
Offshore technology
Hyundai Heavy Industries books $1.1 billion Topsides Statoil and its partners, OMV from Austria and ConocoPhillips from USA made the final investment decision (FID) and awarded the topsides, the most critical package, of the Aasta Hansteen project to Hyundai Heavy Industries. Previously named Luva, the Aasta Hansteen is located 300 kilometers offshore Norway by 1,300 […]
Total and Oil Search build reserves for Coral Sea LNG On October 9th 2012, the french major Total and the Australian – Papua New Guinea junior Oil Search Limited (Oil Search) signed a Farm-in agreement on five natural gas onshore and offshore blocks around the Gulf of Papua. This deal came as the conclusion of […]
BP to focus on crude oil Exploration & Production UK major BP PLc (BP) is planning to increase its capital expenditure per year from $19 billion in 2011 and $22 billion in 2012 to $24 billion in 2014 and $27 billion by 2020. After Macondo blow and TNK-BP turbulences, BP is presenting its strategy to boost […]
TransCanada to connect with Pacific Northwest LNG Petronas from Malaysia and its Calgary based subsidiary, Progress Energy Canada, selected TransCanada to design, build, own and operate (BOO) the Prince Rupert gas transmission project in British Columbia. On December 7th 2012, Canada Prime Minister approved Progress Energy Resources Corp. acquisition by Petronas for the amount of […]
Energising The Future The Barhain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) is a national oil company wholly owned by the Government of Bahrain. BAPCO is one of the oldest oil and gas company in the Gulf, established in Bahrain by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1929. First oil was discovered in 1932 and the first refinery was […]
Anadarko and Eni to create 10 Trains Afungi LNG Park The Houston based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko) and the Italian national oil company Eni signed Heads of Agreement (HOA) to coordinate the development of their respective natural gas fields in the prolific Rovuma Basin, offshore Mozambique. Anadarko is leading a joint venture to develop the Mozambique […]
ExxonMobil and partners to invest $14 billion by 2017 ExxonMobil, Chevron, Suncor Energy (Suncor), Statoil and Nalcor Energy Oil and Gas (Nalcor) made the final investment decision (FID) to develop the Hebron offshore oil field project in Canada. The Hebron oil field is located offshore the Newfoundland and Labrador on Canada East Coast, in the […]
Shell and Technip Samsung Consortium closed deal December 13th, 2012, Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. (Shell) , Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries (Samsung) signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to strengthen their cooperation in the floating liquefaction of natural gas (FLNG) facilities. Since 2009, Technip and Samsung cooperate together on the Shell Prelude FLNG project through their […]