:: Jack - "The answer to a nation's prayers?"
Posted: 25 September 2006
With much of the world embroiled in uncertainty it is good to know that the offshore oil industry, which has come under so much criticism in the past, has come up trumps in providing an increased measure of security of supply to the US homeland. Jack in Walker Ridge 758-759 is rumoured by some to be one of the best deepwater offshore discoveries ever made in the US Gulf of Mexico.

:: Energy Oscars expand
Posted: 25 September 2006
The Excellence in Energy Awards 2006, the sixth in the Middle East 's annual industry Oscars, has been expanded to create an honour dedicated to the region's rapidly developing gas sector.

:: Abu Dhabi hosts Gastech
Posted: 25 September 2006
Abu Dhabi is this year hosting Gastech – the 22 nd international conference and exhibition for the LNG, LPG and natural gas industries – in a milestone that is said to feature strongest line up of speakers, panels, sessions and keynotes.

:: Heavy sour crude slate to shape refining industry's future
Posted: 25 September 2006
Refining industry's trajectory must start with a look at future oil demand, says a senior Saudi Aramco executive.

:: Norsk Hydro signs exploration agreement with Iran
Posted: 25 September 2006
Hydro has signed an exploration and development agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). The agreement covers the Khorramabad block in Lurestan province in south-western Iran.

:: Maersk Qatar Oil awards contract to BJ Tubular Services
Posted: 25 September 2006
BJ Tubular Services said it was awarded a contract from Maersk Oil Qatar AS to provide a range of services on all the company’s wells in Qatar , particularly in the Al Shaheen Field. In addition to hammer conductor-driving services, BJ is supplying cold-cutting services.

:: $3 billion project to refine more Canadian heavy crude oil
Posted: 25 September 2006
BP has entered the final planning stage of a $3 billion investment in Canadian heavy crude oil processing at its Whiting Refinery located in northwest Indiana.

:: BJ to provide well services in India
Posted: 25 September 2006
BJ Tubular Services has won a contract from Hardy Exploration & Production ( India ) Inc. to provide a range of well services in India . The contract calls for offshore casing and tubing running services, as well as cold cutting services for tubulars ranging in size from 20-inch casing to 3-1/2-inch tubing.

:: First CNG Carrier ready for construction to ABS Class
Posted: 25 September 2006
ABS has given full design approval for the class of the compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier designed and developed by Canadian-based Sea NG Corporation. Full approval follows the earlier Approval in Principle (AIP) issued by ABS for the Sea NG design in 1997 and is the first full class approval for a CNG carrier issued by the Bureau.

:: Diesel hydrotreater complex to be commissioned
Posted: 25 September 2006
Cleaner-burning diesel fuel means cleaner air, and the Diesel Hydrotreater Complex Project at Saudi Aramco's Riyadh Refinery will contribute to a significant decrease in diesel-fuel sulfur emissions in the central region.

:: Foster Wheeler-led JV wins Saudi Aramco Khurais EPC Contract
Posted: 25 September 2006
A joint venture led by Foster Wheeler Energy Limited, part of the Global Engineering and Construction Group, with Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd., has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction contract by Saudi Aramco for the Khurais Gas Facility, part of the Khurais Central Processing Facility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

:: Saipem wins construction contracts in Saudi Arabia and Peru
Posted: 25 September 2006
Saipem has been awarded two new contracts for onshore construction worth US $1,420 million.

:: Oracle Energy to drill Fatima prospect in October
Posted: 25 September 2006
Oracle Energy says that preparations are actively underway to drill the Fatima-1 well on the Fatima prospect, Block 22, Yemen . The drilling rig is being mobilized and drilling is scheduled to commence mid-October 2006.

:: Saipem awarded new onshore drilling contracts
Posted: 25 September 2006
Saipem has been awarded 13 new contracts for the charter of onshore drilling rigs worth an estimated total of US $280 million.

:: Strategies for mitigating climate change
Posted: 25 September 2006
Shell announced key initiatives it has adopted for mitigating climate change and promoting learning and education in the region at the third Middle East Corporate Social Responsibility Summit.

:: Schlumberger and Apache to commercialise data whitening technology
Posted: 25 September 2006
Schlumberger has announced that WesternGeco has acquired the rights to a data whitening technology from Apache Corporation. Through an ongoing technology collaboration, WesternGeco will continue to work with Apache to develop and commercialise the technology.

:: Mannai sets-up ManSoft in India
Posted: 25 September 2006
Mannai Corporation has inaugurated its new subsidiary - ManSoft Solutions and Systems Private Limited – in India.