The technology group Wärtsilä has developed and delivered a mobile battery container solution which will enable inland waterway vessels to operate with zero emissions. The first order, comprising three units, was placed by ZES (Zero Emission Services) BV, a Netherlands based company founded in…
On the 7th September Russia’s FSB security service accused Ukraine of organising an attack on a gas pipeline in Russian-annexed Crimea, an allegation rejected by Kyiv which said Moscow was trying to punish prominent Crimean Tatar figures. The FSB accused the Ukrainian military intelligence…
Privately held BUA Group, Lagos, has let a contract to OLAX Engineering Ltd to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of subsidiary BUA Refinery’s 200,000-b/d grassroots integrated refining and petrochemical complex under development in Nigeria’s state of Akwa Ibom….
The last section of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has been welded into place, its operator said on the 6th September, meaning the two long stretches of the pipe can now be joined to complete the Baltic subsea link. The US$11 billion pipeline, which will double Russian gas exporter…
Enbridge Inc, the Canadian pipeline giant, agreed to acquire Moda Midstream Operating LLC for US$3 billion to add US Gulf Coast oil export capacity. Enbridge is buying Moda for cash from EnCap Flatrock Midstream, it said on the 7th September in a statement. …
Oil major Shell and Kongsberg Digital have entered into a strategic partnership agreement to collaborate and accelerate digital solutions and transformation for well delivery and performance. During the previous few years, Kongsberg Digital has been supporting digitalisation within the oil and gas industry. This…
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has published its Third Edition of Standard (Std) 1164, ‘Pipeline Control Systems Cybersecurity’, underscoring the natural gas and oil industry’s ongoing commitment to protecting the US’ critical infrastructure from malicious and potentially disruptive cyber-attacks. In development since 2017, the…
Energean expects its Karish field development to deliver first gas in mid-2022, the company confirmed in its latest results statement. The FPSO Energean Power should depart for Israel in 1Q 2022, a 35-day voyage, with subsequent hook-up and pre-first gas commissioning expected to take…
Recent negative media coverage of blue hydrogen has left many people questioning its role in our future energy system. But much of the commentary is based on analysis which doesn’t tell the full picture. Recent reports and government decisions show that blue hydrogen has…
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has received consent from Norwegian authorities for exploration drilling in the North Sea, using an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig. The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) said on the 6th September that it has given Neptune Energy consent for exploration drilling…
