Jun 7, 2023
Major project to validate Coriolis meter performance launched by TÜV SÜD
Oil and Gas News
Jun 6, 2023
Pipelines
TotalEnergies has joined Tree Energy Solutions (TES) to study and develop a large-scale production unit in the United States for e-natural gas (e-NG) - a synthetic gas produced from renewable hydrogen and CO2.
The project, which is expected to produce 100,000 to 200,000 metric tons of e-NG per year, will be equally owned by the partners and operated by TotalEnergies.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 26, 2023
Pipelines
A Shell unit will begin oil deliveries on the Houston to Nederland portion of its Zydeco pipeline - a month after a spill forced the line shut.
The 22-inch pipeline, which has a total capacity of 360,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, stopped operations in April after a limited release of crude oil was detected in the Intracoastal Waterway, east of the Sabine River,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 25, 2023
Pipelines
GIDARA Energy announced that it has received the environmental permit for the biomethanol plant to be built at Biopark, in the port of Amsterdam.
A new stage in the development of the plant to be built. This facility converts local waste into advanced methanol.
The environmental permit, granted by Province of North Holland, allows GIDARA Energy to build its Advanced... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 25, 2023
Pipelines
Leading carbon capture solutions provider Carbon Clean has awarded a new contract to global engineering experts KBR for the detailed design of a carbon capture plant for Ørsted's FlagshipONE project in Sweden.
Carbon Clean was awarded the contract for the full design and supply of the carbon capture plant earlier this year.
This new contract is for the detailed design,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 23, 2023
Pipelines
A new project aims to use artificial intelligence to supercharge hydrogen production in Scotland, helping the country meet its net-zero targets and powering thousands more homes and businesses each year.
Computer scientists at the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen-based software company Intelligent Plant will use explainable AI (XAI) to develop a Decision Support System... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 22, 2023
Pipelines
China's crude oil imports from Russia rose 8.6% in April from a year earlier, as larger private refiners also embarked on purchases of the discounted fuel, Reuters reported.
Arrivals from Russia - including seaborne shipments and supplies via pipelines - totalled 7.1 million tonnes or 1.73 million barrels per day (bpd), according to customs data recently released.
Large... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 12, 2023
Pumps
The UK’s first system drawing heat from deep underground to provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes is one of seven innovative projects backed by government funding.
The Langarth Deep Geothermal Heat Network will involve drilling to a depth of 5,275 meters to extract the heat from granite rocks beneath the United Downs Industrial Site in Cornwall.
It is one... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 12, 2023
Pumps
The UK’s first system drawing heat from deep underground to provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes is one of seven innovative projects backed by government funding.
The Langarth Deep Geothermal Heat Network will involve drilling to a depth of 5,275 meters to extract the heat from granite rocks beneath the United Downs Industrial Site in Cornwall.
It is one... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 12, 2023
Pipelines
LIBERTY Pipes Hartlepool becomes first UK producer of hydrogen pipeline material
LIBERTY Pipes Hartlepool has successfully passed trials to become the first UK producer of pipelines for safe transportation and storage of hydrogen.
Physical testing specialist Element Materials Technology has confirmed that LIBERTY’s 42 inch submerged arc welded (SAW) line pipe meets... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 11, 2023
Pipelines
The ROSEN Group and National Gas have started work on an intensive research project to find ways to mitigate the potential for embrittlement of pipeline steel in hydrogen service.
This project will utilise ROSEN’s newly developed materials testing laboratory dedicated to testing under hydrogen conditions.
The conversion of existing pipeline infrastructure to transport... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 9, 2023
Pipelines
Eni has begun offloading the first LNG cargo into Snam’s new regasification terminal in Piombino.
The terminal has a total processing capacity of 5 billion cubic metres per year, or approximately 7% of Italy's gas demand.
The LNG was produced at Egypt’s Damietta liquefaction plant, one of the facilities where Eni has invested with the strategic goal of growing... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 5, 2023
Pipelines
Cadent, which manages the worth-west UK’s gas network, will modernise around 418km of its pipelines over the next 12 months.
This is the same length as 4,000 football pitches, or the same height as more than 2,600 Blackpool Towers.
The £80 million (€91 million) investment will be delivered by 600 skilled gas engineers.
They will be upgrading vital pipes to plastic... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 4, 2023
Pumps
Neste is working on a 120 MW electrolyser project to produce renewable hydrogen at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.
The company has now decided to proceed to the basic engineering phase with the project. The investment decision readiness is expected to be reached in early 2024. If an investment decision is made, green hydrogen production could start in 2026.
“Our project... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 3, 2023
Pipelines
Air Products, the world's largest producer of hydrogen and a first-mover in energy transition projects, plans to build a multi-modal hydrogen refuelling station.
This will be built near its new net-zero hydrogen energy complex under construction in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The station will be Air Products' first in Canada and the first commercial-scale hydrogen refuelling... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 2, 2023
Other
Oil and gas major bp has reported another set of strong results as energy prices remain high.
Profits hit $5 billion (€4.55 billion) in the first three months of this year, the BBC reported, although this was down from $6.2 billion (€5.6 billion) last year with oil prices having fallen from the peak seen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
BP reported record annual... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 28, 2023
Level Monitors
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory has secured £950,000 (€1.07 million) from Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation, to build the world’s first national standard liquid/dense phase CO2 calibration facility.
The new facility will support EU targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and achieve net zero... [Read More]