The new series 0342/0343 is certified according to ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU and IECEx scheme for the ex zones gas 1+2, dust 21+22 and mining. By reducing the ignition gaps to a minimum, the Ex pressure switches are assigned the ignition protection type “Flameproof Enclosure…
Norwegian utility company Arva is to use three Rolls-Royce mtu EnergyPack battery energy storage systems to investigate how a public power grid can be stabilised using electricity stored in batteries. Rolls-Royce is supplying three mtu EnergyPacks QL with an output of 4.25 MVA and…
DEME Offshore and Sabca have performed tests with autonomous drones at the Rentel offshore wind farm in Belgium. The pilot study is said to be the first commercial, cross-border, ‘beyond visual line of sight’ drone operations at an offshore wind farm in the North…
Oil major ExxonMobil is nearly ready to start drilling operations on the second of three exploration wells scheduled to be drilled at the Canje Block offshore Guyana this year. Bulletwood-1 was the first of three wells scheduled to be drilled on the Canje block…
Cairn Energy Plc reshuffled its portfolio, selling US$460 million of assets in the UK North Sea and buying projects in Egypt’s Western Desert from Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Both deals, announced on the 9th Marh and seen completing in the second half of 2021, follow…
Chevron has started production of the Sarta-2 well at Sarta field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, partner Genel Energy said on the 8th March. Gross field production is more than 10,000 b/d. Field production is expected to increase from the existing two producing…
German energy infrastructure firm Friedrich Vorwerk plans an initial public offering (IPO) on the Frankfurt stock exchange in the first quarter to accelerate growth in the hydrogen market, its biggest shareholder said on the 8th March. The company, a subsidiary of industrial firm MBB,…
Renewable electricity has started being produced at Keeyask Generating Station in Manitoba, six-months ahead of the project’s control schedule. A further six units will be added in the coming months. When completed, the plant will produce an average of 4,400-gigawatt-hours of electricity per year….
European majors are anticipated to undergo stronger LNG capacity growth to 2025 than their US peers, particularly across three key regions: Former Soviet Union, North America and Africa, says GlobalData. Competition to capture future growth in the LNG market has recently been exacerbated by…
ClassNK has issued its “Guidelines for ROV/AUV,” including performance and safety requirements. Until recently, the underwater vehicles have been used mainly used for offshore oil and gas field development and oceanographic surveys, but are now used increasingly for maintaining offshore wind power generation facilities…
