Rystad Energy has reviewed the cost analysis of Norwegian pipeline system operator Gassco’s proposed options to export Norway’s Arctic gas resources. The verdict is that expanding the country’s pipeline infrastructure network would be more viable than boosting capacity at the Hammerfest LNG complex in…
The UK government has approved Vattenfall’s 1,800-megawatt Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm, but Ørsted will have to wait until December for approval of its next UK project, the 2,400-megawatt Hornsea 3. The projects, both off the east coast of England, represent more than ten…
Australia’s oil and gas sector has welcomed the South Australian Government announcement of successful bids for five new petroleum exploration in the Otway and Cooper Basins – two basins with a long history of supplying the state’s energy needs. Six companies, including APPEA members…
The Aruban government and its wholly owned Refineria di Aruba NV (RdA) have initiated the process to attract a new operator, as well as new investors, for former Valero Energy Corporation’s 235,000-b/d refinery and terminal in San Nicolas, Aruba, following official termination in early 2020…
Premier Oil has announced that the Group’s creditors have approved the acquisition of the Andrew Area and Shearwater assets (together, the ‘BP acquisitions’) under the amended terms. The BP Acquisitions remain conditional on finalisation of the sale and purchase agreement, the refinancing of Premier’s…
Chancellor Angela Merkel has decried new US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as “not compatible” with Germany’s interpretation of legal standards and called on the project to be completed. “We will act in this context,” Ms Merkel said in Berlin on the…
Keppel Data Centres, Chevron, Pan-United, and Surbana Jurong, with the support of Singapore’s National Research Foundation, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop the first end-to-end decarbonisation process and carbon capture system in Singapore. Keppel said on the 2nd July that…
Dutch shipping company Doeksen has officially commissioned the Willem Barentsz, the first of its two new 70-m ferries, on 1 July in Harlingen. The occasion also marked the premiere of the twin 16-cylinder MTU gas engines from Rolls-Royce aboard the ferry which together deliver…
Eni has discovered gas at the Bashrush prospect in the North El Hammad licence offshore Egypt’s Nile Delta. The new discovery is in 22 metres (72 feet) of water, 11 km (7 miles) from the coast and 12 km (7.5 miles) north-west of the…
Uruguay’s state oil company Administración Nacional de Combustibles Alcohol y Pórtland (ANCAP) has let a contract to KBR Inc to provide technology for a new unit to be added as part of a strategic upgrading project at ANCAP’s 50,000-b/d Eduardo Acevedo Vázquez refining complex at…
