
USA
Subsea 7 to subcontract Lianzi topsides to KBR The Houston-based KBR has been selected by Subsea 7 to design the topsides of Chevron Lianzi project offshore the Republic of Angola and the Republic of Congo on the west coast of Africa. The Lianzi oil and gas field is located 105 kilometers from shore in the […]
RiCoal selected Rostov for its Petrochemical complex The Russian joint venture RiCoal Chemical Coal Plant (RiCoal) is planning to build a world-scale Coal-to-Olefin and petrochemical complex in Rostov-on-Don in the south of Russia. Estimated to require $2.5 billion capital expenditure, RiCoal selected Rostov-on-Don location because of available coal and natural gas available in the region and […]
Maersk awards Tyra Southeast production platform AP Moeller – Maersk (Maersk) and its partners in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC), Shell, Nordsofonden and Chevron have decided to invest $800 million capital expenditure in a new offshore platform at the Tyra Southeast oil and gas field. Located approximately 200 kilometers offshore the west coast of Denmark […]
Ethydco selected Toyo and ENPPI for Alexandria PE The local Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Company (Ethydco) selected Toyo Engineering Company (Toyo) from Japan and the Egyptian Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (ENPPI) company to build the largest polyethylene plant in Egypt. With a capacity of 400,000 t/y of polyethylene, this greenfield unit is […]
Dow to pioneer Argentina first shale gas pilot project The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) from USA and the Argentina national oil company YPF signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop shale gas in the giant deposit of the Vaca Muerta in the eastern Province of Neuquen. For Dow, the control of the natural […]
Technip and JGC win Yamal LNG EPC contract The Russian Novatek and the international oil company (IOC) Total from France have selected, through their joint venture JSC Yamal LNG, the consortium made of Technip from France and JGC from Japan to build the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant of their Yamal project. Located onshore, in […]
Fluor completed FEED work on Al-Nasr Phase two The Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco) is currently preparing the evaluation of the technical bids to be submitted on Q2 2013 for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages of the Al-Nasr Full Field Development project offshore Abu Dhabi. Adma-Opco is a joint venture between the local Abu […]
Noble Energy plans first Colorado LNG facility The Houston-based Noble Energy (Noble) announced to build and operate the first facility in Colorado, USA, to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG). With a production capacity of only 100,000 gallons per day (approximately 60,000 tonnes per year), this Colorado LNG plant will rank among the smallest ones ever built […]