GE Renewable Energy has shared an update on progress to construct the largest wind turbine rotor test rig of its kind. The test facility is being constructed at LM Wind Power’s WMC Technology Centre in Wieringerwerf, the Netherlands – located on the border of…
The Alaska LNG Project LLC (Alaska LNG) has received US Department of Energy (DOE) authorisation to export domestically produced LNG from its proposed liquefaction terminal in Nikiski, Alaska. Alaska LNG plans to build an 800-mile pipeline connecting the 20-million tonne/year liquefaction plant to natural…
Premier Oil is preparing for a jack-up rig campaign next year on its fields in the Natuna Sea, offshore Indonesia. This will include a workover and infill well on the Anoa field and a further workover on a Gajah Baru well. In addition, the…
Britain’s National Data Repository (NDR) has introduced what it claims is a faster, easier and more cost-effective way of reporting seismic data. According to the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), this should assist the search for undiscovered hydrocarbons and potential offshore sites for carbon…
The University of Aberdeen is offering a limited number of free places on a range of online short courses in 2020 and 2021 for anyone employed, unemployed or furloughed in Scotland. According to the university, the courses meet known skills gaps in the Scottish…
The gas discovery of the scale of Turkey’s Tuna-1 find in the Black Sea, if developed, would be transformational for the country, given its overwhelming reliance on imports and crippling energy import bill, according to Wood Mackenzie. Turkey announced a significant gas discovery last…
While working with a reputable geoscientist in the Permian Basin since 2018, Barron Petroleum and its CEO Manjit Sahota have a reason to celebrate after coming across their biggest oil & gas discovery to date. According to the geoscientist, William Purves, ‘the 13,000-acre field in Val…
As oil prices stabilise above US$30 for WCS and US$40 for WTI, production which was curtailed in April and May in response to the COVID-19 price crash is returning in both the Canadian Oil Sands and in the US Shale basins. But according to…
First Solar, Inc has announced that its 141-megawatt (MW)AC Luz del Norte photovoltaic (PV) power plant is the world’s first known utility-scale solar facility licensed to deliver ancillary grid services commercially. Chile’s independent system operator (ISO), Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional, recently added Luz del Norte…
In this instalment of Rigzone’s review of oil market hits and misses from the past week, panellists comment on the direction of a crude oil pricing benchmark and the ranking of one of the world’s top oil producers. Read on for details. Rigzone: What…
