Petrochemical
Egypt Key Projects and Business Highlights The first half 2013 appears as a contrasted period for the oil & gas and petrochemical sector in Egypt with major companies such as Apache, BG Group (BG), BP, Dana Petroleum (Dana), Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell or Vega Petroleum Ltd (Vega) confirming their interest for this country and performing successful discoveries […]
China Key Projects and Business Highlights While the Chinese national oil companies (NOCs) China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), Sinopec, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) explore the world to find new oil and gas resources, the foreign companies such as Air Liquide, Basf, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Huntsman, Lanxess, Shell, Total, invest in China in all kinds of […]
Brazil Key Projects and Highlights In 2012, Brazil and its flagship, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), had to face a reality regarding their capacity to deliver on time all the fleets of drilling ships, exploration and production floating units and services vessels in respect with the local content requirements. Awarding contracts to shipyards not yet even built […]
Azerbaijan Key Projects and Business Highlights With giant projects such as Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG), the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, and the Shah Deniz Phase-2, Azerbaijan has joined the largest producing countries of natural gas. The reserves of the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan have attracted all the major companies BP, Inpex, Chevron, Itochu, Hess, Statoil , Total or Turkish Petroleum among others. […]
Key Projects and Business Highlights If the global economy is running from one dip to another dip wondering which bubble will cause the next one, the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical sector is flying over all these issues with only one concern, how to go faster? This question comes back from all the corners of […]
Fluor at work on FEED for Sasol US Mega Projects The South African company Sasol is currently proceeding to the selection of the license and technologies required for the olefins and derivatives production units of its integrated gas-to-liquid (GTL) and ethane cracker complex to be built at Lake Charles in Louisiana, USA. With an estimated […]
Chevron to build shale pilot in Neuquen Province The California-based super major Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and YPF from Argentina signed Heads of Agreement to spent $1.24 billion capital expenditure to explore and develop the shale oil and gas in the Vaca Muerta Basin within the Neuquen Province in Argentina. Chevron is operating in Argentina for many […]
Dana reached agreement with Sharjah Emirate on Zora The Sharjah-based private company Dana Gas (Dana) managed to reach an agreement with the authorities of the Sharjah and Ajman Emirates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding the offshore development of the Zora gas field in the Sharjah Western Offshore concession. In 2008, Dana was awarded by […]
