Technip to complete FEED work for onshore NEB 3 The national Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Operations (ADCO) is making significant progress in the North East Bab field with the contracts to be awarded soon for the development of the third phase called NEB 3. ADCO is the joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company […]
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Saipem won EPC contract for Nigeria Edo fertilizer Based in Lagos, Nigeria, the Dangote Group (Dangote) has selected the Indian Tata Consulting Engineering company as project manager consultant (PMC) for its Edo Fertilizer project in Nigeria. Estimated to require $1.9 billion capital expenditure, this Edo Fertilizer project is given as to build the largest Fertilizer plant in Africa.
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SBM and Modec to charter three FPSOs to Petrobras The Brazil national oil company Petrobras signed with SBM Offshore (SBM) from The Netherlands two chartering contracts for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels to substitute the P-66 and P-67 FPSOs currently in construction and planned for the Lula field. These contracts with SBM come in
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Technip completes FEED on Freeport ethylene cracker To optimize the competitive advantage of the US glut of shale gas, the Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is planning to increase locally the number and variety of production units downward its chemical value chain. Presented as early as April 2011, the US Gulf Coast Investment Plan elaborated by
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KBR to complete FEED on Lucapa new-build FPSO On first quarter 2012, the international oil company Chevron through its local subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (Cabinda) and its partners, the national oil company Sonangol, Eni from Italy, Total from France, and Galp from Portugal, had awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract to
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Mustang-Hejailan-DAR-PI signed Shoaiba project FEED Saudi Aramco selected Mustang Engineering and its local partners Faisal Jamel Al-Hejailan Engineering Company (Mustang Hejailan), Dar Al-Riyadh Engineering Consultants (DAR) and Petro-Infrastructure Engineering Consultants Company (PI Consult) for the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract of the Shoaiba Terminal project. Located in the southwest of Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea
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Modec and SBM in competitive FEED final for TEN The UK-based Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) and its partners Kosmos Energy (Kosmos) from USA, Anadarko Petroleum (Anadarko) from USA, Sabre Oil and Gas (Sabre) from USA, and the local Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) are approaching the time for decision on the design contest between Modec
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Statoil prepares High North oil exploration in Norway In February 2013, Statoil and its partners, Eni from Italy and Petoro from Norway, presented the conclusions of their feasibility study for the development of the Skrugard and Havis offshore oil fields in the Norwegian territorial waters of the Barents Sea. The selected concept depends of course
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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 and advertised to become the
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Rosneft’s Neftegaz signed farm-in agreement with ExxonMobil in Gulf of Mexico deepwater The first week of March gave the opportunity to Rosneft to unveil its objective to go global in multiplying strategic partnerships with leading companies such as ExxonMobil. On March 6th 2013, Rosneft‘s subsidiary Neftegaz America Shelf LP (Nefetgaz) signed with ExxonMobil a Farm-in Agreement
