Sluggish global demand for liquefied natural gas continued to push US LNG buyers to cancel cargo loading for September, according to industry sources for Reuters. However, the pace of cancellation in September seems to have slowed down. Some sources estimate that 15 to 26…
Carnarvon Petroleum has provided details of planned facilities for the Dorado oil and gas field development in the Bedout basin offshore Western Australia, operated by Santos. The field was discovered in July 2018, 160 km (99.4 miles) north of Port Hedland, with various successful…
If “virtual” meetings can allow companies to gather without anyone being in the office, then remotely distributed solar panels and batteries can harness energy and act as “virtual power plants.” It is simply the orchestration of millions of dispersed assets to manage the supply…
AIM-listed UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) has signed a binding heads of agreement with Aladdin Middle East (‘AME’), an independent oil company with 60 years of operational experience in Turkey, to take a 50% non-operated working interest in the 305 sq km Resan Licence. …
The condition of the decaying oil storage vessel Safer, floating north of Hodeidah, Yemen, is deteriorating daily, posing a major threat of an oil spill, the UN Security Council was told last week. There is a concern that the dilapidated tanker might rapture causing…
Gazprom Neft and Shell have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to study and develop the Leskinsky and Pukhutsyayakhsky licence blocks on the Gydan Peninsula (northern Siberia), Gazprom Neft has revealed. The partners will each have a 50 percent interest in the JV, which will be managed…
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) reported on the 21st July that its Sleipnir semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) has set a record for the largest single lift jacket removal. The SSCV successfully removed the 8,100-metric-ton Jotun-B jacket for Vår Energi in the Norwegian sector of the…
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and First Exploration & Production (First E&P) have completed the SURF installation campaign on Anyala and Madu fields under OML 83 and OML 85, offshore Nigeria. The offshore installation campaign featured the installation, piling and grouting of subsea arch…
Two leading energy technology and innovation organisations have announced a five-year collaboration to deliver next generation energy technologies and accelerate the United Kingdom’s transition to a net zero future. The Energy Transition Alliance (ETA), formed by The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and…
In the pursuit of a rechargeable battery which can power electric vehicles (EVs) for hundreds of miles on a single charge, scientists have endeavoured to replace the graphite anodes currently used in EV batteries with lithium metal anodes. But while lithium metal extends an…
