Reaching new frontiers Sasol was established in Sasolburg in South Africa in 1950 to develop on industrial basis the Coal-To-Liquids (CTL) technology as this country is rich of coal and many other resources but holds limited oil and gas conventional fields. Sasol started up the first CTL plant in 1955 to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals. […]
ReadThe world leader in gases for industry Air Liquide was founded in France in 1902 from two scientists and inventors who got the idea to liquefied air to separate the gases and produce oxygen. Today, Air Liquide is operating in 80 countries with 46,200 employees but still focusing on the air separation for all industries […]
ReadEffectively produce hydrocarbons from offshore areas Firstly established as Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited (ADMA) to explore and produce offshore Abu Dhabi oil and gas, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) exported the first tanker of crude from Das Island to Japan in July 1962. Named British tanker, this first export vessel was celebrating the successful […]
ReadResources and Energy With Headoffice in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, WorleyParsons was established in 2004 from the acquisition of the Californian engineering company Parsons E&C by the Australian Worley. Parsons E&C had a long history since 1944 in the downstream sector, refining, petrochemicals and power. Worley was established under the actual form in 1987 from […]
ReadTackle each challenge with safe, reliable and innovative solutions Headquartered in San Donato Milanese, next to Milano in Italy, Saipem is a subsidiary of the Italian national oil company ENI S.p.A. (ENI) operating in the engineering and contracting services. Previoulsy wholly owned, ENI floated 57% of the shares in 1984 in Milan Stock Exchange. Initiated in […]
ReadTo Find Oil, You Have to Drill Established in 1926, Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger) has become since that time the world market leader of the oilfield services with more than 115,000 employees working in approximately 85 countries, listed in New York, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Switzerland Stock Exchanges. Based in Houston, Texas, USA, Schlumberger provides oil and […]
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