
Oil news
YPFB awards Samsung first ammonia and urea plant Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), Bolivia’s state-owned oil company, sent to Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd (Samsung) a notification of award (NOA) for a $843 million fertilizer plant. YPFB is planning to build this fertilizer facility in the city of Entre Rios, in the State of Cochabamba, in Bolivia as part […]
Shell, Nexus and Osaka to speed up Crux development Shell, Nexus Energy Ltd (Nexus) from Australia, and Osaka Gas Corp. Ltd (Osaka) have decided to merge their previous respective interests in Crux gas field into a newly created joint venture. Crux belongs to the offshore block AC/L9 of non-associated gas and is located by 170 meters deep […]
Statoil awards on time Mariner and Bressay FEEDs Statoil awards Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contracts to develop the $9.6 billion capital expenditure Mariner and Bressay according to plan. Mariner and Bressay are very similar projects to produce ultra heavy crude oil, offshore on the North Sea shallow water of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) but with different working interests. In Mariner: – Statoil owns 61.5% […]
Saudi Aramco and Sabic gives momentum to GES+ Saudi Aramco initiated the concept of General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative in order to enhance the level of competence of the local engineering companies and contractors and to contribute to create more value within Saudi Arabia. Indirectly the General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) is to increase the […]
Ibn Sina to move ahead in high performance chemicals Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) and its partners in Ibn Sina joint venture, Celanese Corp (Celanese) and Duke Energy Corp., have decided to reactivated the Polyacetal (POM) project in Al Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. Ibn Sina is the common name of the joint venture called […]
Total to acquire ShaMaran Taza oil field in Kurdistan The Canadian ShaMaran Petroleum Corp (ShaMaran) announced this week to have sold its interests to the French major Total in the Taza oil field in Kurdistan. Last month Total had signed with the US Marathon Oil Company (Marathon) a Farm-in Agreement to acquire 35% of the working interests in the Harir and Safen Blocks in the Kurdistan region, northeast […]
South Sudan oil export pipeline to come thru Kenya Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) increases its foothold in East Africa in leading the $3 billion South Sudan oil export pipeline project and in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Kenya. In South Sudan, the oil revenues represent 98% of the country […]
BP to sell Carson refinery to Tesoro; Sunray and Hemphill gas processing facilities to Eagle Rock BP continues to implement its $38 billion divestment plan of non strategic assets by the end of 2013 in signing two spin off agreements with Tesoro Corporation (Tesoro) and Eagle Rock Energy (Eagle Rock) partners. These agreements cover: – Downstream assets with […]
