Amec Foster Wheeler chief calls on service companies to embrace innovation
The boss of Amec Foster Wheeler believes innovation and new approaches to projects were the drivers of future success for oilfield service companies.
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Oil industry’s “best days yet to come” says Opec chief
The oil industry’s “best days are yet to come” as demand will grow to 110 million barrels a day by 2040, OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem El-Badri stated as a conference in Kuwait City.
Saipem nets $250million of onshore drilling contracts
Saipem has been awarded onshore drilling contracts in the Middle East and South America worth $250million. The awards include two key contracts from the Kuwaiti national oil company which is looking to develop the country's resources.
Kuwait raises Sept crude price, widest discount against Saudi in 3 months
Kuwait has set the official selling price (OSP) for crude oil sales to Asian buyers for September at $1.35 a barrel below the average Oman/Dubai quotes, up $0.45 from the previous month, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Petrofac nets $780million Kuwait contract
Petrofac has been awarded a $780million contract from KOC (Kuwait Oil Company) for its manifold group trunkline in the country. The international oil and gas services provider said the win will play an integral part in KOC’s plans to increase and maintain its crude production over the next five years. There are three new gathering centres – forming part of the broader engineering, procurement and construction contract - already being built.
Oil to stay at about $65 for six months, Kuwait Petroleum says
Oil prices will stay at about $65 a barrel for at least half a year until OPEC changes its collective production or world economic growth revives, said the head of state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp. Oil is trading in a bear market as the US pumps at the fastest rate in more than three decades and global demand expands more slowly. OPEC decided on November 27 to maintain its output target, prompting a drop in European benchmark Brent crude to less than $70 a barrel for the first time since May 2010. “I think oil prices will stay around the current level of $65 for six or seven months until OPEC changes its production policy, or recovery in world economic growth become more clear, or a geopolitical tension arises,” Nizar Al-Adsani, KPC’s chief executive officer, said at a conference in Kuwait City.