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Qatar Petroleum in JV with Exxon to export US LNG Qatar Petroleum (QP) and ExxonMobil announced to use their joint venture called Golden Pass Products to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from USA. Created with 70% Qatar Petroleum working interests, the Golden Pass LNG project was constructed as a LNG import terminal. With this LNG import terminal, Qatar was securing […]
Definition Conventional oil and gas refers to petroleum, or crude oil, and raw natural gas extracted from the ground by conventional means and methods. Comments In practice conventional oil and gas, or the term of conventional resources, applies to oil and gas which can be extracted, after the drilling operations, just by the natural pressure […]
Zadco to extend Zirku oil processing and gas treatment The Abu Dhabi company Zakum Development Company Oil Company (Zadco) is a joint venture between the national oil company (NOC) Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the international oil companies (IOCs) ExxonMobil and the Japan Oil Development Company (JODCO). Zadco was created in 1977 to […]
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 […]
Definition Oil shale refers to solid hydrocarbon (kerogen) rock resulting from a decomposed organic matter still at solid state, in a sedimentary rock unit. The oil shale may also be called black shale. Oil shale and shale oil must not be confused as they do not mean the same thing since shale oil designates tight oil or tight shale […]
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 […]
Williams to value oil sands Propane to export Propylene Williams Energy ( Williams) is planning to expand its existing facility located at Redwater, near Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, to produce polymer-grade propylene. In Canada, Williams developed a unique expertise to capture and convert all the off-gas by-products of the oil sands production in the upgraders […]
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 […]
