The co-founder of Australia’s Tritium, a global leader in the electric vehicle fast-charging market, has warned that energy utilities could be caught out if they fail to adapt to the possibilities of vehicle-to-grid charging technology. Either way, James Kennedy said, the chief technology officer…
Panoro Energy has provided an update on its Tunisian oil & gas assets. Material progress is being reported on the TPS assets (recently acquired from OMV) and the Sfax Offshore Permit (‘SOEP’). At TPS, immediate production opportunities have been identified which should increase the…
AIM-listed Angus Energy, a leading UK conventional oil and gas production and development company, has announced that the Brockham X4Z well has been perforated from 960 metres to 1,155 metres (an interval of 195 metres) measured depth. The average Tmax for this interval was 424.5 C with…
UK Financial Sector Wants Deeper EU Access Than Non-EU Countries After Brexit Britain’s financial sector needs stability to secure its future, along with deeper access to the European Union market after Brexit than what non-EU countries normally get, a senior industry official said on the…
China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL) has put forward its semi-submersible COSLInnovator for next-phase drilling on the Barryroe oil field offshore southern Ireland. Barryroe is in standard exploration license (SEL) 1/11 in 100 metres (328 feet) of water in the North Celtic Sea basin, 50…
Alberta is gradually chipping away at its own oil curtailment programme to placate energy companies who have grown unhappy with the mandated cuts. The oil-rich Canadian province amended the curtailment rules on the 30th January to allow some oil sands producers, and companies who…
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has kicked off oil and gas production from its Lula Norte area in the Santos Basin. Petrobras said on the 1st February that oil had started flowing into the P-67 FPSO, which is the ninth production unit installed in the…
Greencoat UK Wind Plc has agreed to acquire a stake in the Stronelairg and Dunmaglass wind farms from FTSE 100 utilities firm SSE Plc. The FTSE 250 renewable energy investor said it would acquire a 49.9% stake in each of the wind farms in…
JV Vietsovpetro has reported the start of production from Ca Tam (Beluga) oil field offshore Vietnam with commissioning of the CTC-1 wellhead platform. Initial flow from three wells was 11,900 b/d, according to the Russian-Vietnamese joint venture and state-owned Zarubezhneft of Moscow. The…
Oil sanctions imposed by the US on Venezuela last week could prove to be an energy windfall for India and China. The Trump Administration announced sanctions against Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, SA, or PDVSA, targeting the Latin American country’s lucrative crude…
