Jul 12, 2022
Shell and Uniper sign blue hydrogen production deal
Oil and Gas News
Jul 11, 2022
Pipelines
Shell has announced it will extend operations of the Group I base oil unit at its 500,000 b/d Pulau Bukom refinery in Singapore - in order to ensure sufficient supply.
The company previously planned to close the 380,000 t/yr Group I base oil unit at the refinery by July to reduce its carbon emissions, but has since reversed that decision.
"This decision is driven by... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 11, 2022
Pumps
BASF and MAN Energy Solutions have entered into a strategic partnership to pursue the construction of an industrial-scale heat pump facility.
This be based at the BASF site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and the project intends to cut greenhouse gas emissions, establishing the use of low-CO2 technologies in chemical production and reducing the site’s natural gas consumption.... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2022
Pipelines
Liquid Gas UK has reported a £260 million (€307 million) investment into the production of renewable liquid fuels.
Outlined in the Pathway to Net Zero: Delivering our 2040 Vision report, launched in Westminster by the trade body representing the LPG and renewable liquid gas industry, the equivalent of 40,000 homes now use renewable liquid fuels, equating to 20% of... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2022
Pipelines
Shell Nederland and Shell Overseas Investments have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I - Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025.
The 200MW electrolyser will be constructed on the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam and will produce up to 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day.
The renewable hydrogen... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 1, 2022
Pumps
Sulzer has supported Fulcrum BioEnergy to complete the construction of a commercial-scale production plant that will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into renewable transportation fuels.
The plant will convert approximately 175,000 tons (159,000 tonnes) of MSW into approximately 11 million gallons (41.6 million liters) of renewable synthetic crude oil (syncrude) per... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 30, 2022
Pipelines
Wood will perform owner’s engineering services for the Cameron LNG expansion project, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and export facility located in Louisiana, US.
The contract with the global consulting and engineering company, will cover activities relating to the development of a fourth LNG train, with a planned production capacity of approximately 6.75... [Read More]
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Jun 27, 2022
Pipelines
Leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products, technologies and services Howden has signed a contract to supply hydrogen reciprocating compressors to India.
This is for the MSB Unit at the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project (NREP).
NREP is expanding its refining capacity from its current three million to nine million metric tons per annum... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 24, 2022
Pipelines
Topsoe will build the world’s most advanced industrial scale electrolyser production facility to speed up commercial-size Power-to-X in the light of the EU’s green hydrogen goals.
This has increased the demand for electrolysers with the recent REPowerEU strategy.
The production facility in Denmark will be able to support the GW-size green hydrogen projects that... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 23, 2022
Pumps
A new furnace capable of running on hydrogen has arrived at Liverpool Port.
The furnace, which is part of a multimillion-pound investment by Essar Oil UK (EOUK), is heading for Stanlow in Ellesmere Port and will become the first hydrogen-powered furnace of its kind in the UK.
It is a vital piece of kit to support the decarbonisation of Essar Stanlow’s operations.
The... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 22, 2022
Pipelines
Energy company Equinor has submitted a co-funded bid worth over £16 million (€18.5 million) into Government for a second major low carbon hydrogen production facility in the Humber.
The Hydrogen to Humber (H2H) Production 2 project could be operational by 2028 and will produce 1.2 gigawatts of low carbon hydrogen which can be used across multiple sectors in the region.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 22, 2022
Flowmeters
Research into the fabrication of a new hydrogen gas leak detection sensor has won £30,000 (€35,000) pump priming funding to support the safe expansion of clean hydrogen energy into daily life.
The study is part of an integrated energy research programme undertaken at the National Subsea Centre (NSC), created in partnership between Robert Gordon University (RGU) and... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 17, 2022
Pipelines
C-Zero, a clean energy company that has developed a technology for natural gas decarbonisation, said it has closed a $34 million (€32 million) financing round led by SK Gas - a subsidiary of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, the SK Group.
SK Gas was joined by two other new investors - Engie New Ventures and Trafigura, one of the world’s largest physical... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 17, 2022
Pipelines
OCI has made a final investment decision (FID) for the first phase of its ammonia import terminal expansion project in the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
The terminal is strategically located to facilitate emerging ammonia demand for bunkering to ocean-going vessels, and to act as a hub for hydrogen imported in the form of ammonia from regions with ample natural... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 16, 2022
Pumps
Sulzer has been selected by Shell to supply pumps for its major new biofuel facility under construction in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Sulzer’s pumps will support critical processes at the facility, including providing boiler feedwater to drive the steam turbine generator.
Expected to become one of the largest biofuels production sites in Europe, the Shell Energy... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 16, 2022
Pipelines
A new report reveals how the North-West could build on world leading plans for local low carbon hydrogen production and use by also pioneering low carbon energy imports through ramping up Britain’s use of ammonia.
The report, hydrogen economy by the North West Hydrogen Alliance (NWHA), outlines how using ammonia as a hydrogen carrier can further boost its rollout in... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 15, 2022
Pipelines
bp agreed to acquire a 40.5% stake in and to become operator of the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH), which has the potential to be one of the largest renewables and green hydrogen hubs in the world.
AREH, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, intends to supply renewable power to customers in the largest mining region in the world and also produce green hydrogen... [Read More]