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SINOMACH and CPC to build first Cambodia refinery On December 28th 2012, China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp (SINOMACH) and Cambodia Petrochemical Corporation (CPC) made the final investment decision (FID) to build the first crude oil refinery in the Kampong Som Petrochemical Industrial Zone along the southern coast in Cambodia. This $2.3 billion capital expenditure this […]
Vietnam Oil & Gas Group completed preparation work PetroVietnam‘s Chairman , Mr Phung Dinh Thuc confirmed during a visit on the site of the Nghi Son refinery project that the preparation work was completed in October 2012 so that the construction could start in 2013. The Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC (NSRP) is a […]
Gazprom and Itochu completed feasibility study November 26th, 2012, Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom hosted a meeting in Moscow with a Japanese delegation led by Japan Ambassador Chikahito Harada about the joint project of liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Vladivostok in the outmost Far East of the Russian Federation. In January 2011, Gazprom and Japan Far […]
A leading Asian exploration and production company Home based in Bangkok, Thailand, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) was established in 1985 to provide Thailand with sustainable oil and gas supply in competitive conditions. PTTEP is a national petroleum exploration and production company owned by the state-owned company PTT, but since 1993, PTTEP […]
After Petronas Rapid joint venture Versalis go to China On April 2012, the Italian national oil company Eni decided to rename its chemical branch Polimeri Europa into Versalis. Beyond the branding operation, Eni intends to go global with its Europe centric chemical business to benefit from the high growth in emerging countries. In 2011, Polimeri […]
Definition Continental Shelf (CS) refers to the part of the seabed sloping gently between the coast and the deep ocean. Geographically and legally the definition of the Continental Shelf is different from the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Comments The Continental Shelf is the sub-sea extension of the continent where the waters are still shallow, between 150 […]
Acquired blocks from BP offshore Vietnam smile to ExxonMobil ExxonMobil acquired the blocks 117,118 and 119 offshore Da Nang on central Vietnam coast in the Phu Khanh Basin from BP in 2009. At that time BP managed to extract gas from these fields but with high content of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. Today ExxonMobil […]
Definition EEZ is the acronym of Exclusive Economic Zone EEZ defines the maritime area of 200 nautical miles distance (370 km) from the coast baseline where each state is entitled to empower its sovereign rights. Comments The legal definition of the EEZ was given in 1982 by the United Nation Convention on the Law of […]
