Construction is expected to begin “shortly” on the 110MW Moura solar farm in Queensland’s Banana Shire after the project was bought by Greek industrial company, Mytilineos. Esco Pacific said on the 5th January that it had completed the sale of the power purchase agreement-backed…
The European Commission’s Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking has awarded the Oyster project consortium €5 million (US$6 million) to investigate and demonstrate a combined offshore wind turbine and electrolyser system designed for operation in marine environments. The consortium, which consists of ITM…
Oil major BP has reportedly relaunched the sale of its North Sea assets it initially tried to sell to Premier Oil before it was taken over by another UK player, Chrysaor. Citing industry sources, Reuters reported on the 7th January that BP had relaunched…
Ghana is set to open sub-Saharan Africa’s first liquefied natural gas-to-power project as it moves to position itself as a hub for the cleaner and cheaper fuel in the region. LNG-to-power projects have been booming from Asian to Latin American in recent years as…
In June 2017 Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain commenced a blockade on Qatar by land, air and sea. The decision to sever relationships with Qatar was seen as an attempt to force them to change a number of diplomatic policies, in…
PGNiG Upstream Norway has received formal approvals from the Norwegian petroleum authority to acquire interests in licences covering Equinor-operated Kvitebjørn and Valemon fields in the North Sea. Interests in four licences were acquired by the PGNiG SA subsidiary in September 2020 from Norske Shell….
Prosafe has signed a contract with an unnamed company to provide accommodation and construction support using the Safe Concordia in Trinidad and Tobago. The contract is expected to start in 2Q 2021. Source: Offshore Magazine
Vistra has announced that its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility connected to the power grid and began operating on the 11th December 2020. At 300 megawatts/1,200 megawatt-hours, the lithium-ion battery storage system, located on-site at Vistra’s Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California,…
Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) has taken over operatorship of the E11 gas hub 130 km offshore Bintulu, Sarawak, effective the 1st January 2021. The hub, which has been producing since 1982 under the Malaysia LNG production sharing contract, had been operated by Sarawak…
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has secured more work for the Deepsea Yantai drilling rig from Neptune Energy for operations offshore Norway. The Deepsea Yantai rig – formerly known as the Beacon Atlantic – is owned by China’s CIMC and managed by the Norwegian…
