Companies

Saudi Aramco has awarded subsurface and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts worth $10bn for the development of the Jafurah gas field. The contracts have been awarded to 16 undisclosed domestic and international service companies for the Jafurah Gas Plant and gas compression facilities, as well as infrastructure and related …

Saudi Aramco is marking the start of its development of the Jafurah unconventional gas field on November 29, says a report by Arab News. The Saudi-listed firm claims it to be the “largest non-associated gas field” in the Kingdom. The move is part of the Kingdom’s push to commercialise its …

Eni has inked a deal with Snam to sell its 49.9 percent stake (directly and indirectly owned) in certain companies operating two groups of international gas pipelines connecting Algeria to Italy, Trend reports with reference to Snam. In particular, the perimeter of the transaction includes the onshore gas pipelines running …

BASF announced that the company will bundle its renewable-energy activities under BASF Renewable Energy from 1 January 2022. The company will focus on supplying the BASF Group in Europe with electricity from renewable energies, European electricity trading activities and provide global consulting and expertise on renewables for BASF and group …

Gazprom does not plan to produce shale gas that adversely affects the environment in view of being supported by proven reserves at conventional fields, the company said on Tuesday. “Gazprom also does not plan shale gas production in view of high availability of proven gas reserves at conventional fields, whose …

Maersk Drilling has merged with Noble Drilling and will move into the latter’s headquarters in Houston, the US, to make the new company the third largest rig owner in the world. Maersk is headquartered in Denmark. Taking the name of Noble, the merger brings in a synergy that is in …

Royal Dutch Shell is currently committed to exploring in Africa for hydrocarbons and doing so fits the company’s purpose, its exploration manager for deepwater Africa Benjamin Mee said on Wednesday at an industry event. More than 80% of Shell’s exploration will be focused on core positions with an emphasis on …

Russia’s Gazprom PJSC said it’s kicking off a plan to send gas into five European storage facilities in November, delivering on a promise made by President Vladimir Putin to the energy-hungry continent last month. “The volumes and gas-transportation routes have been determined,” Gazprom said in a statement, without giving further …

US energy giant ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision on a multi-billion-dollar chemical complex in Guangdong province in southern China. The greenfield project includes a 1.6m tonne/year flexible feed steam cracker, three performance polyethylene (PE) lines, and two differentiated performance polypropylene (PP) lines, ExxonMobil said late on Monday. Construction …

QatarEnergy has placed the first batch of LNG shipbuilding orders with Korean shipyards consisting of four vessels from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and two vessels from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The orders came in the form of QatarEnergy’s declaration of its ship construction options with the two Korean …