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Definition Non-Condensable Gas Co-Injection (NCG) belongs to the in-situ exploration and production of oil sands. Non-Condensable Gas Co-Injection refers to the process which is to inject NCG together with the steam  in the oil sands reservoir. Comments Canada is the country with the biggest unconventional oil resources called bitumen. This bitumen lies in oil sands reservoirs. Most […]

$185 million program to boost production by 30% MEG Energy Corp (MEG) from Calgary in Alberta, Canada, announced last July to revise upward its Christina Lake oil field production enhancement program called RISER. Christina Lake is an in situ oil sands field located 150 kilometers south of Fort McMurray in the northeast Alberta. Christina Lake […]

Laverda to contain 100 million barrels deep offshore WA Woodside Petroleum (Woodside) from Australia and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co, Ltd (Mitsui) have decided to move ahead in the development of the Laverda oil field in respect with the promising conclusions of the last appraisal drilling operations. In Laverda the both partners share working interests so […]

Definition Recoverable reserves are defined as the proportion of resources, here oil and gas, that can be technically, economically and legally possible to extract. The recoverable reserves may also be called proven reserves. Comments The recoverable reserves may be far different from the total resources called total Petroleum Initially-In-Place (PIIP). This Petroleum Initially-In-Place (PIIP) is an estimation resulting from exploration campaign […]

Cosco to build Sevan-designed cylindrical Dana FPSO The UK-based Dana Petroleum (Dana), a subsidiary of the Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC), and its partner Cieco (Itochu Oil Exploration Corp. LTd), awarded to the Chinese Cosco Shipyard Group (Cosco) the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its Western Isles Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit. […]

$600 million for new Bapetco exploration campaign Badr Petroleum Company (Bapetco) is a joint venture established in Egypt between Shell and the national oil company (NOC) Egypt General Petroleum Company (EGPC). Bapetco’s main activity is to explore and develop oil and gas fields. Through its upstream activities, Bapetco is involved in the Badr el Din, North […]

Chevron to acquire Rovi and Sarta in Iraqi Kurdistan Following ExxonMobil to move first in Kurdistan in signing six oil field development licenses in November 2011, Chevron is also entering Kurdistan, in the northeastern Iraq, in dealing with Reliance Industries Limited (Reliance) from India.  According to the contract signed between parties, Chevron will acquire the […]

Definition  Concession is a form of contract in the oil and gas industry between a State and a company to explore and develop these resources. Comments Oil and gas concessions are very similar to mining concessions considering that in all countries, except USA, and few others the underground belongs to the State, not to the […]