Using advanced cell engineering technologies at Synthetic Genomics, the ExxonMobil-Synthetic Genomics research team modified an algae strain to enhance the algae’s oil content from 20 percent to more than 40 percent.
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5 Minutes With: Anthony Tesar, CEO of Le Beck International
Delving beneath the corporate strategy, Oil & Gas Middle East gives industry leaders the opportunity to discuss the topics that really make them tick.
June 2017 Special Report: Editor’s letter
The cost-intensive nature of offshore operations, coupled with the detrimental effect of low oil prices, make it imperative for operators to optimise the value of their assets
Data: Navigating the low oil price cycle
Senior analysts at consultancy firm, Oliver Wyman, suggest five steps for achieving sustainable cost optimisation in the oil and gas industry
Petrofac wins 10-year-long EPCm contract from PDO
The long-term Framework Agreement, which has a duration of ten years, with an additional five-year extension option, builds upon a three-year programme of EPCm support contract delivery Petrofac has undertaken on behalf of Petroleum Development Oman
P&O Maritime acquires Spanish marine services operator Reyser
Reyser has long-term agreements in 10 ports in Spain and contracts with two international liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals at Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada), and Point Fortin (Trinidad and Tobago).
A.T. Kearney unveils Energy Transition Institute
A.T. Kearney has launched A.T. Kearney Energy Transition Institute to provide decision-makers with strategic recommendations, based on objective research combining deep technology expertise with business acumen and foresight.
AkzoNobel, Ocean Cleanup join hands for the largest clean-up in history
The partnership involves AkzoNobel providing advanced, biocide-free coatings technology for all the devices and equipment used by The Ocean Cleanup for the next five years.
Oil prices stabilise after initial jolt from OPEC/non-OPEC deal
OPEC members and a Russia-led group of 11 non-OPEC countries on May 25th agreed to prolong production cuts by 1.8mn bpd, for a further nine months, beginning from the 1st of July, in a bid to stabilise oil prices and reduce oil inventories
IRENA’s 13th council meeting opens in Abu Dhabi
At the outset of the meeting, the Council elected HE Li Fanrong, deputy administrator of the National Energy Administration of China as chair of the meeting and Colombia as vice-Chair.