Dec 2, 2022
Centrica and Ryze to develop hydrogen pathway
Oil and Gas News
Dec 1, 2022
Pipelines
Oil and gas engineering and carbon capture firm Kent has been awarded a major contract win by INEOS Energy for Project Greensand in Denmark.
Project Greensand works to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. This is done by capturing CO2 from the emitters, transporting, and storing the CO2 in the subsurface of the North Sea in depleted hydrocarbon fields.
Kent has... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 1, 2022
Pipelines
Essar Oil UK plans to build a £360 million (€41 7 million) major new carbon capture plant at its Stanlow refinery in line with its ambition to become a leading low carbon refinery by 2030.
Essar is investing over £1 billion (€1.15 billion) into a range of energy efficiency, fuel-switching, and carbon capture initiatives, designed to decarbonise its production processes... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 30, 2022
Pipelines
bp Trinidad and Tobago LLC (bpTT) has confirmed that its Cassia C development has safely delivered the first gas supplies.
Cassia C is bpTT’s first offshore compression platform and its biggest offshore facility. It will enable bpTT to access and produce low pressure gas resources from the Greater Cassia Area. The platform, bpTT’s 16th offshore facility, is connected... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 29, 2022
Pipelines
Manchester Airport has unveiled plans to become the first UK airport with a direct supply of low carbon hydrogen fuel after announcing a partnership with HyNet – one of the UK’s leading Government-backed industrial decarbonisation projects.
The airport has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the two founding partners of HyNet. Progressive Energy, which... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 29, 2022
Other
Shell Petroleum has acquired 100% shareholding of Nature Energy Biogas for nearly $2 billion (€1.9 billion).
Nature Energy, based in Denmark, is a producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) from agricultural, industrial and household waste.
By purchasing the shares in Nature Energy, Shell will acquire the largest RNG producer in Europe, its portfolio of cash generative... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 28, 2022
Pipelines
Technip Energies and Baker Hughes have announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that sets the groundwork for a 1-2 million tons per annum (MTPA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) modularised solution for the onshore market.
With the ambition to reduce time- to-market for LNG to meet today’s energy demand, this joint development aims to provide an additional offering... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 25, 2022
Pumps
Valmet will supply a flue gas condensing process to Vantaa Energy’s new high-temperature incineration plant in Vantaa, Finland.
The plant is designed to process household and industry waste that is classified as hazardous and not suitable for recycling.
The order is included in Valmet’s orders received of the fourth quarter of this year.
Its value will not be... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 25, 2022
Other
ABB has introduced its energy management system ABB Ability™ OPTIMAX® to the green hydrogen market to help reduce costs of production by enabling real-time visibility of energy consumption across operations.
Green hydrogen made via electrolysis – a process of using electricity from renewable sources to split water into hydrogen and oxygen – is widely considered... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 24, 2022
Pipelines
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide are aiming to produce renewable, low carbon hydrogen at the Grandpuits zero crude platform.
Under a long-term contract committing TotalEnergies to purchase the hydrogen produced for the needs of its platform, Air Liquide will invest over €130 million in the construction and operation of a new unit producing hydrogen.
This unit will partly... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 23, 2022
Other
ExxonMobil have released a statement about the strike action taking place at the Fawley oil refinery in the UK.
In the statement, the oil and gas company said that the action involved trade union members who were employed by contracting companies onsite.
An ExxonMobil spokesperson said: “This action involves trade union members employed by contracting companies operating... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 22, 2022
Valves
Severn was successfully approached by a leading international oil company to replace the main water injection valve on their FPSO due to the existing valve not being able to generate the required pressure.
This problem was estimated to be costing the company a significant loss in oil production and a quick response and solution was vital.
Severn were asked to provide... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 22, 2022
Flowmeters
Promass Q, a high-tech Coriolis flowmeter line from Endress+Hauser, aims to help end any instrument inaccuracy in the oil and gas industry.
Globally, over 90 million barrels of crude oil, natural gas, and refined hydrocarbons are produced, transported, stored and sold to end users every day.
Promass Q is now available for larger pipes — up to 10 inch (DN 250)—for... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 22, 2022
Pumps
Sulzer has successfully finalised an extensive modernisation project at its Kotka pump factory.
The automation and digitalisation of the processes will take the production to a completely new level, cutting production throughput time by 93%.
Sulzer has been manufacturing pumps in Kotka for 130 years. Now the company is entering a new era with the new, state-of-the-art... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 21, 2022
GMB members who work as engineers at the Fawley oil refinery in the UK have begun a two-week strike over pay beginning on November 21.
Almost 100 membersof the union, boilermakers, welders, pipefitters, mechanical fitters and scaffolders will take part in the strike, which has the potential to impact on fuel supplies.
There was hope of a last-minute deal to prevent... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 21, 2022
Pipelines
Producer of thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) Strohm has been awarded a contract from ECOnnect to provide more than 11km of TCP.
This will be installed at the TES Wilhelmshaven Green Gas Terminal in Germany and the project, which is being developed by provider of green hydrogen at scale Tree Energy Solutions (TES), aims to provide sustainable, clean and affordable energy... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 18, 2022
Pipelines
Shell Pipeline’s Zydeco oil pipeline that runs from Houston to Port Neches in Texas is operating at reduced capacity.
Reuters has reported that due to project work at Port Neches the key link is expected to remain at reduced capacity until mid to late December.
The Zydeco pipeline system alleviates transportation bottlenecks of crude arriving in Houston from the Eagle... [Read More]