and the Oil India Limited (OIL or Oil India) and completed by an active private sector well represented by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd […]
Nigeria Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 Nigeria holds first largest proven reserves of natural gas and the second largest of crude oil in Africa as a result of intensive campaign of exploration on the early 2000s years led by international companies such as Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell or Total. Despite flaring the major part […]
APC and SK Gas selected CB&I licence for Ulsan PDH The downstream industrial group Advanced Petrochemical Company (APC) from Saudi Arabia and the midstream company SK Gas Corporation Ltd (SK Gas) from South-Korea signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Ulsan on the southwest coast of South Korea. Headquartered […]
Sete Brasil secured financing for nine first drilling ships Sete Brasil Participacoes SA (Sete Brasil) secured $3.7 billion loan to finance the first series of nine drilling rigs out of its $20 billion capital expenditure program for the construction of 29 rigs required by Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) to develop the pre-salt crude oil in the […]
Gendalo-Gehem bidders to include Indonesia partners The US major company Chevron and the Italian national oil company (NOC) Eni are reviewing the qualification of the contractors in competition for the floating production and offloading (FPO) vessels required for the development of the Gendalo and Gehem liquids-rich gas fields in the Makassar Strait offshore the East […]
PTTEP to add Arthit South Gas Gathering Platform The Thailand national oil company (NOC) PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Ltd (PTTEP) and its partners, Chevron from USA and Mitsui Oil Exploration Company (Mitsui or MOECO) from Japan are working on the call for tender for the Arthit south gas Gathering Platform (AGP) in the […]
