Viva Energy schedules major 2020 turnaround at Geelong refinery

Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd is investing more than A$100 million to execute a major maintenance turnaround of the residual catalytic cracking unit (RCCU) and other associated processing units this year at its 120,000-b/d Geelong refinery adjacent to Corio Bay, about 50 km west of…

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Heerema’s Aegir vessel installs Qatargas platform

Heerema’s Aegir vessel has completed the installation of a jacket and topside for Qatargas’ North Field Bravo living quarters expansion project.   The project itself was a historic milestone for Qatar, with the fabrication for the offshore living quarter expansion being done locally – a…

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Aramco Signs Deals Worth Over US$21 billion

Saudi Aramco has revealed that it has signed 66 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) and strategic and commercial collaborations worth more than US$21 billion.   Aramco noted that the deals were made with international partner companies and entities from 11 countries in several industrial and business…

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Zenith Energy in negotiations for drilling rig in the Congo

Zenith Energy has announced that it is in advanced negotiations to contract a drilling rig to perform planned drilling operations in the Republic of the Congo.   As previously announced, Zenith has agreed to acquire an 80 percent interest in Anglo African Oil & Congo…

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UK grants funding for first low carbon hydrogen production plants

The UK government has granted funding towards Europe’s first low carbon hydrogen energy production plants.   The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced £90 million of funding on the 18th February as part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions to “net-zero”…

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BPGIC scraps 250,000-b/d Fujairah refinery for smaller project

Brooge Holdings Ltd subsidiary Brooge Petroleum & Gas Investment Company FZE (BPGIC) and Sahara Energy Resources DMCC have mutually agreed to discontinue a joint development project under which Sahara would have installed a 250,000-b/d modular refinery in phases at BPGIC’s terminal in Fujairah, UAE, near…

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Exxon, Others to Launch Virtual LNG Pipelines in India

Chart Industries, Inc reported on the 24th February that it has signed a letter of cooperation with ExxonMobil India LNG Limited and Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) to pioneer virtual gas pipelines in India.   A virtual pipeline delivers liquefied natural gas by road, rails and…

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