On the 22nd September US energy regulators gave Cheniere Energy Inc permission to introduce feedgas to commission parts of the sixth liquefaction train at the US liquefied natural gas (LNG) company’s Sabine Pass LNG export plant in Louisiana. The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval was…
TAQA Offshore BV has let a contract for the VALARIS JU-123, a heavy-duty harsh environment jack-up, to Valaris Ltd for preparation of a wellbore for the Porthos CO2 transport and storage project offshore the Netherlands. Porthos will transport CO2 through an offshore pipeline to…
Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) and the Danish Utility Regulator (DUR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint activities for the Baltic Pipe project. The parties agreed to exchange information on all circumstances and activities which may affect the proper implementation of European Union…
Canada’s largest oil and natural gas lobbying group is calling for support from re-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following an election campaign that featured vows to cut the industry’s emissions. “This election result reaffirms the uncertainty in Canada as we continue to struggle with…
This first-ever list of pipelines serving Europe is intended to provide the industry with a listing of some of the longest transportation routes on the continent as of July 2021. The report is broken down into two sections, gas and liquids (oil and products), and is…
Aberdeen-based global well engineering and drilling project management firm Norwell Engineering has won a lucrative contract worth more than US$30 million with ONGC, India’s national oil company. The firm, which is one of the world’s longest established and most respected well management companies in…
BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC (BPTT) has confirmed its Matapal project has safely achieved first gas. The major milestone was achieved ahead of schedule and under budget despite the constraints brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Matapal is BPTT’s second subsea development. It’s comprised of…
Viaro Energy has signed an agreement with NAM to acquire an additional 10% stake in the F5/F4A East licences in the Dutch North Sea. However, this may come down to 4% if F5A operator Neptune Energy pre-empts the transaction. But assuming no pre-emption, Viaro’s…
Repsol SA is investing €8.9 million to build an electrolyser for production of renewable hydrogen at its majority owned Petróleos del Norte SA’s (Petronor) 220,000-b/d Bilbao refinery in Múskiz, Abanto-Zierbena, in northern Spain’s autonomous Basque Country. Alongside providing renewable hydrogen for the refinery, the…
Iberdrola has commissioned the Arañuelo III photovoltaic plant (40 MW), which is the Spain’s first photovoltaic project to feature a storage system, in this case a 3 MW battery with 9 MWh of storage capacity. In this way Iberdrola is progressing with its programme…
