LNG
ConocoPhillips to merge Offshore experience and Cascade LNG know-how into its first Floating LNG In 1969 the ConocoPhillips Company (ConocoPhillips) pioneered liquefaction of natural gas (LNG) with its first LNG facility in Kenai LNG, Alaska, USA. Then ConocoPhillips optimized its process with a series of world-scale onshore LNG projects, Atlantic LNG, Egyptian LNG, Darwin LNG, Equatorial LNG and Angola […]
Eni, Vitol and GNPC to develop Ghana offshore gas Eni from Italy, Vitol from Switzerland and the National Oil Company Ghana National Petroleum Corp (GNPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Blocks offshore Ghana. This MOU follows the discoveries by Eni and its partners of significant recoverable reserves […]
Qatar to invest $25 billion in petrochemicals until 2020 In February 2012, Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemicals Corporation (Qapco) had signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to add a $5.5 billion petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. In this project QP and Qapco will share interests according to: – Qatar Petroleum 80% – Qapco 20% In Qapco […]
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, […]
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 […]
$50 billion estimated to develop giant Mamba gas field In October 2011, the Italian National oil Company ENI announced a first giant discovery with the successful well appraisal in Namba South 1 within ENI’s concession Area 4, offshore Mozambique in the Rovuma Basin. The Manba South 1 field is located in 1,585 meters depth, 40 […]
Definition LPG is the acronym of Liquefied Petroleum Gases. LPG are the light hydrocarbons fraction of the paraffin series, derived from refinery processes, crude oil stabilisation plants and natural gas processing plants comprising propane, butane and butylenes or a combination of them. LPG may be also called liquefied refinery gases. LPG have no natural odor Comments As light […]
Definition CPF is the acronym of Central Processing Facility. Comments In the industry CPF may refers to any kind of manufacturing process as soon as it belongs to the core of the transformation of the facility. In the Oil and Gas industry, CPF belongs to the upstream activity to described the production unit performing the […]
