
refineries
Oman Key project and Business Highlights 2014 Although the Sultanate of Oman points only on the seventh position by crude oil proven reserves amongst the Middle-East country it attracts more and more international companies such as BP, PTTEP, Shell or Total to support the national companies Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO), Oman Oil Company (OOC) […]
Nigeria Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 Nigeria holds first largest proven reserves of natural gas and the second largest of crude oil in Africa as a result of intensive campaign of exploration on the early 2000s years led by international companies such as Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell or Total. Despite flaring the major part […]
Russia votes for competitive LNG export projects On December 1st 2013, Russia enforced the new regulation to allow Gazprom Russian competitors such as Rosneft and Novatek to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia. Until then, this export licence was concentrated in the exclusive rights attributed to Gazprom. But the Stokman experience, the legal pursuits of the European Community […]
PTTGC – Pertamina to sign Java Complex joint venture The Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical plc (PTTGC) and the Indonesian national oil company (NOC) Pertamina are in final talks to establish a joint venture to build from greenfield a world-scale petrochemical complex in Java, Indonesia. This process is following up a heads of agreement (HOA) signed […]
Suncor to operate Athabasca Fort Hills mining project Suncor Energy (Suncor) from Canada and its partners, Total from France and Teck Resources Ltd (Teck) from Canada, made the final investment decision (FID) to develop Fort Hills oil sands mine project in Athabasca at the northeast of Alberta, Canada. This decision comes in a context where […]
Petronas to decide soon on Bintulu LNG Expansion As part of Malaysia oil and gas and petrochemical strategic development program, the national oil company Petronas is to about to decided on the ninth liquefied natural gas (LNG) train project in its Bintulu LNG facility in the Sarawak Province, Malaysia. On January 4th 2013, Petronas announced in […]
M&G to invest $1 billion in PET and PTA plants in USA The Italian company Mossi & Ghisolfi Gruppo (M&G Group) made the final investment decision (FID) for to build a greenfield polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants in Corpus Christi in Texas, USA. M&G Group is a wholly owned family company with […]
Harness natural energy resources for human benefit In 1991, the Russian Government published the decree to establish the Langepas Uray Kogalymneft Petroleum Corporation. In 1993, the Langepas Uray Kogalymneft Petroleum Corporation was transformed in open joint stock company under the name of Lukoil Oil Company. Today, Lukoil is listed in London Stock Exchange with the capital dominantly […]