natural gas
CNPC to join Petroecuador in Ecuador Refinery project The giant China National Petroleum Company (CNPC or PetroChina) is currently in discussion with the national oil companies (NOCs) Petroecuador and Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) to take a stake in the Ecuador Refineria del Pacifico project. With a production of 500,000 barrels per day (b/d), Ecuador […]
Freeport LNG Expansion to get approval on H2 2013 After Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG in Louisiana, the Freeport LNG Expansion project in Texas could be the second export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to be approved by the US administration. This Freeport LNG Expansion project stands on the second position in the application list at the […]
Mustang-Hejailan completed FEED on Midyan Project Since Mustang–Hejailan completed the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the development of the Midyan offshore gas field, Saudi Aramco evaluated the bids submitted for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of the Mustang onshore package of the project. Located 135 kilometers northwest of the Port of […]
Petrobras to send invitations to bid on Carioca FPSO Petrobras and its partners, BG Group (BG) and Repsol–Sinopec Brazil, are preparing the invitation to bid (ITB) to be sent to the charter companies for the lease of a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel at Carioca in the Santos Basin. Originally the Carioca FPSO was […]
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 […]
Woodside and Shell closed deal on FLNG technology On April 30th 2012, Woodside Petroleum (Woodside) and Shell, its partner in the Browse project of liquefied natural gas (LNG), signed an agreement on the technology for the floating LNG (FLNG) vessels that might be used to develop Browse. In addition to Woodside and Shell, the Browse project involves […]
Saudi Aramco to develop Jizan Port and Power plant In order to ensure the development of the $7 billion Jizan refinery in the south of Saudi Arabia and its commercial operations expected to start in 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to concentrate in the hands of the national oil company, Saudi Aramco, […]
Heerema won Alba third compression platform EPCI In April 2013, the Houston-based Marathon Oil Corporation (Marathon) and its partners, Noble Energy (Noble) and the Compania Nacional de Petroleos de Guinea Ecuatorial (GE Petrol) awarded the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract to Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) for the Alba PSC B3 gas compression platform. To […]
