
MoU
Rosneft and Mitsui signed MOU for Nakhodka complex During the visit of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe to Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 29th, 2013, the Russian oil and gas and petrochemical giant OJSC NK ROSNEFT (Rosneft) and the Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui) inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop […]
Dow to pioneer Argentina first shale gas pilot project The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) from USA and the Argentina national oil company YPF signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop shale gas in the giant deposit of the Vaca Muerta in the eastern Province of Neuquen. For Dow, the control of the natural […]
Eni ready to sell 20% stake in Rovuma to CNPC Although Eni from Italy and Anadarko Petroleum (Anadarko) from US had decided to team up in the onshore part of Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, the both companies are searching for separated partnerships to develop the super-giant natural gas fields of the Rovuma basin. The size and complexity […]
BW Offshore to take operation role in Tamar FLNG On February 19th, 2013, the Norwegian fleet operator BW Offshore (BW) announced to have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with the Dutch company Pangea LNG B.V. (Pangea) regarding Noble Energy (Noble) King floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project for the Tamar and Dalit gas fields […]
OOC and Takamul to build world-scale storage terminal On January 2013, Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Takamul Investment Company (Takamul), both companies from the Sultanate of Oman, established a joint venture to build one of the world largest oil storage terminal at Raz Markaz in Oman. Called Oman Tank Terminal Company LLC (OTTCO), this new […]
After Occidental, Mexichem signed with Pemex In August 2012, Mexichem SAB (Mexichem) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Oxy) through its chemical branch Oxychem to build a new ethylene cracker for the supply of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). Vinyl Chloride Monomer is the primary feedstock for the production of the numerous […]
YPF and Chevron signed MOU in unconventionals YPF SA (YPF) the Argentina’s national oil company and the international oil company Chevron Corporation (Chevron) signed a memorandum of understanding to explore and develop the local unconventional resources in oil and gas. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) Argentina is the largest producer of natural gas […]
Sudan and South Sudan to resume oil export South Sudan holds 75% of the oil reserves lying in the previously unified Sudan, but South Sudan needs to use Sudan refineries and pipelines to export it. When created in created in July 2011 from the scission with the northern part of Sudan, the oil produced in South Sudan continued to be carried out to Port Sudan […]