MOSCOW (MRC) -- Shell could sign an exploration deal with Bosnia-Herzegovina’s autonomous Muslim-Croat Federation before the end of next year, said Upstreamonline.
The Anglo-Dutch supermajor is to begin talks on a potential concession with government officials in late February, the federation’s energy minister Erdal Trhulj told Reuters.
"Bearing in mind the extent of the possible deal, we would be able to sign a contract awarding the concession to Shell at the end of 2014," Trhulj said. "This is an enormous endeavour that has never before been conducted in Bosnia."
The investment is set to range between USD300 million and USD700 million depending on the number of drilling sites, he said.
Experts say that southern deposits, located at a depth of between 4000 metres and 8,000 metres, could contain up to around 3.5 billion barrels of oil reserves, while northern beds are estimated at around 490 million barrels.
The Serb Republic in 2011 awarded a concession for exploring potential oilfields to Jadran Naftagas, a joint venture between Russia's Neftegazinkor, a unit of state-owned Zarubezhneft, and Serbian oil firm NIS, majority-owned by Russia's Gazprom Neft.
The company started drilling last June as part of a USD41 million investment in the first exploration phase, but has so far reported no significant findings.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Oriental Petrochemical is likely to restart its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Taiwan informed that the plant is likely to be restarted in end-December 2013. It was shut down on November 6, 2013 for maintenance turnaround.
Located in Taoyuan, Taiwan, the plant has a production capacity of 400,000 mt/year.
As MRC wrote previously, China based company Xianglu Petrochemical started up its new purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in end-November 2013. Located in Xiamen, China, the plant has a production capacity of 1.5 million mt/year.
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