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Statoil FSU to strengthen Heidrun oil loading system Statoil and its partners, Petoro, ConocoPhillips and Eni, in the Heidrun oil and gas field awarded a new permanent floating storage unit (FSU) to the South Korean engineering company Samsung Heavy Industry (Samsung). Heidrun is an oil and gas field located in the Norwegian North Sea discovered by ConocoPhillips […]
The world largest publicly traded oil and gas company Based in Irving, near Houston, Texas, USA, Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) is listed in NYSE (XOM) and recognized as the world largest publicly traded international oil and gas company. ExxonMobil holds the largest oil and gas resources among the international oil companies (IOC) with 87 billion […]
Enterprise to proceed with Appalachia-to-Texas pipeline The Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise) is opening since September 1st a period to offer the opportunity for long term commitments with additional capacity for its Appalachia-to-Texas (ATEX Express) pipeline. Enterprise is a North American midstream leading company providing transportation services for crude oil, refined products, natural gas, […]
BP hits gas in Egypt Nile Delta Block North El Burg BP and International Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC), the local operating company of the Eni Egypt, confirmed two news gas discoveries, Taurt North and Seth South, in its offshore concession of the North El Burg, in the Nile Delta, Egypt. These findings follow 50 years of […]
Definition Bitumen refers to an oil-based non crystalline solid substance produced naturally or from crude oil refining. Bitumen is mostly composed of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. After refining, Bitumen is the more viscous, heaviest and thickest petroleum derivative. Comments Natural bitumen is an unconventional oil, sticky, looking like tar and more viscous than molasses. It must be […]
ORPIC evaluates bids on Sohar Refinery Expansion In April the Oman Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) had qualified eight engineering companies to receive the Call for Tender of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Sohar Refinery Expansion project. ORPIC is a national oil company (NOC), wholly owned owned by the Oman […]
PDO Saih Rawl, PDO Zauliyah and BP Khazzam and Makarem lead Oman natural gas development Last August, the national oil company (NOC) Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO) awarded the Saih Rawl Depletion Compression Phase 2 (SRDC2) project to Larsen & Toubro from India to provide with the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. Earlier this month, […]
BP to develop Khazzan and Makarem in phase 1 BP revised significantly upward its capital expenditure in Oman Full Field Development project from $15 billion to $24 billion. Discovered in the 1990s, the huge reserves of natural gas in Center Oman have been left undeveloped because of the complexity and the potential costs related to […]
