Siemens and Southern Idaho Solid Waste (SISW) recently announced the successful commissioning of two SGE-56HM gas engines which are providing environmentally friendly electrical power for a landfill gas-to-energy project at the Milner Butte Landfill in Burley, Idaho. Siemens’ gas capture engines are helping to…
The upgraded FPSO Aoka Mizu has departed Drydocks World in Dubai following sea trials and will now sail to Rotterdam for completion of final work before proceeding to the Lancaster oil field west of Shetland. Hurricane Energy will use the vessel for its early…
His Excellency Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) met with His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, on the 16th October at an invitation-only energy leaders’ roundtable, as the United…
Energy firm Cuadrilla said it had started hydraulic fracturing at Preston New Road in Little Plumpton on the 15th October, and it will continue for three months. It is the first time fracking has taken place in the UK since 2011, when the nascent…
Providence Resources, the Irish based Oil & Gas Exploration Company, has provided an update on Frontier Exploration Licence (‘FEL’) 6/14 which contains the Newgrange Prospect. FEL 6/14 is operated by Providence Resources, on behalf of its partner Sosina Exploration (20%), collectively referred to as…
SUEZ has opened one of the world’s largest, most advanced analytical laboratories to serve its growing client base, including the booming refining and petrochemical market, as well as oil and gas operations along the Gulf Coast and beyond. The facility, which will support SUEZ’s…
French utility Engie SA and a Canadian pension fund plan to offer as much as US$9 billion (34 billion reals) for Petrobras’s natural gas pipeline network, potentially a US$1 billion boost from their initial bid. Petroleo Brasileiro SA is now finalising terms with Engie…
Norwegian oil giant Equinor has kicked off oil production from its Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field in the North Sea. The field has been developed using the new Oseberg H platform, the first unmanned platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The platform is controlled remotely from…
Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for the use of the Maersk Reacher offshore rig as a quarters facility on the Valhall field. Since a lot of work will be taking place…
Big Oil is giving up looking for singles and doubles in the Gulf of Mexico: now it is home runs or bust. Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell, the world’s two biggest oil companies, have put a slew of assets in the Gulf up…
