
ogp projects
CNPC to boost China shale gas through joint ventures China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC or PetroChina) is to become the spearhead of China‘s new policy to boost its own shale gas exploration and production in multiplying joint ventures and strategic agreements such as with Shell, Gazprom or Sichuan Province. China holds about triple shale gas resources of […]
$185 million program to boost production by 30% MEG Energy Corp (MEG) from Calgary in Alberta, Canada, announced last July to revise upward its Christina Lake oil field production enhancement program called RISER. Christina Lake is an in situ oil sands field located 150 kilometers south of Fort McMurray in the northeast Alberta. Christina Lake […]
Laverda to contain 100 million barrels deep offshore WA Woodside Petroleum (Woodside) from Australia and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co, Ltd (Mitsui) have decided to move ahead in the development of the Laverda oil field in respect with the promising conclusions of the last appraisal drilling operations. In Laverda the both partners share working interests so […]
Cosco to build Sevan-designed cylindrical Dana FPSO The UK-based Dana Petroleum (Dana), a subsidiary of the Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC), and its partner Cieco (Itochu Oil Exploration Corp. LTd), awarded to the Chinese Cosco Shipyard Group (Cosco) the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its Western Isles Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit. […]
$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 […]
Chevron to acquire Rovi and Sarta in Iraqi Kurdistan Following ExxonMobil to move first in Kurdistan in signing six oil field development licenses in November 2011, Chevron is also entering Kurdistan, in the northeastern Iraq, in dealing with Reliance Industries Limited (Reliance) from India. According to the contract signed between parties, Chevron will acquire the […]
Definition Concession is a form of contract in the oil and gas industry between a State and a company to explore and develop these resources. Comments Oil and gas concessions are very similar to mining concessions considering that in all countries, except USA, and few others the underground belongs to the State, not to the […]