- Managed Major Pipeline Contracts over $ 98M
with National Oil Companies (NOC's) in Latin America - Foun...
A regular foreign investor might well want some sort of extra risk premium, as is often the case
with national oil companies.
Whether they do depends as much on geopolitics as geology — the vagaries of market speculation on future oil prices and how much economic pain private oil companies can take compared
with their national oil company counterparts, like Saudi Arabia's Aramco.
Not exact matches
Mining giant Woodside Petroleum will expand its presence off the Moroccan coast after entering into a contract
with the country's
national oil company for a licence to explore another block of the Doukkala basin.
• Abu Dhabi
National Oil Company, the United Arab Emirates» state - owned oil company, has chosen First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to help with the IPO of its retail unit, Reuters reported citing people with knowledge of the matt
Oil Company, the United Arab Emirates» state - owned oil company, has chosen First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to help with the IPO of its retail unit, Reuters reported citing people with knowledge of the
Company, the United Arab Emirates» state - owned
oil company, has chosen First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to help with the IPO of its retail unit, Reuters reported citing people with knowledge of the matt
oil company, has chosen First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to help with the IPO of its retail unit, Reuters reported citing people with knowledge of the
company, has chosen First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to help
with the IPO of its retail unit, Reuters reported citing people
with knowledge of the matter.
Nexen said Tuesday that the
company and its bidder, China
National Offshore
Oil Co., did so under «mutual agreement»
with the committee.
Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese
oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia
with about 60 percent of its imported
oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent
national gas producer and a
company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.
At Inverness, Kurt pursued opportunities in a wide variety of industries and executed transactions
with energy and financial services
companies including the IPO of
National Oilwell Varco (formerly
National Oilwell, Inc.), today a $ 30 billion
oil and gas services
company, and the acquisition and sale of Financial Alliance, Inc., a merchant payment processor
with over 60,000 accounts.
According to the Fortune 500 Ranking, Sinopec ranks 4th among global
oil companies by revenue, following Shell (which is in partnership with SaudiAramco, a Saudi SOE) ExxonMobil and BP (formerly state owned), and ahead of China National Oil Company, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Total (formerly state owned) and Gazprom (effectively state owne
oil companies by revenue, following Shell (which is in partnership
with SaudiAramco, a Saudi SOE) ExxonMobil and BP (formerly state owned), and ahead of China
National Oil Company, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Total (formerly state owned) and Gazprom (effectively state owne
Oil Company, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Total (formerly state owned) and Gazprom (effectively state owned).
An agreement signed
with Japan
Oil, Gas and Metals
National Corp (JOGMEC) in 2011 saw the Japanese
company earn a 30 % stake by spending $ 5.4 million on feasibility work.
The President has deliberately refused to institute proper investigation into reports of corruption allegations involving his appointees including the grievous BOST scandal, activities at the
National Communication Authority, allegations against his two deputy chiefs of staff, the cash for seat scandal, inflation of cost, breaching of procurement regulations, illegal
oil deals
with foreign
companies, bribes taking at the Presidency, etc..
The commission is also empowered to advise the Minister on fiscal and other issues pertaining to the petroleum industry, establish framework for the validation and certification of
national hydrocarbon reserves, undertake evaluation of
national reserves and reservoir management studies as well as conduct regular audits of the activities of operators engaged in petroleum operations and
oil service
companies in order to ensure compliance
with Nigerian laws and requirements for petroleum operations.
The Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is working closely
with the international
oil companies (IOCs) to deploy a structured and holistic security apparatus to...
Following the global report indicating that Ghana's market has been flooded
with toxic diesel, it has been reported that data from the
National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has revealed that Bulk
Oil Storage and Transport
Company Limited (BOST), the state owned strategic reserve holder, accounts for a significant 25 % of the total quantity of diesel imported into the country for the first six months of 2016.
Following the global report indicating that Ghana's market has been flooded
with toxic diesel, it has been reported that data from the
National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has revealed that Bulk
Oil Storage and Transport
Company Limited (BOST), the state owned strategic reserve holder, accounts for a significant 25 % of the total quantity of diesel imported into the country for the first...
«Last January, we launched a research study
with the
National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (Institut
National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, INRIA), together
with the neighboring Pau University and various partners including the
oil company, Total.»
The development of this technology allowed the
company to raise $ 40 million from private funding sources, receive prestigious
national grants and build a commercial partnership
with leading
companies in the
oil and chemical industries.
Particularly
with Emirates
National Oil Company as a 54 % controlling shareholder, and presumably dying to still take over the company lock, stock & b
Company as a 54 % controlling shareholder, and presumably dying to still take over the
company lock, stock & b
company lock, stock & barrels.
I had a recent phone chat
with Susan Solomon of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about the CO2 challenge in the face of emissions trajectories like those in the
oil companies» reports.
If, as Brulle declares, these groups are all «fronts» (his word) for
oil, gas, and goal
companies, those carbon - fuel
companies are more devious than we thought, because they managed to completely take over, and turn to their advantage,
national organizations
with long histories like the Chamber of Commerce, the Farm Bureau, and the Heritage Foundation — major
national organizations that were advising Presidents long before Global Warming / Climate Change was ever heard of.
TransCanada told Canada's
National Energy Board that in the Midwest, its pipeline would «increase the price of heavy crude to the equivalent cost of imported crude,» which would provide Canadian
oil companies with an added $ 2 - 3.9 billion in annual revenues.
Among the main decisions of the
national meeting was the guarantee of a decisive fight for the end of the
oil and gas exploration contracts in Portugal, starting
with the block of Aljezur, of the
companies GALP and ENI, recently authorized by the Portuguese government.
The top ten carbon majors include ChevronTexaco, Exxon - Mobil, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, along
with government - run industries in the former USSR, China and Poland, as well as the nationally owned Saudi Aramco, Gazprom and the
National Iranian
Oil Company.
Picture: soy and corn plantations and algae in Chubut, Argentina.Leaving the most radical speeches behind, we thought worth mentioning some excerpts from a document by Engineer Enrique Mario Martinez, president of the Argentine
National Institute for Industrial Technology (a well known investigation institution), who highlights issues like the low yield of corn - based biodiesel, the different impacts in the environment between biodiesel and bioethanol, and the big
oil companies interests in biodiesel mixed
with petrol.
Lobbying Neither do the Detroit - based car
companies and the US
oil companies operating in Alberta, all of which seem to have positive relationships
with the present US Federal and the Canadian
National Governments.
Eversheds Sutherland and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have advised two Chinese energy
companies on their combined $ 2.6 bn (# 2.1 bn) investment in a joint venture
with state - owned Abu Dhabi
National Oil Company (ADNOC).
Principally based in Cork, Ireland, Ardmore provides seaborne transportation of petroleum products and chemicals worldwide to
oil majors,
national oil companies,
oil and chemical traders and chemical
companies with its modern, fuel - efficient fleet of mid-size product and chemical tankers.
That was certainly the case
with the controversial takeover of Calgary - based petroleum giant Nexen by the Chinese
National Offshore
Oil Company in the face of troubling allegations that CNOOC had possibly been implicated in human rights violations in Tibet and Burma.
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the
National Oil and Gas Authority of Bahrain (NOGA) on a long - term Exploration Production Sharing Agreement with US oil and gas company Occidental Petrol
Oil and Gas Authority of Bahrain (NOGA) on a long - term Exploration Production Sharing Agreement
with US
oil and gas company Occidental Petrol
oil and gas
company Occidental Petroleum
The Latham move is among the more spectacular lateral raids of recent years and has raised serious questions about White & Case's London finance practice, its position in the Middle East market, and its relationships
with such important clients as Deutsche Bank and Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's
national oil company.
Representation of an LNG exporting
national oil company in connection
with its acquisition of a 70 % equity interest in a Gulf of Mexico LNG receiving terminal and associated natural gas pipeline.
Possibly the most high - profile corporate investigation involving Nigeria in the past year relates to the allegation that Shell and ENI engaged in the bribery of Nigerian officials in connection
with their acquisition from the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation of the interest in an
oil prospecting licence (OPL), previously held by a company called Malabu Oil and Gas Limit
oil prospecting licence (OPL), previously held by a
company called Malabu
Oil and Gas Limit
Oil and Gas Limited.
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