Oil & Gas UPDATE
August 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
OVERVIEW
Statoil Considers Natural Gas to be Fuel of the Future
New Subsea Gas Dehydration Process May Open More Fields
Expro Develops New AX-S Subsea Well Intervention System
Researchers Show Possibility of Capturing Carbon Dioxide Directly from Air
CB&I to Buy Shaw Group for $3 Bln
AMERICAS
U.S.
FERC Okays Caledonia Storage Project with No Open Season Required
NTSB Finds Fault with Enbridge in 2010 Michigan Pipeline Spill
Analyst Reports Permian Needs More NGL Pipe, Processing Infrastructure
Consumer Group Says CA Utilities' Pipeline Safety Plan Too Ambitious, Expensive
BP Shelves $1 Bln Liberty Offshore Drilling Project in Alaska
Chesapeake Ordered to pay $100 Mln in Claims
Independence Energy Announces Additional Upgrades at OK Quinlan Lease Oil Property
Expro Awarded $3.4 Mln Gulf of Mexico Subsea Services Contract with LLOG Exploration
PG&E to Focus on Safety and Compliance with 4,300 System-Monitoring Upgrades
Report Says $163 Bln Currently Invested in U.S. Oil, Gas Projects
Kinder Morgan, BP Reach Long-Term Processing and Storage Contacts
Shell Revises Offshore Alaska Drilling Plans Due to Ice Presence and Oil Spill System Certification
U.S. House Rejects and Replaces Obama Offshore Drilling Plan with New Legislation
Enbridge Cleaning Up Wisconsin Oil Spill, But Pipeline Still Closed
ONEOK Announces Approximately $1 Bln for Additional Growth Projects to 2014
TransCanada Receives Final Permit for Gulf Coast Portion of Keystone XL
McDermott Awarded a Fixed Platform Contract for Discovery System in the Gulf of Mexico
Williams Partners’ Announces Open Season for Transco Pipeline Mobile Bay South III Expansion Project
CB&I Announces $225 Mln Contract from AGL Energy in Australia
Govt Officials Discuss Plans to Modernize Columbia Gas Transmission Pipeline Infrastructure
CANADA
Spectra Energy Opens Natural Gas Processing Plant
British Columbia Lays Down "Minimum Requirements" for $5.5 Bln Northern Gateway Pipeline
MEXICO
Bredero Shaw Wins $40 Mln in Coatings Contracts for Pemex Linea 5 Pipeline Project
BRAZIL
Keppel FELS Wins $200 Mln FPSO Topside Contract from MODEC and Toyo JV
Total Takes Over Operatorship from Petrobras of Offshore Block in Brazil
BG Group Approves $4.5 Bln Worth of Brazil FPSO Contracts
ASIA
Scomi Group to Tender $1 Bln Oil and Gas Contracts in the Next Year
Turkmenistan Seeks Investors for TAPI Gas Pipeline to Link Central and South Asia
AUSTRALIA
ShawCor Wins Second Order for Ichthys Project for $100 Mln Plus LNG Pipe Coating Contract from McDermott Australia
Apache Awards Technip a $61 Mln Subsea Contract for the Balnaves Field Development
CB&I Announces $225 Mln Contract from AGL Energy in Australia
BANGLADESH
Chevron Will Spend $500 Mln to Expand Bangladeshi Gas Production
MALAYSIA
CB&I Announces Technology Contract in Malaysia
Aker Solutions Wins Atwood Oceanics Drilling Riser Contract
Singapore's Kreuz Wins $13 Mln Malaysia Subsea Services Contract
Petronas Selects Airborne O&G for Offshore Non-Metallic Flowline Solutions
PHILIPPINES
The Philippines to Bid out Three Oil Exploration Contracts in S. China Sea
SINGAPORE
Keppel Kazakhstan Tie-Up Wins $242 Mln Jackup Rig Contract
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
GERMANY
German Cartel Office OKs $4 Bln Sale of E.ON's Gas Grid to Macquarie Led Consortium
IRELAND
Key Decisions Due for All-Ireland Islandmagee Gas Storage Facility
NORWAY
Statoil Awards FMC $200 Mln Subsea Systems Contract
Aker Solutions Acquires Two Subsea Companies
Technip Awarded EPIC Contract by Marathon Oil
UNITED KINGDOM
Ithaca Energy Awards Technip $230 Mln EPIC North Sea Contract
ANGOLA
Aker Solutions Wins $250 Mln Subsea Intervention Contract from Total E&P Angola
EAST AFRICA
Tullow, CNOOC, Total Could Invest $5 Bln in E Africa Oil Export Hub
GUYANA
Tullow Abandons Oil Well off Guyana Citing Safety Issues
NIGERIA
Saipem Awarded over $800 Mln E&C Contract for Onshore Nigeria
Nigeria Faces Unprecedented Rise in Incidents of Pipeline Vandalism
REPUBLIC OF CONGO / ANGOLA
Chevron to Proceed with $2 Bln Offshore Congo Subsea System and Pipeline Project
SOUTH AFRICA
Mossel Bay GTL Refinery Gets Go Ahead for New Gas Fields Project
AFGHANISTAN
Dubai’s Dragon Oil and Kuwait Energy Compete for Afghan Oil Deals
IRAN
Tender to Be Held for Purchasing South Pars Sea Pipelines
Iraq and Dragon Oil Consortium Sign Initial Block 9 Contract
SAUDI ARABIA
McDermott Awarded Safaniya and Zuluf Fields Projects for Saudi Aramco
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Technip JV wins $817 Mln Abu Dhabi Oil Contract for Zadco Offshore Expansion
Technip Wins Dubai Petroleum Subsea Contract
Abu Dhabi’s NPCC and Technip Awarded Joint $800 Mln Contract for Offshore Facilities
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