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Vietnam Oil & Gas Group completed preparation work PetroVietnam‘s Chairman , Mr Phung Dinh Thuc confirmed during a visit on the site of the Nghi Son refinery project that the preparation work was completed in October 2012 so that the construction could start in 2013. The Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC (NSRP) is a […]
BP and CNPC ramped up oil production 10% per year In June 2009, the international oil company BP and the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC or PetroChina) were awarded the technical services contract (TSC) for the giant Rumaila oil field in the south of Iraq, closed to the Kuwait border. BP discovered the Rumaila oil field […]
Definition GCC Countries refers to the countries supporting this Gulf Cooperation Council whereas GCC is the acronym for Gulf Cooperation Council or Gulf Co-operation Council. The six GCC Countries are: – Bahrain – or Kingdom of Bahrain – Kuwait – Oman – or Sultanate of Oman – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – or Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) – UAE – […]
Fujairah refinery, a strategic project for the UAE International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is moving ahead with the crude oil refinery project to be located at Fujairah, UAE. The Fujairah refinery, should have a capacity of 10.0 million t/y or 200,000 b/d. IPIC estimated the capital expenditure at $ 3 billion. The Fujairah refinery project should be […]
Definition Proven reserves is an industry term that means oil or gas that has been discovered and could be produced with today’s technology. Comments The world consumes about 89 million barrels of oil per day, or 32.5 billion barrels per year. The industry describes a field as giant if it has more 500 million barrels of […]
$1.5 billion Dorra offshore packages for bid next quarter The Dorra gas field is located in the so called Divided Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. According to the agreement signed in 1965 between the two countries, this Divided Zone results from the ex Neutral Zone, 300 km Northeast Dammam in Saudi Arabia and 130 […]
Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC) was established by the Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) to implement the Kuwait Petroleum Company’s (KPC) strategy to encourage more the private sector in major petrochemical projects in Kuwait. and in the region. QPIC is focusing on chemical and petrochemical products and related by-products. In Saudi Arabia, QPIC would lead the development of the integrated polyethylene […]
IECEx addresses safety issues in the Ex field. The IECEx, the IEC System for Certification for Standards relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres, and ESMA (Emirates Standardization and Metrology Authority), in conjunction with UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), have organized the 2012 IECEx International Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on last 20-21 March 2012. The conference […]