CNPC to Halve Methane Emission Intensity

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has pledged to reduce its methane emission intensity by 50 percent between 2019 and 2025, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has revealed.   To achieve this target, the OGCI member has installed 48 methane recovery stations, with a capacity…

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President Energy provides drilling and workover update

President Energy, the energy company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, has provided an update on its drilling and workover plans in Rio Negro Province.   On 15 June 2020 the Company, inter alia, announced preliminary details of drilling…

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Bluewater commissions LR for FPSO digital twin

Bluewater Energy Services has contracted Lloyd’s Register to create a digital twin and assessment of the FPSO Glas Dowr.   LR will deliver the structural digital twin model using its proprietary cloud-based technology.   It will analyse the vessel’s global and fatigue hull strength for…

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UK oil industry welcomes gov’t measures to save jobs

The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry’s representative body Oil and Gas UK has welcomed the introduction of the Job Retention Bonus and other moves by the country’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to support trainees and jobs for young people.   On the…

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US$8 billion Pipeline Cancellation Imperils Appalachia Rebound

To understand why the cancellation of the US$8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline at the start of last week was such big news, consider America’s most important natural gas-producing region.   Appalachia is home to the Marcellus shale, a major driver of the fracking boom that’s driven down…

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Jacobs Awarded Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant Contract in Malaysia

  Jacobs has been appointed by Hanwha Energy Corporation to deliver owner’s engineer services to support the design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of a new 100 megawatt alternating current (MWac) solar photovoltaic power plant in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia.   When complete, the…

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Elixir makes progress in Mongolia

Elixir Energy Ltd, Adelaide, has spudded the Nomgon-2 appraisal core hole in its Nomgon IX coal seam gas (CSG) production sharing contract (PSC) area in southern Mongolia close to the border with China.   The company expects to reach total depth near the end of…

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