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Aramco to begin with Ahmar-1 gas field development In 2012 Saudi Aramco discovered the Ahmar-1 field of non-associated gas in the deep water of the Red Sea approximately 24 kilometers northwest of Duba in the Tabuk Province on the west coast of Saudi Arabia. In following Saudi Aramco announced $25 billion capital expenditure in exploration production […]
Statoil and Chevron review costs in North Sea projects In 2013, shortly after that Norway had weighted its tax policy on oil and gas companies operating in the Norwegian North Sea, UK did the opposite and released a new tax regulation to encourage companies to explore more challenging deep offshore resources on the UK side […]
BP – OOC start Oman Block-61 development phase-1 BP and the Sultanate of Oman took one year to align on a $16 billion capital expenditure program to develop the first phase of the Khazzan and Makarem tight gas fields of the Block 61 in the center of Oman. With this investment BP is becoming the largest […]
Ecopetrol to invest $6.5 billion in exploration-production In 2014, the Colombia national oil company (NOC) Ecopetrol SA (Ecopetrol) has announced to invest more than $6.5 billion capital expenditure into exploration and production including the development of the East Cano Sur heavy crude oil field in Puerto Gaitan. Overall, Ecopetrol is planning to invest more than […]
Premier Oil to award Catcher FPSO EPC contract The London-based company Premier Oil (Premier) and its partners, Cairn Energy (Cairn) from Scotland and the Basf subsidiary Wintershall from Germany, are on the point to make the final decision to award the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a floating, storage, production and offloading (FPSO) […]
BP and CNPC prepare Rumaila processing plant bids The UK super major BP and its partners, China National Oil Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) and the Iraq state-owned State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) are currently reviewing the long list of the potential bidders for the Rumaila oil processing plants projects near Basra in the south of […]
North Reggane first production still targeted in 2016 Despite the In Amenas attack, the Spanish Repsol and its partners, the national oil company (NOC) Sonatrach, RWE Dea from Germany, and Edison from Italy, are moving ahead in the development of the North Reggane gas fields according to the original plans to deliver the first production […]
GDF-Suez and Sonatrach to invest $3 billion in Touat The Algerian national company Sonatrach and the France-based utility and energy group GDF-Suez selected the Spanish engineering company Tecnicas Reunidas to execute the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract for the development of the giant Touat gas field in southwestern Algeria. In the Touat project, […]
