With the energy transition underway, many companies are moving toward greener operations. In the oil and gas industry, environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) programmes are especially complex; but, maintaining strong partnerships with the supply chain and local communities is key. “Today, the…
DNV has won the contract for the carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipeline materials study from Neptune Energy to assess the fracture and suitability of offshore pipelines for re-use in CO2 transport. In the first phase, DNV will identify suitable approaches to ductile fracture…
Albania has launched its first tender for utility-scale onshore wind power plants. Projects with a capacity of 10 MW to 75 MW can apply. Several projects will be chosen, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Total tendered capacity equals 100…
Honeywell has announced its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Platform, which integrates Honeywell asset monitoring, distributed energy resource management, supervisory control and analytics functionality to enable organisations to accurately forecast and optimise their overall energy use. Honeywell’s BESS Platform leverages best practices for energy…
The Australian government has rejected plans for a US$36 billion wind, solar and hydrogen project in a remote area of Western Australia, leaving what would have been one of the world’s largest green energy projects in limbo for now. In a decision dated the…
Strike Energy Ltd has confirmed a large, high-quality gas resource in the main Kingia formation reservoir of West Erregulla gas field, with initial well results in line with expectations. The West Erregulla-5 appraisal well in the onshore North Perth basin of Western Australia was…
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has informed Energinet that the Baltic Pipe project can resume construction works in certain parts across Denmark despite the repeal of the environmental permit. Energinet had enacted a temporary shutdown of construction following the ruling from 31 May from…
A consortium between France’s major TotalEnergies and Qatar’s Qatar Petroleum and US supermajor Chevron have submitted winning bids for shallow-water offshore acreage in Suriname. Suriname’s national oil company Staatsolie said on the 18th June that the three oil companies submitted ‘most favourable’ bids for…
World powers met on the 20th June in Vienna in their first attempt to revive a nuclear deal with Iran since the Islamic Republic’s election of a new hardline president. While Ebrahim Raisi’s win isn’t expected to derail efforts to return the US to…
China’s Silk Road Fund and Hassana Investment Company, controlled by the Saudi Arabian government, has joined a group investing US$12.4 billion in Saudi Aramco’s oil pipelines. The consortium, led by US firm EIG Global Energy Partners LLC, has now closed a deal to acquire…
