Posts Tagged ‘Canada’

Europe opens back doors to shale gas exploration – production

From UK to Turkey all Europe is working on shale gas In December 2012, UK made the most noticeable step in Europe when ending the moratorium on fracking process after the Blackpool tremors in 2011. At that time not only UK lifted the fraking ban but also unveiled tax breaks (more…)

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BASF to invest $1 billion in Germany Ludwigshafen expansion

BASF awards Fluor Ludwigshafen TDI EPCM contract On February 19th 2013, the Germany-based BASF chemical company selected the Fluor from the USA to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the new toluene diisocyanate (TDI) production in the Ludwigshafen chemical complex. Ludwigshafen is already one of the largest (more…)

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AltaGas and Idemitsu to export LNG and LPG from Canada to Asia

AltaGas and Idemitsu to build LNG facility on BC coast AltaGas Ltd (AltaGas) from Alberta in Canada and the Japanese Idemitsu Kosan Corporation Ltd (Idemitsu) have decided to form the 50/50 AltaGas Idemitsu Joint Venture Limited Partnership joint venture to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from (more…)

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ExxonMobil, Chevron, Suncor, Statoil and Nalcor go for Canada Hebron

ExxonMobil and partners to invest $14 billion by 2017 ExxonMobil, Chevron, Suncor Energy (Suncor), Statoil and Nalcor Energy Oil and Gas (Nalcor) made the final investment decision (FID) to develop the Hebron offshore oil field project in Canada. The Hebron oil field is located offshore the Newfoundland and Labrador on (more…)

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PetroChina to increase stake in Canada shale gas

CNPC to take $2.2 billion stake in Encana Duvernay The China National Petroleum Company (CNPC or PetroChina) speeds up acquisitions of interests in Canada with the $2.2 billion offered to the local Encana for stake in the Duvernay oil sand project. According to the deal reached between the parties, PetroChina will (more…)

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US Government to replace WTI for crude oil prices benchmark

EIA to adopt North Sea Brent crude oil as benchmark US Government energy agency, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) published in its annual energy out look its decision to replace the historical West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil traded on New York Mercantile Exchange by the European Brent listed on (more…)

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CNOOC in brief

China National Offshore Oil Corporation The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is the Chinese third largest oil and gas company in China after PetroChina (CNPC) and Sinopec. Based in Hong Kong, CNOOC was established in 1999 to develop the offshore resources in complement of PetroChina focusing on the onshore (more…)

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CNOOC and Petronas to step in Canada oil sands

CNOOC and Petronas to acquire Nexen and Progress On December 7th, 2012, Canada Prime Minister John Harper announced the approval for two national oil companies China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) and Petronas from Malaysia to acquire respectively:  - Nexen Inc. (Nexen)  - Progress Energy Resources Corp. (Progress) For Nexen, (more…)

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Sasol in brief

Reaching new frontiers Sasol was established in Sasolburg in South Africa in 1950 to develop on industrial basis the Coal-To-Liquids (CTL) technology as this country is rich of coal and many other resources but holds limited oil and gas conventional fields. Sasol started up the first CTL plant in 1955 to (more…)

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WorleyParsons in brief

Resources and Energy With Headoffice in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, WorleyParsons was established in 2004 from the acquisition of the Californian engineering company Parsons E&C by the Australian Worley. Parsons E&C had a long history since 1944 in the downstream sector, refining, petrochemicals and power. Worley was established under the (more…)

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