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Shale gas and shale oil change US import-export map In 2012, the development of the shale gas propelled USA as the world largest gas producer, ahead of Russia. In 2013, the US administration started to open the door for the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries not having free trade agreement (FTA) with USA, […]
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 […]
Koreans in pole position for Zubair Degassing Stations The South Korean engineering companies Daewoo Engineering and Construction, Hyundai Engineering and Construction and Samsung Engineering stand on the pole position to win from Eni and its partners the engineering, procurement and engineering (EPC) contracts for the degassing stations of the Zubair oil field development in the […]
Cameroon – Congo – Equatorial Guinea – Gabon Key Projects and Business Highlights On the Southern part of the Gulf of Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon saw major projects moving forward on the first half 2013 at the initiatives of major and junior companies involving Chevron, Compania Nacional de Petroleos de Guinea Ecuatorial (GE Petrol), […]
Ghana – Nigeria Key Projects and Business Highlights Around the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana and Nigeria appeared as the most active countries during the first half 2013 with upstream and downstream projects led by international and national companies such as Anadarko Petroleum (Anadarko), Eni, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Kosmos Energy (Kosmos), Lekoil Ltd (Lekoil), Sabre Oil and Gas (Sabre), Total, Tullow Oil plc (Tullow), […]
Canada Key Projects and Business Highlights The projects and acquisitions announced on first half 2013 by the international oil companies (IOCs) such as Apache, BG Group (BG) , Chevron, ExxonMobil, Idemitsu, Shell or TransCanada, and by national oil companies (NOCs) such as China National Petroleum Company (CNPC or PetroChina) or Petronas confirm the strategic evolution of the energy policy […]
Australia Key Projects and Business Highlights The first half of year has rang in Australia as a fresh wake up call on early morning when the major companies having interests in this country such as Apache, BG, BHP Billiton, Chevron, ExxonMobil, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), Inpex, Shell, Total and even Woodside started to blow […]
Oxy and QP to call for tender ISND expansion contracts The US international oil company (IOC) Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) and the national oil company (NOC) Qatar Petroleum (QP) have approved the Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Idd el-Shargi North Dome expansion (ISND Phase-5) offshore the Qatar peninsula. Since 1994, Oxy is cooperating with QP to […]
