Saipem has contracted Acteon to provide casing installation and drilling support for construction of the 450-MW Calvados wind farm offshore Courseulles-sur-Mer on France’s Normandy coast. Although Acteon subsidiary LDD, a specialist in foundations and cables, signed the contract, the group’s integrated solutions (AIS) team…
Rolls-Royce has started testing the first elements of the most powerful hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system in aerospace at a newly-renovated testbed. The tests are part of the 2.5 megawatt (MW) Power Generation System 1 (PGS1) demonstrator programme, for future regional aircraft. …
Dutch refiner Zeeland Refinery NV, a joint venture of TotalEnergies SE and PJSC Lukoil, has let a contract to a division of Air Liquide SA to deliver carbon capture and liquefaction technology for a new plant to be built as part of a decarbonisation project…
Chevron Corporation would consider selling its 20% stake in a Canadian oil sands mine as its faces investor pressure to do more to curb emissions and fight climate change. The oil producer’s stake in Canadian Natural Resources Ltd’s Athabasca oil sands project generates “pretty…
The Danish Environmental and Food Appeals Board has ruled to repeal the permit for the onshore part of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline, which the Danish Environmental Protection Agency granted in July 2019. According to the appeals board, the permit from the Environmental Protection…
Eurotank Amsterdam (ETA, part of VTTI) is investing in the conversion of its gas oil tanks, making them suitable for storing biofuels, mixed biofuels and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), following a successful pilot project. The project will realise a total capacity of 75 000…
Repsol has agreed to sell its E&P interests in Malaysia and in block 46 CN in Vietnam to a subsidiary of Hibiscus Petroleum. The transaction includes a 35% interest in the PM3 CAA PSC, 60% in the 2012 Kinabalu Oil PSC, 60% in the…
Stockholm-based Soltech Energy is snatching up roofers and electricians and then “sprinkling” in a little solar power. And the publicly-traded venture is growing like a weed. Chief Executive Stefan Ölander says that his young adult children are finally giving him a pat on the…
A huge fire broke out at an oil refinery in the southern part of the Iranian capital Tehran on the 2nd June, Iranian state media reported, saying there were so far no reports of casualties. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said all operations had…
Draugen licence operator Okea ASA and partners Petoro AS and Neptune Energy Norge AS have made the decision to develop the Norwegian Sea Hasselmus gas discovery. Hasselmus will be the first tie-back to the Draugen production platform and will add over 4,000 boe/d to…
