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Woodside and Shell closed deal on FLNG technology On April 30th 2012, Woodside Petroleum (Woodside) and Shell, its partner in the Browse project of liquefied natural gas (LNG), signed an agreement on the technology for the floating LNG (FLNG) vessels that might be used to develop Browse. In addition to Woodside and Shell, the Browse project involves […]
Zadco to prepare call for tender on Umm al-Dalkh After awarding Upper Zakum EPC-2 contract to Petrofac, the Abu Dhabi Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) is preparing the invitation to bid (ITB) for the development of Umm al-Dalkh, offshore Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. On April 11th, 2013, ZADCO awarded the engineering, procurement and […]
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) wins Rosebank FPSO The super major Chevron from USA and its partners, Statoil from Norway, OMV from Austria and Dong from Denmark, have awarded the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel of the Rosebank project to the South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The Rosebank project is located 175 kilometers northwest of the […]
After years delay Tullow wants Kudu money back After years of uncertainty and delays, the London-based Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) and its partners, Itochu Corporation (Itochu) from Japan and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), are decided to move the Kudu Gas-To-Power project ahead in Namibia. Located 130 kilometers offshore the Namibia coast, the […]
PetroChina to complete FEED by end of June 2013 The joint venture between the national oil companies China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) and the local KazMunaiGas (KMZ) is working on a second crude oil export pipeline from Kazakhstan to China. As the existing pipeline, the new one would connect Atyrau on the coast […]
Statoil prepares High North oil exploration in Norway In February 2013, Statoil and its partners, Eni from Italy and Petoro from Norway, presented the conclusions of their feasibility study for the development of the Skrugard and Havis offshore oil fields in the Norwegian territorial waters of the Barents Sea. The selected concept depends of course […]
SNC Lavalin won FEED contract for phase-1 to Aqaba On December 2012, the Iraq Ministry of Oil (MoO) presented in London, UK, Road Show, its Strategic Crude Oil Export Pipeline Infrastructure Project across Jordan, Syria and Turkey. During this London Road Show, the Ministry of Oil also detailed the phase-1 of the Strategic Crude Oil […]
OOC and Takamul to build world-scale storage terminal On January 2013, Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Takamul Investment Company (Takamul), both companies from the Sultanate of Oman, established a joint venture to build one of the world largest oil storage terminal at Raz Markaz in Oman. Called Oman Tank Terminal Company LLC (OTTCO), this new […]
