Israel and the United Arab Emirates have held talks to discuss cooperation in the oil and gas sector, months after the two nations agreed to normalise ties. OPEC’s third-largest oil producer and Israel held their first natural gas and petroleum working group meeting, UAE’s…
Afghanistan has confirmed that construction will begin in 2021 on the portion of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline crossing its territory. Minister of Mines and Oil Industry Guran Chakhansuri said work word start in Herat. Turkmenistan’s foreign minister said last week that…
Boralex Inc has announced the commercial commissioning of the Cham Longe Repowering and Extension Seuil de Bapaume wind farms, producing a total output of 53.4 MW and located respectively in the departments of Ardèche and Somme, in France. This brings Boralex’s installed capacity in…
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded Fugro three geotechnical investigation contracts for the 4-GW IJmuiden Ver, the largest offshore wind farm (OWF) zone to be developed in the Dutch North Sea. The contracts include seabed investigation, an extensive laboratory testing programme and development…
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) revealed on the 9th December that it has awarded the exploration rights for Abu Dhabi Onshore Block 5 to Occidental. The award was approved by Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) and follows the SPC’s endorsement last…
Installed in 100 metres (328 feet) of water off the coast of Portugal, the WindFloat Atlantic project is widely regarded as a major milestone in the technological advancement of the offshore wind energy industry. Developed by the Windplus consortium, the project consists of an…
Perth-based 88 Energy Ltd has farmed out a 50% interest in its Project Peregrine in the NPR-A region of the North Slope of Alaska to Alaska Peregrine Development Company LLC (APDC). 88 Energy will retain a 50% stake. APDC will contribute US$11.3 million to…
Finnish developer Ilmatar Energy has placed an order with Vestas for 74 MW for the Voimamylly and Rasakangas wind projects, set to be located in south-west and central Finland. Comprised of six V150-4.2 MW turbines from Vestas’ versatile 4 MW platform, the Voimamylly wind…
Oman has established a new government-owned energy company as it seeks to use its largest oil block to raise debt. The firm, to be called Energy Development Oman, will own a shareholding in Petroleum Development Oman LLC as well as an interest in Block…
Equinor has announced that it has joined Europe’s biggest green hydrogen project; NortH2. The project aims to produce green hydrogen using renewable electricity from offshore wind off the coast of the Netherlands. It is expected to have a capacity of one gigawatt (GW) in…
