Cobalt to join Majors in Angola pre-salt Kwansa Basin With the Cameia discovery, the junior Cobalt International Energy Company Inc. (Cobalt) is joining the major companies BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Galp Energia, Maersk, Petrobras, PetroChina, Statoil and Total in the development of the pre-salt oil and gas reserves lying in (more…)
Read moreMajors develop cutting-edge subsea drilling technology On February 2013, the German Wintershall oil and gas company has decided to follow Chevron example in taking shares in the subsea drilling innovative company Badger Explorer aside its key stakeholders ExxonMobil and Statoil. With the ambition to increase its footprint in the offshore (more…)
Read moreHyundai Heavy Industries books $1.1 billion Topsides Statoil and its partners, OMV from Austria and ConocoPhillips from USA made the final investment decision (FID) and awarded the topsides, the most critical package, of the Aasta Hansteen project to Hyundai Heavy Industries. Previously named Luva, the Aasta Hansteen is located 300 (more…)
Read moreTechnip and Samsung Heavy Industries won Topsides In selecting the consortium made of Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the topsides of its Martin Linge project in Norway, the french international oil company, Total, awarded the main package of this $4.2 billion project. Lying by 120 meter water depth on the Norwegian (more…)
Read moreRosneft to lead pilot project in Bazhenov formation In line with the strategic cooperation agreement signed in August 2011, Rosneft and ExxonMobil signed a Pilot Development Agreement to explore and produce tight oil from the Bazhenov and Achimov formation in the Western Siberia. According to the terms of the Pilot (more…)
Read moreKOC to give priority to onshore exploration During Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) announced to have received mandate from Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) to increase crude oil production from actual 3 million b/d to 4 million b/d by 2030. Considering the age and the level of maturity (more…)
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