Posts Tagged ‘Turkey’

RiCoal to build world-scale Coal-To-Olefin complex in Russia

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 (more…)

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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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Iraq details crude oil pipeline project to Jordan Red Sea

SNC Lavalin won FEED contract for phase-1 to Aqaba On December 2012, the Iraq Ministry of Oil (MoO) presented in London, UK, Road Show, its Strategic Crude Oil Export Pipeline Infrastructure Project across Jordan, Syria and Turkey. During this London Road Show, the Ministry of Oil also detailed the phase-1 (more…)

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Woodside joins Noble Energy in Israel Leviathan gas field

Woodside to become LNG operator in Leviathan  December 3rd, 2012, the Australian company Woodside closed a deal with Noble Energy (Noble) representing the Leviathan joint venture to take 30% stake in the giant Leviathan natural gas field. Lying by 1,700 meters deepwater depth at 135 kilometers west from Israel coast, the Leviathan (more…)

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Lukoil selects WorleyParsons for West Qurna-2 in South of Iraq

WorleyParsons to provide project management services November 2012, OAO Lukoil (Lukoil) selected the Australian engineering company WorleyParsons to provide project management services (PMS) on the next three years for the West Qurna-2 oil field development project in southern Iraq. Discovered in 1973, the West Qurna-2 oilfield is the second largest (more…)

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Genel Energy in brief

A new force in Exploration and Production On September 2011, Genel Energy (Genel) appeared as a new company resulting from the merger between Vallares PLC and Genel Energy International with a new Chief Executive Officer named Tony Hayward, the former CEO of BP. Immediately, Genel Energy got registered in Jersey, (more…)

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Genel to convert Miran field exploration into $2.5 billion project

Genel to export Kurdish Iraq natural gas to Turkey Genel Energy is considering a $2.5 billion gas central processing facility to turn Miran gas field into production. The Miran natural gas field is located in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and had been awarded through a production sharing contract (PSC) by (more…)

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The Dow Chemicals in brief

Passionately innovate is more than a mission statement The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is based in Midland, Michigan, USA, listed in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, New York (DOW), Paris, Switzerland and Tokyo. With approximately 52,000 employees in the world, Dow is pioneering the creation and development of innovative technologies and solutions (more…)

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Shell and TPAO to explore Turkey Black Sea

Shell ramps up upstream activities toward Turkey 2023 In November 2011, Shell and Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) signed a joint operating agreement to initiate exploration and production onshore and offshore Turkey oil and gas fields.   In this agreement  Shell and TPAO  are considering the development of conventional and unconventional resources. (more…)

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Iraq investigates Jordan export pipeline to Red Sea

Iraq export pipeline to Aqaba to substitute Syria pipeline SNC Lavalin from Canada and Stroytransgaz from Russia had been appointed respectively in 2011 and 2010 to provide consultation services and rehabilitation work studies to build two crude export pipelines and one gas pipeline through Syria. These pipelines should have a (more…)

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