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IKAV has agreed to acquire Aera Energy through two separate transactions with the joint venture subsidiaries of ExxonMobil and Shell respectively.
The transactions are subject to regulatory approval.
Aera is one of California’s largest oil and gas producers, accounting for nearly 25% of the state’s production.
In 2021, Aera produced approximately 95,000 barrels of crude oil equivalent per…
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Anglian Water has become the first UK company to issue a corporate green bond in the Canadian ‘maple’ bond market.
The C$350 million (€266 million) bond raised will fund Anglian Water’s Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) which is delivering a new network of large-scale interconnecting pipelines to move water to drier areas.
SPA is the biggest infrastructure programme in Anglian…
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Another natural gas pipeline could soon come on-stream in Europe - linking Spain and France.
According to Spain’s energy minister Teresa Ribera operations could start in around nine months.
“This new interconnection, this gas pipeline could be operating in about 8 or 9 months on the southern border side, that is, from the Pyrenean to Spain,” she told national TVE station in an…
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Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned energy firm, has stopped gas flows to Europe via its major pipeline due to vital maintenance work.
Gas flows from Nord Stream I, which runs from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, has not yet resumed.
Gazprom revealed earlier that from mid-August gas flows would be suspended for a three-day period for maintenance works.
Gazprom previously said that gas…
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QED Environmental Systems has launched its new LANDTEC® BIOGAS 3000™ fixed gas analyser.
The subsidiary of Graco Inc said this was a next-generation system offering continuous monitoring of the complete gas production process.
Building on gas analysis technology, the compact, self-contained BIOGAS 3000 system offers cost-effective online monitoring that is ideal for anaerobic digestion,…
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Keppel Infrastructure announced plans to build a $537 million (€537 million) 600MW hydrogen-powered advanced combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant.
The Singapore-based firm said this was going to be the country's first hydrogen-ready power plant when completed in the first half of 2026.
The firm's subsidiary Keppel Energy will use Japan's Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific and…
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The German medium-sized company Stiebel Eltron expects to produce a record 80,000 heat pumps - an increase of 60% compared to the previous year.
The company is planning further investments of more than €600 million as production capacities will be expanded, research and development financed, and new jobs created.
"We have specialised in electricity-powered heat pump systems 'Made in Germany'.…
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The US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced more than $31 million (€31 million) in funding for 10 projects to develop carbon capture technologies.
These will be capable of capturing at least 95% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from natural gas power plants, waste-to-energy power plants, and industrial applications, including cement and…
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China's Sinopec Corp has begun building the country's largest carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) facility in east China, and plans to build two more plants of similar size by 2025.
The state oil giant is one of the leading companies building pilot CCUS projects, which is part of the country's goal to reach peak carbon emissions by 2030.
The new CCUS project, which started…
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A recent move to further reduce emissions caused by excessive energy consumption has seen the Norwegian government offering funding to companies that lessen their contribution to CO2 and NOx figures.
One oil facility took the opportunity to rerate two condensate export pumps, which would not only reduce energy consumption but also optimise performance for the remaining life of the…
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GIW Industries, a subsidiary of the KSB Group, has introduced a new heavy duty pump - the MDX-850.
GIW, based in Grovetown in Georgia, US, has developed this pump series specifically for extreme conditions.
The new MDX-850 establishes a new level of in-production, while keeping the overall operating costs down.
The impeller diameter measures 2,600 mm (102"), exceeding that of the…
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The GEMÜ 550 angle seat globe valve from the Ingelfingen-based valve specialist GEMÜ is now available with gas approval in accordance with the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW).
The GEMÜ 550 angle seat globe valve has been certified by the DVGW to DIN EN 161:2013-04 and DIN EN 16678:2016-02 standards.
Therefore, the angle seat globe valve can be used as a…
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Anglian Water plans to create two new reservoirs to serve the East Anglian region of the UK.
One of them will be a joint project with Cambridge Water and will lie in the Fens, near the border of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, and will supply 100 million litres of water a day.
The other will be located in Lincolnshire, supplying 160 million litres daily. It is expected to cost between £2 billion…
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If an organisation is considering building a new fluid or sampling system, chances are it will cost significant capital.
Throughout the process, it is equally important to consider the human capital necessary to make the new system work as well.
It takes a specific set of skills to design a safe and efficient system with the right components, as well as to install all the tubing, fittings, and…
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INEOS Phenol has agreed to acquire the entire asset base of Mitsui Phenols Singapore from Mitsui Chemicals - a leading Japanese chemicals manufacturer - for $330 million (€329 million).
The business has a turnover of $750 million (€749 million) and produces over 1 million tonnes of product each year, including cumene (410 ktpa), phenol (310 ktpa), acetone (185 ktpa) alpha-methylstyrene (20…
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Trelleborg will discuss its world-leading liquified natural gas (LNG) transfer solutions and share some of its latest product developments at the Gastech Conference and Exhibition.
The event takes place from September 5-8 at the Fiera Milano exhibition centre, Milan.
As part of the main conference during Gastech, Trelleborg industry specialist, Andrew Stafford, technical director, will present…
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Parker Hannifin has launched its new SensoControl® SCP04 pressure sensor for hydrogen applications.With this latest development, the firm is following its strategy of engineering products for new markets and future applications. Hydrogen is being frequently used in all kinds of transportation equipment - from trucks to buses to trains and marine.
In order to enable the production,…
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IWJS, one of the UK’s leading providers of services to wastewater networks, has been re-awarded the framework contract to continue delivering essential services to Anglian Water to 2025.
There is also an option to extend it for a further two years.
IWJS, a part of M Group Services, an essential infrastructure services provider in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors,…
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