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Statoil’s withdrawal opens door to Gazprom for new partnership with other Majors Since Gazprom, Total and Statoil could not make the final investment decision (FID) in June 30th on Shtokman despite $1.5 billion capital expenditure already spent in the project, some major changes were expected in the project. Statoil‘s decision to withdraw from the project, […]

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Rosneft and Exxon mobilize $3.2 billion as first step On April 2012, Rosneft and ExxonMobil signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to jointly explore and develop oil and gas fields in the Russian Black Sea and Kara Sea. This Strategic Agreement is supported by the:  – Opportunity given to Rosneft to take stakes in ExxonMobil oil […]

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GDF Suez, Centrica and Bayerngas sanction Cygnus development  GDF Suez and its partners Centrica and Bayerngas  awarded the detailed design contract to AMEC for the development of the Cygnus natural gas field in the UK continental shelf in the southern North Sea. Cygnus was discovered in 1988 in the blocks 44/12a and 44/11a. Then several appraisal […]

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Total to join other Majors ExxonMobil and Chevron in the northeast Iraqi province The French major Total and US Marathon Oil Company (Marathon) signed a Farm-in Agreement to develop two blocks in the Kurdistan region, northeast Iraq, see map below (Source: Dr. M. Izady at The Gulf/2000 Project – SIPA – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY) Kurdistan is one […]

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Definition Technical Service Contract, or TSC, refers to an oil and gas exploration and production contract awarded by a producing country to the International Oil Company (IOC) bidding with the lowest remuneration fees per barrel (RFB) produced as reward of its capital and operational expenditures. Comments Most of the exploration and production contracts in the […]

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