Japan and Canada formally cemented a bilateral pact Friday to stimulate trade and investment opportunities in oil and LNG by sharing information and creating a forum to deal with energy issues. Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister ...
Tags: pipelines, regasification plants
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has announced plans to start construction of a new petrochemical processing complex at the industrial complex of Sangachal Terminal in south Baku region of the country. SOCAR president Rovnag ...
Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PCL, the country's flagship petroleum explorer, might invest in North American shale-gas and Myanmar deep-water projects as part of its plan to nearly double its output by 2020. PTTEP, which made ...
Tags: Shale Gas, flagship petroleum
China's investment in exploration of oil and gas resources is expected to stand at 80 billion yuan (13.07 billion U.S. dollars) in 2013, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources. Such investment has risen steadily in China over the ...
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) states in a press release that the company will join forces with NHC Uzbekneftegas to research cooperation feasibilities in two blocks in the central Asian country; the two sides will set up a ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
BP has become the second oil and gas major in a day to announce it would have a new chief for its Australian operations, following fast on the heels of a similar announcement by ExxonMobil. Andy Holmes has been appointed president of BP ...
Tags: Exxonmobil, Chemicals
Tubos Reunidos, a leading Spanish seamless tube and pipe producer, has announced its financial results for the first three months of the current year, announcing an 86 percent year-on-year fall in its consolidated net profit to €1.16 ...
Tags: seamless tube, pipe producer
Shell said it reduced by 50% the volume of oil spills from its onshore operations in Nigeria's Niger Delta in 2012 compared with the previous year, but that oil theft from the company's facilities remain a long-term challenge. "The volume ...
Tags: Shell, Oil Spill, Nigerian Fields
EU-listed and large private oil, gas and mining companies will be forced to reveal more about their payments to governments under new EU rules agreed informally late Tuesday by EU negotiators. Some big oil companies, including Shell, had ...
ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has signed a service contract valued at $260 million with A/S Norske Shell. The contract, for a period of 9 years, requires ABB to provide integrated service and support solutions ...
Tags: ABB, Major Oil Company, Electrical
Houston, Texas-based MRC Global, a distributor of pipe, valves and fittings products and services to the energy and industry sectors, and NAWAH LLC announced a logistics alliance to serve the Iraqi oil and gas market. As part of the ...
Tags: energy sectors, industry sectors, oil, gas
Greenland’s treasure trove of rare earth metals, the largest deposit outside of China, cannot be mined because the elements are connected to restricted radioactive materials. Several reports, such as The Epoch Times’ latest ...
Tags: oil, gas, Greenland, rare earth metals, China
MNA cited Mr Mousavi Souri CEO of Iran Oil and Gas Company as saying that the gas injection and operation of phases 15 and 16 of the South Pars.Despite sanctions,Iran's platforms in South Pars have exceeded Qatar for the first time. Mr ...
Tags: MNA, Mousavi Souri, Iran Oil and Gas Company
When you talk with the executives of most U.S. companies the subject often turns to the global market and the opportunities for growth that countries like China offer. However, as that conversation continues the next thing you often hear is ...
Tags: China, opportunities, Intellectual Property, theft of IP
Jordan has signed an initial agreement with the British company Shell for exploration of oil and gas fields in the Sarkhan basin in the northeast of the Kingdom. The country's Energy and Natural Resources Ministry said that under the ...
Tags: Jordan, British company Shell, exploration of oil and gas, Sarkhan basin