Tag: oil

Subsea contract for the Dalia field

TotalFinaElf Exploration & Production Angola has awarded Kvaerner Oilfield Products, a subsidiary of Aker Kvaerner, a USD 3.1 million contract for pre-engineering and qualification testing of the subsea production systems for the Dalia field offshore Angola.

Oman production boost

MB Petroleum and its new partner, CNPC, will invest a total of USD 220 million over the next four years to achieve a projected five-fold increase in oil production at the Sultanate's Mezoon-5 oil concession.

Iran-India gas pipeline agreement

A USD 3.2 billion natural gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan is showing more promise with the expectation that Pakistan and Russia will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Moscow the second week of September allowing studies for the pipeline to proceed.

Caspian MOU signed

Rosneft and Kazakhstan's Kazmunaigaz have signed an MOU regarding the development of the Kurmangazy field in the Caspian Sea.

Pipeline in southern Thailand

An international group comprising Sukothai Petroleum Co., Omani and Canadian interests have agreed to build a USD 450 million crude oil pipeline across southern Thailand to bypass the crowded Strait of Malacca.

South Pars contract “ready for signatureâ€?

Oil Minister Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh has said that the contracts for phases 9 and 10 of the South Pars Gas Field are ready to be signed.

Accelerated deepwater oil developments

Exxon Mobil Corporation will utilise an innovative, generic FPSO (floating, production, storage and offloading) concept to accelerate the production from new deepwater fields.

Coal-into-oil products

US-based Headwaters Inc. has announced plans with Shenhua Group Corp. Ltd to build in China the world's first commercial plant to turn coal into diesel fuel and gasoline.

Oil discovery confirmed in Bohai Bay

CNOOC Limited announced today that the Company and partners, ChevronTexaco and Petronas Carigali have confirmed an oil discovery in the Liaodong Bay 02/31 Block in Bohai Bay, China.

Two finds on Tampen

Operator Statoil has proven gas condensate and light oil in two wells drilled close to the Gullfaks and Statfjord fields in the North Sea.