Offshore technology
Shell won Bab Sour Gas project on sulfur monetization The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) selected the super major company Shell to form a joint venture and develop the challenging Bab Sour Gas field in the southwest of the Emirates. Pending since 2007, this decision comes at a critical time as it may figure out […]
Kingfisher to lead Lake Albert and refinery projects After resolving tax and refinery disagreements between Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) from UK, Total from France, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) from China and the Uganda Government, the Kingfisher project is ready to take off. The Kingfisher project is to develop the previously called Block-3A […]
Chevron additional reserves credit Gorgon Expansion While Chevron continues to harvest natural gas discoveries in the Greater Gorgon area offshore Western Australia, its partners ExxonMobil and Shell review the costs estimates for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) Train 4 of the Gorgon Expansion project. When Chevron and its partners made the final investment decision (FID) to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BP to consider all options for Mad Dog 2 development After the decision to stop the ongoing front end engineering and design (FEED) contracts on the Mad Dog Phase 2 project, BP and its partners, BHP Billiton and Chevron, are back to the drawing board to search for an economically acceptable solution. Last month, BP announced […]
