Project Feasibility study
Cairn, San Leon, Genel increase footprint in Morocco On the same week, Cairn Energy (Cairn) announced to sign a Farm-in Agreement for offshore exploration and production while San Leon Energy (San Leon) extended its oil shale onshore acreage, both in Morocco. These moves reflects the potential of resources and the momentum taken by Morocco in […]
BASF and Braskem in partnership for Acrylic Acid plant In May 2011, the German chemical company BASF announced its biggest investment ever in South America with $500 million capital expenditure. BASF is planning to build a world scale chemical complex in Camaçari, in the Bahia Province, Brazil. BASF and Braskem SA (Braskem) signed a strategic […]
Bio-technologies to convert GHG into low carbon fuels The nylon world leader, Invista from Wishita, Kansas, USA, and the bio-technology specialist LanzaTech signed a joint development agreement to convert carbon monoxide waste into butadiene and other chemical feedstocks. The producer of “Lycra” and other famous “Coolmax” fibers, Invista is developing and producing high added value […]
Eni, Vitol and GNPC to develop Ghana offshore gas Eni from Italy, Vitol from Switzerland and the National Oil Company Ghana National Petroleum Corp (GNPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Blocks offshore Ghana. This MOU follows the discoveries by Eni and its partners of significant recoverable reserves […]
Qatar to invest $25 billion in petrochemicals until 2020 In February 2012, Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemicals Corporation (Qapco) had signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to add a $5.5 billion petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. In this project QP and Qapco will share interests according to: – Qatar Petroleum 80% – Qapco 20% In Qapco […]
Iraq export pipeline to Aqaba to substitute Syria pipeline SNC Lavalin from Canada and Stroytransgaz from Russia had been appointed respectively in 2011 and 2010 to provide consultation services and rehabilitation work studies to build two crude export pipelines and one gas pipeline through Syria. These pipelines should have a total capacity of 2.75 million […]
Saudi Aramco extends Jacobs’s FEED on $3 billion Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel and Aromatics project In May 2011 Saudi Aramco awarded the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) to Jacobs ZATE for the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel and Aromatics project. Located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, along the Arabian Gulf, Ras […]
Skrugard and Havis confirm Barents Sea potential Statoil and its partners ENI from Italy and Petoro AS (Petoro), the Norway State-owned company, discovered in Skrugard and Havis reserves going far beyond their expectations. Under the license PL 532, Statoil and its partner share working interests in Skrugard and Havis as following: – Statoil 50% and […]
