Shaping The Future Established in 1894 in Germany for drilling and mining potassium salt, Wintershall started the oil production in 1930 and joined the chemical group BASF in Ludwigshafen as a wholly-owned subsidiary in 1969. Based in Kassel, Germany, Wintershall is the largest German crude oil and natural gas producer and operates the largest network of pipelines […]
ReadPetronas moves on second Floating LNG unit On September 2012, JGC Corporation (JGC) from Japan and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) from South Korea signed a contract with the Malaysian national oil company Petronas for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of a new floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit. Malaysia waters is rich of […]
ReadRosneft to buy TNK-BP from BP and AAR for $55 billion On Monday 22nd, 2012, Rosneft makes double win over the TNK-BP internal disputes between its key stakeholders BP and Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR) in closing deal with both parties to take over their respective 50% shares. On Monday morning BP and Rosneft signed Heads of Terms […]
ReadNon-end drive to USA paves Enbridge way to Asia With the cancellation of the $16.2 billion Mackenzie Valley pipeline project, Canada integrates the new situation created in the USA with the exponential development of the shale gas these last years. Proposed in the 1970s and finally approved by the Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB), the […]
ReadJoined expertise to focus on subsea EPCI contracts Technip, the French engineering company, and Heerema Marine Contractors, the Netherlands-based offshore contracting and services company, have signed a global alliance to join their respective expertise on the ultra deep water business. Home-based in Paris, France, Technip is one of the largest engineering company in the world […]
ReadAn international oil and gas company Based in Vienna, OMV Aktiengesellschaft (OMV) is one of Austria’s largest listed industrial companies with 29,800 employees in 2011 Historically, OMV is an integrated upstream–midstream–downstream company with activities mostly concentrated in Europe. Upstream, OMV explore and produce oil and gas in Romania and Austria and holds working interests all […]
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