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Petronas Floating LNG awarded to Technip-Daewoo June 5th, 2012 – Technip-Daewoo Consortium has been awarded by Petronas a $2 billion contract for a Floating LNG (FLNG) unit in Malaysia Technip created a consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) Co. Ltd., the Technip-Daewoo Consortium (TDC). Technip-Daewoo Consortium (TDC) was awarded by Petronas Floating LNG 1 (Labuan) Ltd, […]

PTTEP bids above $1.9 billion cash to acquire Cove The state owned company PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Ltd (PTTEP) announced the terms of its new offer in cash to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Cove Energy plc. Since Shell and PTTEP from Thailand were competing to take over Cove Energy (Cove), Shell had made a first offer […]

Russian tax incentive unlock foreign investments The key factor that prompted the companies to sign the agreement was the steps taken by the Government of the Russian Federation to introduce tax incentives for offshore production, including cancelling export duties and introducing a reduced Mineral Extraction Tax rate of 5-15% depending on project complexity. The Russian Government also offered guarantees that the favourable tax regime will remain in […]

Definition:  The “NOC” acronym means “National Oil Companies” and refers to the local oil producing companies owned by their respective government. Therefore there are nearly as many “NOCs” as countries in the world, but the most famous ones are: Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, Statoil, Petrochina, Sinopec, Petrobras, ADNOC, Qatar Petroleum, etc…. Comment:  Historically the “NOCs” used […]