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New Environment – New Opportunities 2B1st Consulting is very pleased to wish you Happy New Year 2016 from its new Head Office in Chamonix – Mont-Blanc, France. This location is at the core of the European markets and close to Geneva International Airport with numerous direct connections overseas. In 2015 you enjoyed the release of […]
Funnel the Right Projects Much discussion has taken place on the current oil price situation where analysts don’t seem to be able to agree on the real root of the problem, nor on the actual forecast of this so-called crisis. But in Chinese language the word “crisis” is translated in the same word as “opportunity”, which […]
Oman Oil Musandam IPP to replace diesel powergen The wholly state-owned Oman Oil Company (Oman Oil or OOC) and its partner LG International Corporation (LG) from South Korea made the final investment decision for their joint venture Musandam Power Company (MPC) independent power plant (IPP) to be built at Tibat-Wilayat Bukha in the Musandam Governorate […]
Narrabri CBM to supply New South Wales gas market On November 2014, the Adelaide-based independent oil and gas company Santos Ltd (Santos) and its partner EnergyAustralia ltd submitted an Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) referral to the Commonwealth Government for the environmental assessment of its Narrabri coal bed methane (CBM) project in the New South Wales (NSW) Gunnedah […]
Malaysia Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 With the fifth largest proven reserves of crude oil in the Asia-Pacific region, Malaysia, through its national oil company (NOC) Petronas , occupies a strategic position in between the thirsty East Asia and the producing countries in Middle-East. Because of this strategic position on the oil and gas map, Malaysia is […]
TransCanada Merrick Mainline Pipeline to feed Kitimat The super major company Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and the independent Apache Corporation (Apache) signed an agreement with the Calgary-based midstream company TransCanada Corporation (TransCanada) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Nova Gas Transmission Limited (NGTL) for the construction of the Merrick Mainline Pipeline project in the perspective to feed the […]
Sabic mulls over world largest Oil-To-Chemicals project The world largest ethylene producer, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) is mulling over the design and construction of the world ever largest Oil-To-Chemical (OTC) complex in Saudi Arabia. In the same way as Saudi Aramco invested heavily these last years on the downstream activities, Sabic is considering again massive […]
APC and SK Gas selected CB&I licence for Ulsan PDH The downstream industrial group Advanced Petrochemical Company (APC) from Saudi Arabia and the midstream company SK Gas Corporation Ltd (SK Gas) from South-Korea signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Ulsan on the southwest coast of South Korea. Headquartered […]