The $33 billion Kuwait refineries projects on the move again
KNPC to pre-qualify EPCs for CFP and NRP projects Expected on June 13th, the state-owned oil refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) has decided to postpone to July 4th the dead line for the...
View Article$3 billion Fujairah refinery, IPIC calls for bid on FEED
Fujairah refinery, a strategic project for the UAE International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is moving ahead with the crude oil refinery project to be located at Fujairah, UAE. The Fujairah...
View Article7 bidders on FEED of $1 billion PetroRabigh Clean Fuel project
Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo evaluate FEED tenders When Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo had created the joint venture PetroRabigh in 2005, this complex was designed as the biggest integrated refinery and...
View ArticleBapco ready to move on the $6 billion Refinery expansion
Sitra Refinery expansion preliminary studies completed After multiple scenarios for revamping and expansion, the Minister of Energy in Bahrain, Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, has announced the...
View ArticleENI and GDF-Suez call for tender on $2 billion Jangkrik
ENI and GDF-Suez combine FEED and EPC bids to speed up Indonesian Muara Bakau development After the successfully appraisal of the Jangkrik natural gas discovery, ENI and GDF-Suez intend to speed up the...
View ArticleSaudi Aramco to tender $1 billion Riyadh Refinery EPC contracts
Foster Wheeler and Sofcon completed the FEED Foster Wheeler and its local partner A. Al-Saihati, A. Fattani & O. Al-Othman Consulting Engineering Co., (SOFCON) have completed the Front End...
View ArticlePetronas to link Iraqi Garraf oil field to Al-Faw Export Terminal
Weatherford won Garraf $200 million processing facility Garraf or Gharraf is the fifth biggest oil field in Iraq with estimated 1 billion barrels reserves. Garraf is located halfway between the...
View ArticleSonatrach and Total in discussion again about Arzew Petrochemical Complex
Qatar Petroleum holds 10% of $3 billion Arzew project Since Total and Sonatrach had announced the giant Arzew petrochemical complex, the project had to be put on hold by the lack of ethane as feedstock...
View ArticleChevron qualified contractors to bid on $3 billion Gendalo-Gehem
Technip and WorleyParsons completed the FEED Chevron had awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) for the development of Gengalo – Gehem project to: – Technip Jakarta office in Indonesia...
View ArticleSaudi Aramco Shoaiba Terminal to be tendered Lump Sum
$600 million Storage facility on Red Sea coast With the Shoaiba storage facility, Saudi Aramco expects to facilitate the distribution of the transportation fuels and petrochemical bulk across the...
View ArticleTotal signed Farm-in Agreement with Marathon in Kurdistan
Total to join other Majors ExxonMobil and Chevron in the northeast Iraqi province The French major Total and US Marathon Oil Company (Marathon) signed a Farm-in Agreement to develop two blocks in the...
View ArticleRosneft and ExxonMobil Strategic Agreement takes shape
Rosneft and Exxon mobilize $3.2 billion as first step On April 2012, Rosneft and ExxonMobil signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to jointly explore and develop oil and gas fields in the Russian...
View ArticleSabic Al Jubail Polyacetal project at final bid
Ibn Sina to move ahead in high performance chemicals Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) and its partners in Ibn Sina joint venture, Celanese Corp (Celanese) and Duke Energy Corp., have decided to...
View ArticleSaudi Aramco increases scope of work for Ras Tanura refinery
Saudi Aramco extends Jacobs’s FEED on $3 billion Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel and Aromatics project In May 2011 Saudi Aramco awarded the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) to Jacobs ZATE for the...
View ArticleQP and QAPCO move on $5.5 billion Ras Laffan Petrochemicals
Qatar to invest $25 billion in petrochemicals until 2020 In February 2012, Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemicals Corporation (Qapco) had signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to add a $5.5 billion...
View ArticleZadco to call for tender on Zirku island expansion
Zadco to extend Zirku oil processing and gas treatment The Abu Dhabi company Zakum Development Company Oil Company (Zadco) is a joint venture between the national oil company (NOC) Abu Dhabi National...
View ArticleOman $1.5 billion Sohar Refinery expansion near EPC stage
ORPIC evaluates bids on Sohar Refinery Expansion In April the Oman Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) had qualified eight engineering companies to receive the Call for Tender of...
View ArticlePetronas to call for bid on Gharraf Gas Treatment Plant in October
Petronas and Japex move on Iraq Gharraf phase 1 The Malaysian national oil company, Petronas, Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) and North Oil Company from Iraq, are moving one the first phase of the...
View ArticlePetroChina, CNOOC and Missan Oil prepare tender for Iraq export pipeline
CNPC to connect Halfaya field to Al-Fao export terminal The joint venture between the national oil companies China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), also called PetroChina, together with its...
View ArticleProject Smart Explorer goes live
The First Online and Smart sales pursuit tools to trace Oil and Gas and Petrochemical projects 2B1st Consulting’s team of experts developed Project Smart Explorer as the first sales pursuit tool to...
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