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Chevron maintains upstream spend

Mar 12, 2014

Chevron’s leadership set out the oil major’s plans out to 2020 this week, including eying exploration opportunities offshore Greenland, to maintain its reserves hopper.  Chevron is planning 20% production growth, from 2.6MMboe/d in 2013…

Shell exits Wheatstone project

Jan 20, 2014

Shell agreed to sell its stakes in the Chevron-led Wheatstone-Iago joint venture and the Wheatstone LNG project off Western Australia.  The company sold its 8% equity interest in the Wheatstone-Iago JV and its 6.4% interest in the Wheatstone…

Equus delayed but not dead

Feb 10, 2014

US explorer Hess remains 'confident' that its billion dollar Australian gas project will proceed. The Equus project, Hess Corp.’s planned contribution to Australia’s push for world leadership in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, has…

Dockwise wins Wheatstone work

Dec 27, 2013

Dockwise has been awarded a US$275 million contract by Bechtel for Module Transport Services regarding the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. Work is expected to begin early 2014. The contract's scope includes logistical…

2014: A year of growth with caution

Jan 07, 2014

With the world economy once again on an upward trajectory, 2014 is likely to see a number of key oil and gas projects rise to the fore. Meanwhile, exploration and production trend towards evermore challenging waters and is anticipated to…

Chevron unveils 2014 CAPEX

Dec 13, 2013

Chevron Corp. announced its new US$39.8 billion capital and exploratory investment program for 2014. Approximately 90% of the 2014 spending program is budgeted for upstream crude oil and natural gas exploration and production projects…

Chevron, Tohoku sign Wheatstone LNG agreement

Oct 01, 2013

Chevron Corporation today announced that its Australian subsidiaries have signed binding long-term sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with Tohoku Electric Power Company, Inc. to supply LNG from the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia…

Rethinking Chevron's Rosebank

Nov 22, 2013

Chevron and its partners on the multi-billion dollar Rosebank development in the UK North Sea have revealed they are going back to the drawing board on the project. Partner OMV said, at its annual media summit today in Vienna, that it had “been vocal” to Chevron…

Pipeline market to grow in Europe, Asia, and Africa

Nov 14, 2013

Since the turn of the millennium, global pipeline investment has undergone sustained and, in recent years, robust growth as a result of favorable market conditions and industry trends, including: the continued high levels of investment in offshore development…

Global Briefs: November 2013

Nov 07, 2013

Transboundary may head to committee The US Senate bill ratifying the US-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement, S. 812, is reportedly on its way to a conference committee. The Senate’s version of the bill, passed last month (October)…

Fabrication grows in Northeast England

Oct 15, 2013

Increasing construction and installation activity globally is driving a demand for fabrication and manufacturing capabilities. With its shipbuilding and petrochemical heritage, northeast England is rising to meet the challenge. From a cluster of towns centering on Newcastle…

Natural gas lifts Australian reserves

Feb 01, 2013

As Australia grapples with chronic oil production decline in the face of rising imports, the buoyant gas sector offers the prospect of rising revenue from LNG export. John Mueller reports.Eyebrow Natural gas lifts Australian reserves As Australia…

Paving the way through glacial boulders

Aug 01, 2012

As the giant Nord Stream project, involving 3 million tonnes of rock dumping over two and a half years, comes to an end, Tideway has picked up another substantial project from Subsea 7 for Total's Laggan Tormore project. Meg Chesshyre reports…

Skills shortage complicates Australian resource boom

Apr 01, 2012

The energy industry skill shortage has renewed long-running debates in Australia over immigration and at times pitted the population centers in the east against the resource-rich but sparsely populated west. The topic was on the minds of many…

Tapping hot, and cold, spots

Dec 01, 2011

With 2011 drawing to a close, it's time for OE to look afresh at the world's emerging hot spots. One of those generating the most interest, if not the most dollars yet, is also the coldest: the Arctic. Jennifer Pallanich asks a cross-section…

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