production sharing contracts (PSC)
On Friday April 10th, the OPEC members and the non-OPEC oil producing countries, the so-called OPEC+, signed an agreement to cut the crude oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day (b/d).
Shell to compare FPSO with tie-back on Gumusut The Netherlands-based major company Shell is investigating through its joint venture Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) the optimized solution to develop the Geronggong oil field offshore the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam (Brunei). Located 100 kilometers offshore Brunei by a water depth of 1,000 meters, the Geronggong oil field […]
Iraq Key Projects and Business Highligfhts In 2012, Iraq has been the theater of strategic step changes for most of the companies depending on their profile as international oil companies, national oil companies, small and mid-cap oil companies. The national oil companies, such as Gazprom, Lukoil, PetroChina, Petronas, were moving into the active development of […]
A new force in Exploration and Production On September 2011, Genel Energy (Genel) appeared as a new company resulting from the merger between Vallares PLC and Genel Energy International with a new Chief Executive Officer named Tony Hayward, the former CEO of BP. Immediately, Genel Energy got registered in Jersey, listed at the London Stock […]
Eni, Total, Kogas and Novatek win exploration blocks On October 30th, Cyprus announced to award four permits out of the second licensing round initiated by the Cyprus Government in February 2012. For this second licensing round, Cyprus offered 12 blocks for auction to oil and gas companies to bid until end of May. From this […]
Petronas and Japex move on Iraq Gharraf phase 1 The Malaysian national oil company, Petronas, Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) and North Oil Company from Iraq, are moving one the first phase of the development of the Gharraf, or Garraf, oil and gas field in southern Iraq. Gharraf is the fifth largest oil field in Iraq with estimated 1 […]
Reliance and BP in upstream and midstream Alliance On August 7th, 2012, BP and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) received from the India Oil Ministry the conditional approval for the production compensation of the declining offshore KG-D6 gas field. This decision was accelerated after three years of discussions in front of the depletion speed the matured […]
