Oil & Gas and Petrochemical
On Friday April 10th, the OPEC members and the non-OPEC oil producing countries, the so-called OPEC+, signed an agreement to cut the crude oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day (b/d).
All crises are creating threats and opportunities, but the accumulation of a double crisis in energy prices and pandemic Covid-19 generates a unique situation.
In this unusual context, we try to evaluate the consequences of this double crisis on the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical market, especially the areas under threats and in opposite way where we should see opportunities.
Whereas automation had clear applications in both manufacturing and processing industries, robotization was left behind when talking about the process industry.
Today, robotization is making a come back on the edge of the scene in the Oil and Gas world thanks to digital technologies.
In August 2016, Eni and ExxonMobil signed an agreement by which Eni will sell 25% stake into the onshore LNG project and transfer the operator role to the US major ExxonMobil. Eni kept the operator role for the development of its offshore fields.
The LNG eldorado of Yamal Gydan Peninsula Novatek has huge reserves on the Gydan peninsula, namely the Geofizicheskoye and Utrenneye fields, which combined hold some 7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of C1+C2 reserves, which is comparable to those of South Tambeyskoye field, the base for Yamal-LNG. The Geofizicheskoye and Utrenneye fields may generate […]
In 2018, twice more, in volume of capital expenditure, EPC contracts were awarded than in 2017. This step change is not related to some barrel price speculations bu to the new business models developed by the game changers, mostly the Independent companies taking now the lead of the market.
Did you see the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Market Shift and Upturn?
The volume of Oil & Gas and Petrochemical engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts awarded in 2018 is about to double compared with 2017 as a consequence of the market shift from the international oil companies (IOCs) to the national oil companies (NOCs) and independent companies.
The Independent companies of the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical market develop a new business model to award EPC contracts.
