GE Renewable Energy has announced the booking of a hydropower contract with Barki Tojik to refurbish six Kaplan units at the state-owned Qairokkum hydropower station in Tajikistan. This 60-year old plant located on the river Syr Darya, is the only power plant located in…
TechnipFMC has been awarded a large (1) integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Transportation and Installation (iEPCI) contract by Eni for the Merakes project, located offshore Balikpapan Indonesia, at a water depth of approximately 1,500 metres. This contract covers five deep-water wells, and their 50-kilometrer tie-back…
Corallian Energy has issued an update on its appraisal drilling programme on the Colter field in shallow water off the Dorset coast of southern England. This was designed to appraise British Gas’ 1986 98/11-3 discovery. Initially, the present well delivered oil and gas…
Last month, ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum announced that they will proceed with construction of the US$10 billion Golden Pass liquefied natural gas export facility on the Texas Gulf Coast. This project would export up to 2.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of LNG,…
The operators of the Baltic Pipe project, designed to cut Polish reliance on Russian gas, have sought permission from Sweden for the pipeline to go through Sweden’s exclusive economic zone. The project, co-financed by the EU and being carried out by Danish and Polish…
SDX Energy, the North Africa-focused oil and gas company, has announced its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended the 31st December 2018. Paul Welch, President & CEO of SDX Energy, commented: “During 2018, we achieved strong operational success across…
NEC Energy Solutions has completed the installation of the largest battery energy storage system in Switzerland. The 18 MW, 7.5 MWh GSS® Grid Storage Solution system is owned and operated by one of Switzerland’s largest power distribution companies, EKZ (Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich). …
Ruvuma and Kiliwani North are still seen as ‘core’ nonetheless Solo aims to build a portfolio of new assets capable of producing some 5,000 boepd within three years. Solo Oil Plc’s management has set out its stall, revealing plans to acquire its way to…
London-listed oil company Ophir Energy has accepted Indonesia Medco Energy’s increased takeover bid. Ophir was also recently approached by Coro Energy over a potential takeover. Late on Wednesday evening, the 20th March Ophir and Medco agreed on the terms of an increased recommended…
PERse sets up Miami office to focus on LATAM renewable energy Specialty property and casualty insurer for power and energy PERse (Power.Energy.Risk) has set up an office in Miami with a new team to focus on underwriting renewable energy projects in Latin America. Marco…
