
Oil & Gas
Electrical and Instrumentation experts to meet in Abu Dhabi on November 12th &13th 2012 PCIC stands for the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee. PCIC Middle East is the regional representation of PCIC Europe to organize the premier Conference for the exchange of experience in electricity and instrumentation in the oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, covering all the aspects of the upstream and downstream activities. The PCIC Middle […]
Definition Depletion refers to the decline of production of an oil or gas field. Depletion may also be used for accounting in a similar way as depreciation to allow an owner or operator to account for the reduction of a product’s reserves. For tax purposes, there are two types of depletion; cost depletion and percentage depletion. Comments […]
WorleyParsons completed FEED for PDO Zauliyah Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is working on a new gas plant project at Zauliyah in central Oman adjacent to PDO’s existing Zauliyah Oil Production Station. The greenfield project will process non-associated gas, water and condensates from the Hasirah and Hawqa fields in the Bahja-Rima area of PDO’s concession to boost […]
Sitra Refinery expansion preliminary studies completed After multiple scenarios for revamping and expansion, the Minister of Energy in Bahrain, Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, has announced the completion of the preliminary studies to modernize the Sitra refinery. The plan of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) aims to increase energy efficiency and increase production of high value […]
Definition Brownfield refers to project of expansion or revamping or services on an existing facility By opposition greenfield is the common word to describe a new project. Comments In that respect a brownfield investment covers also the situation where a company or government entity purchases or leases existing production facilities to launch a new production activity. This is one […]
Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo evaluate FEED tenders When Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo had created the joint venture PetroRabigh in 2005, this complex was designed as the biggest integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in the World. With a capacity of 400,000 b/d crude oil PetroRabigh has seen several upgrades and expansions. The Front end engineering and design […]
Petrofac-Schlumberger won 30 years Pemex contract The Pánuco Area in Mexico contains four mature onshore fields operated by the Mexico’s state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX). Discovered in the early 1900s with original oil in place of approximately 6.8 billion barrels, the Panuco oil fields have about 1,600 wells of which around 200 are currently producing a total of […]
Definition Drilling charter refers to the decision of an operator to lease or hire the drilling rigs instead of using its own ones. The service company renting its drilling rig to an operator is called the charterer. Comments In the past each operating company used to have their own drilling rig for oil and gas […]