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Spanish grid operator Enagas has purchased a 130km gas pipeline network from energy firm Reganosa.
The deal included selling the latter a 25% stake in its El Musel regasification plant in northern Spain, Reuters reported.
The acquisition of the pipeline network, which Enagas described as "key to ensuring security of supply and the proper functioning of the Iberian gas market", cost €54…
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bp has launched a green hydrogen cluster plan at its Castellón refinery in Valencia, Spain.
Led by bp, this public-private collaborative initiative is intended to be based around the phased development of up to 2GW of electrolysis capacity by 2030 for producing green hydrogen at bp’s refinery.
HyVal is expected to play an instrumental role in decarbonising the operations of bp’s…
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Celeros Flow Technology brand ClydeUnion Pumps has secured an agreement with EDF which will see it provide dedicated pump maintenance and spares services across the customer’s entire network.
The multi-million euros contract cements the strategic lifecycle partnership between the two companies for a further 10 years.
The new agreement was formalised at a signing ceremony attended by senior…
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Evonik has started up a new hollow-fibre spinning plant for the production of gas separation membranes in Schörfling am Attersee in Austria.
The new production capacity enables the company to meet the ongoing strong demand for SEPURAN® membranes in biogas, nitrogen, hydrogen and natural gas applications.
Lauren Kjeldsen, head of the amart materials division, said: "The growth path of the…
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Tanzania's government has approved the construction of a $3.5 billion (€3.3 billion) crude oil pipeline.
The 1,443-kilometre (900-mile) pipeline will transport crude from vast oilfields being developed in Lake Albert in north-western Uganda to a Tanzanian port on the Indian Ocean for delivery to international markets.
Uganda's first oil is expected to flow in 2025 -- almost two decades after…
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Croatia will participate in a project to connect its natural gas network and LNG terminal on the northern Adriatic island of Krk to neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, Euractiv reported.
The announcement is part of the Southern Gas Interconnection - a planned €100 million project to build a 180-kilometre cross-border pipeline connecting Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to help alleviate…
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PETRONAS has signed two project development agreements with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia to jointly pursue carbon capture and storage (CCS) activation projects in the country.
Under the agreements, both parties will define next steps, including the maturation of technical scopes for the CCS value chain, evaluation of the identified fields for CO2 storage utilisation,…
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Shell Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Nature Energy Biogas.
Shell has acquired the largest producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in Europe, its portfolio of operating plants, associated feedstock supply and infrastructure, its pipeline of growth projects and its in-house expertise in the design, construction, and…
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Shell Offshore has announced that production has started at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the US Gulf of Mexico.
With an estimated peak production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, Vito is the company’s first deep-water platform in the Gulf to employ a simplified, cost-efficient host design.
“Vito is an excellent example of how we are approaching our…
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Neste's Engineering Solutions has completed the construction work of the 2.2 km long gas transmission pipeline.
This runs from the port of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating terminal vessel in Inkoo Finland deep harbour area to answer the needs of our long-term partner Gasgrid Finland. Gasgrid Finland has implemented the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) project to secure the…
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Topsoe and ExxonMobil have signed an agreement under which Topsoe will deliver its industry leading hydrogen SynCOR™ technology.
This will be supplied to ExxonMobil’s planned low carbon hydrogen production facility in Baytown, Texas.
ExxonMobil’s low-carbon hydrogen, ammonia, and carbon capture facility is expected to generate up to 1 billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day, delivering…
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Hungary plans to cooperate with Croatia to increase the capacity of the Adriatic pipeline that brings non-Russian crude to the country, Reuters reported.
Hungary’s chief of staff Gergely Gulyas said the government had discussed its 2030 energy strategy and this would include enabling Hungarian oil and gas group MOL's Danube refinery to process more non-Russian crude.
Landlocked Hungary in…
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INEOS Olefins Belgium has raised €3.5 billion to support the construction and operation of the most environmentally sustainable cracker in Europe.
This is the largest investment in the European chemical sector for a generation. The plant will have the lowest carbon footprint in Europe, three times lower than the average European steam cracker, and less than half that of the 10% best performers…
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TotalEnergies has announced the start-up of the Deutsche Ostsee LNG import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
This project will consolidate TotalEnergies' position as the world's third largest LNG player and Europe's leading regasification player.
Located on the Baltic Sea coast in northeast Germany, the Port of Lubmin took delivery of the country's first floating import terminal for…
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WSG Industrial Services (WSG) has extended its reach into the European gas and petrochemicals sector with the acquisition of French company Nitrovia.
Nitrovia, based near Aix-en-Provence, provides a full range of services to the petrochemical, refineries and pipeline industries and has experienced strong growth since its inception by the Air Flow Group in October 2020.
WSG is the largest…
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Evides Industriewater will supply demiwater for Shell's green hydrogen plant over the next 15 years.
Ruben van Grinsven, general manager Integrated Hydrogen Projects of Shell and Annette Ottolini, managing director of Evides Waterbedrijf, signed the supply agreement.
Part of the agreement is the construction of a new demiwater pipeline to the hydrogen plant at the H2 Conversion Park in the…
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Oil and gas giant bp has recorded annual profits of $27.7 billion (€25 billion).
The company's profits more than doubled last year as energy prices soared after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Shell also recorded record-breaking profits last week.
BP boss Bernard Looney said the British company was “helping provide the energy the world needs” while investing the transition to green energy.
The…
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Linde has signed a long-term agreement to supply clean hydrogen and other industrial gases to OCI’s new world-scale blue ammonia plant in Beaumont, Texas.
Linde will build, own and operate an on-site complex which will include autothermal reforming with carbon capture, plus a large air separation plant.
The new complex will be integrated into Linde’s extensive Gulf Coast industrial gas…
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