Shell Deutschland has taken a final investment decision (FiD) to convert the hydrocracker of the Wesseling site at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland into a production unit for Group III base oils, used in making high-quality lubricants such as engine and transmission oils. Crude oil processing will end at the Wesseling site by 2025 but will continue at the Godorf... [Read More]

Wood has recorded significant growth in the Middle East region securing $850 million (€785 million) in contract wins in the last 12 months. Wood’s growth is driven by demand for conventional and low carbon energy supply, focusing on decarbonisation, energy optimisation, asset life extension and energy transition solutions. Working in Iraq, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,... [Read More]

Neste is offering a new co-processed odourless heating kerosene as a lower-emission solution for portable liquid fuel heaters. The first order was delivered at the turn of the year to PVG, the European market leader in home climate solutions, having its own liquids production plant in Ghent, Belgium. This new heating liquid for portable liquid fuel heaters will be... [Read More]

BASF process catalysts has announced a new collaboration with Envision Energy - a green technology provider of comprehensive net-zero solutions. The collaboration aims to further develop the conversion of green hydrogen and CO2 into e-methanol through an advanced, dynamic process design. The two companies aim to optimise the process of producing e-methanol from green... [Read More]

SunGas Renewables has been selected by Australian green hydrogen and methanol project developer ABEL Energy to supply green methanol for a new $1.4 billion (€1.3 billion) facility in Northern Tasmania, Australia. Johnson Matthey, a leading methanol synthesis technology and catalyst supplier, was also selected to supply key technologies for the project. The ABEL Energy... [Read More]

Engineering firm Wood has been awarded a “major” contract to deliver topside modifications for a bp subsea tieback in the UK North Sea. Wood said its operations business will deliver engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) services to enhance the central processing facility of bp’s Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) production hub in the... [Read More]

European green and renewable hydrogen producer and supplier Lhyfe and European renewable energy developer Source Galileo have announced a joint agreement to develop commercial-scale green and renewable hydrogen production units in the UK and Ireland. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the goal of deploying production facilities powered... [Read More]

INEOS produced bio-based high-density polyethylene (HDPE) has been used to create the world’s first fully sustainable gas pipeline. Installed by French gas utility network operator, GRDF, the pipeline only uses the low carbon footprint polymer. The new pipeline will be installed in Clermont Auvergne Métropole, in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand, as part of a... [Read More]

Exolum is going to construct a green hydrogen production plant and refuelling station in the Tees Valley as part of the Tees Valley Hydrogen Vehicle Ecosystem project. The project, which has been awarded £7 million (€8.1 million) of grant support from the Department for Transport in partnership with Innovate UK under the Tees Valley Hydrogen Transport Hub Competition,... [Read More]

bp has agreed to acquire GETEC ENERGIE - a leading independent supplier of energy to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in Germany. On completion, the acquisition will materially expand bp’s European power and gas C&I supply presence. The acquisition of GETEC ENERGIE, which has over 20 years of experience, expertise and customer relationships, is aligned with... [Read More]

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved a request for a change in construction for the final stretch of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, Reuters reported. The $23.05 billion (€21 billion) expansion will nearly triple the flow of crude on Trans Mountain from Alberta to Canada's Pacific Coast. Trans Mountain, a Canadian-government owned corporation,... [Read More]

Cheshire West & Chester Council in the North West of England has approved plans by EET Hydrogen for the first large-scale, low-carbon hydrogen production plant (HPP1) in the UK, located at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Consisting of two plants (HPP1 and HPP2), the hydrogen hub will enable local industrial and power generation businesses... [Read More]

Niger expects to export its first barrels of crude oil through a new Niger-Benin pipeline in January. The PetroChina-backed export pipeline project was officially launched on November 1, linking Niger's Agadem oilfield to the Benin port of Cotonou. Storage tanks in Cotonou are currently being filled and should be done by January, when the commercialisation phase will... [Read More]

Engie Brasil said it had reached a deal to sell a 15% stake in natural gas pipeline firm TAG to Canadian investment fund Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) for 3.1 billion reais (€586 million). CDPQ will raise its stake in TAG to 50%, while Engie Brasil will own 17.5% and its French parent company will hold the rest, giving it an indirect 50% stake, Reuters... [Read More]

Saipem has completed its work on a system of pipelines in Saudi Arabia to produce more gas for local consumption as an alternative to oil. The service company said it had completed the South Gas Compression Plant Pipelines project. Saipem has procured and built more than 700 km of pipelines of various diameters. It also provided flowlines, trunklines and transmission... [Read More]

Hundreds of jobs will be created across the UK in a world-leading hydrogen industry from the South West of England to the Highlands of Scotland, backed by £2 billion (€2.3 billion) in government funding over the next 15 years. Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho announced backing for 11 major projects to produce green hydrogen – through a process known as electrolysis... [Read More]