National Oil Company (NOC)
Zadco to extend Zirku oil processing and gas treatment The Abu Dhabi company Zakum Development Company Oil Company (Zadco) is a joint venture between the national oil company (NOC) Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the international oil companies (IOCs) ExxonMobil and the Japan Oil Development Company (JODCO). Zadco was created in 1977 to […]
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 […]
After Eni, Talisman and Total, Sonatrach eyes on ExxonMobil and Shell After signing contracts with ENI from Italy, Talisman Energy (Talisman) and Total from France, Sonatrach is willing to attract ExxonMobil and Shell for the exploration and production of unconventional gas, shale gas and tight gas, in Algeria. According to recent studies performed by Sonatrach, […]
Total to acquire ShaMaran Taza oil field in Kurdistan The Canadian ShaMaran Petroleum Corp (ShaMaran) announced this week to have sold its interests to the French major Total in the Taza oil field in Kurdistan. Last month Total had signed with the US Marathon Oil Company (Marathon) a Farm-in Agreement to acquire 35% of the working interests in the Harir and Safen Blocks in the Kurdistan region, northeast […]
$600 million for new Bapetco exploration campaign Badr Petroleum Company (Bapetco) is a joint venture established in Egypt between Shell and the national oil company (NOC) Egypt General Petroleum Company (EGPC). Bapetco’s main activity is to explore and develop oil and gas fields. Through its upstream activities, Bapetco is involved in the Badr el Din, North […]
$20 billion Sadara project takes momentum in Al Jubail With 26 major production units, The Dow Chemical (Dow) and the Saudi National Oil Company Saudi Aramco are building up the world’s largest integrated petrochemical complex in Al Jubail Industrial City, in Al Sharqiya, 100 kilometers northwest Dammam in Saudi Arabia. Dow and Saudi Aramco expect their $20 […]
Total align bidders for $3 billion Kaombo FPSOs. Modec, Saipem and SBM Offshore are expected to bid for the two converted FPSOs proposed by Total and its partners, ExxonMobil, Marathon, Sonangol and Galp for the development of the Kaombo offshore project in Angola. Angola, on the western coast of Africa, is one the strategic countries to support […]
Badra Export pipeline and Infield pipeline awarded soon Gazprom continues to award engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for the different packages of its $2 billion Badra development project. Badra oil field is located in the Wasit Province at the Southeast of Iraq. Badra is part of these giant fields that the Iraq Government intends to develop to increase […]
