Offshore wind industry leader Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) expanded its product portfolio today at the WindEurope Offshore 2019 Conference & Exhibition with the launch of the new Siemens Gamesa DD Flex concept and the SG 11.0-193 DD Flex offshore wind turbine. Built on…
On the 25th November, the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) started to introduce the first natural gas into a two kilometre section of the pipeline in Greece between the Evros river and the Kipoi compressor station. This is the initial stage of the pipeline commissioning…
Fighting flared around the El Feel oil field in southwestern Libya with the National Oil Corporation calling for an end to the violence and a commander loyal to the UN-backed government saying its forces had retaken the facility. “We ask combatants to halt operations around the…
Engineering services company AqualisBraemar and HOSE International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide jointly rig and well control inspection services to the offshore industry. AqualisBraemar offers rig inspection services as well as services within well control, dynamic positioning, integrated control management system…
China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC) has reportedly won a US$121-million contract to upgrade gas capture facilities at West Qurna-1 oilfield. According to Reuters, the project is due to be completed within 27 months. Source: Iraq Business News
Saft, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total, has won an order for three Intensium Max 20 High Energy containers from TuuliWatti, the Finnish wind developer and operator. The Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) energy storage system (ESS) will support frequency regulation at a 21 megawatt (MW) wind farm…
The two remaining platforms for the Phase 13 development of the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf (platforms B and D) will be installed in the next four months, according to news service Shana. Platform C is currently operational while Platform A…
Total Quadran, a wholly owned Total subsidiary involved in the production of renewable electricity in France and its overseas territories, has started up Hélio Boulouparis 2, the largest solar power plant with energy storage in overseas France. The plant is the second tranche of…
The UK oil and gas industry must get more “radical” and “strategic” if it wants to make big decommissioning cost savings, an industry expert has said. Gunther Newcombe, operations director at the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), said companies had to work together to…
China raised its coal-fired power capacity by 42.9 gigawatts (GW), or about 4.5% of total capacity, in the 18 months to June. Over the same period, capacity in the rest of the world fell significantly, according to a study published on the 20th November….
