ECA Group Awarded Sonatrach Contract
ECA Group said it has been awarded a €4 million service contract from the Algerian state-owned oil group Sonatrach for the Arzew natural gas liquefaction plant in Algeria.This contract of more than €4 million provides for the cleaning of the four seawater inlet galleries of the plant thanks to the VISIT submarine system of ECA Group. The powerful 6-ton vehicle equipped with hydraulic tools will clean all the walls of the pipes during Summer 2019.
Gazprom, Sonatrach make O&G find in Algeria
Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach has made a new oil and gas find with Russia's Gazprom following a successful drilling in the desert Berkin basin, bringing to three the number of joint discoveries there, it said on Wednesday. Last week, Algeria awarded just four out of 31 oil and gas fields on offer in its latest energy bidding round as the North African OPEC producer looks to bolster stagnant oil and gas output. All four were won by foreign consortiums. The new discovery was made in the El Assel area at block 236b after drilling reached a final depth of 4,120 metres, the Algerian firm said
Brent Price Climbs on Libyan Uncertainty
over, an official said, and output was flat at 210,000 barrels a day. Violence among rival militias and an attack on parliament by armed men claiming loyalty to retired Major General Khalifa Haftar on Sunday led the French oil major Total to cut its presence in Tripoli and Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach began evacuating workers. The movement by Haftar may signal an attempt to draw up a broader anti-Islamist front that risks a wider battle in the North African state, which is trying to boost oil exports crucial to the economy. U.S. commercial crude stockpiles likely surged to their highest
Total Cuts Tripoli Staff, Cites Security Concerns
evacuating from Libya and offshore activities are continuing," she told Reuters. She would not say how many people were working in Libya and how the company was organising itself in the face of increasing violence in the North African country. The Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach has ordered its workers back from Libya, a source at the company said on Monday. (Reporting by Michel Rose; editing by Gus Trompiz
ABB's Part in Great Mediterranean Gas Project
automation platform – from electrical integration and communications to safety, asset management and enterprise resource planning – and in an environment that is designed to maximize efficiency and productivity. Medgaz is jointly owned by several Algerian and European energy companies: Sonatrach, Cepsa, Iberdrola, Endesa and GDF Suez.
Offshore Algeria EPCC Contract for GDF Suez
“Groupement TouatGaz”, a partnership between Sonatrach and the GDF Suez Group have signed an EPCC (engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning) contract with the Spanish company Técnicas Reunidas for the development of the Touat gas field field located in southwest Algeria. This contract covers the field’s first phase development plan, consisting mainly in the construction of an industrial natural gas treatment complex and collection system. Production launch for the Touat field is planned for late 2016. The project will produce annually 4.5 billion standard cu.
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