Oil and Gas News

Aug 22, 2022
Venezuela's state oil and gas company PDVSA has restarted gasoline production at the country's second largest refinery after repairing a breakdown, five sources with knowledge of the operation said on Monday, according to Reuters. The Cardon refinery's naphtha reformer, with a capacity of 45,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), produces high-octane components for gasoline and is key to the…
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Aug 21, 2022
Lincolnshire County Council ruled a future planning application for a new site at Glentworth would not need an environmental impact assessment (EIA), even though it met some of the criteria, reported Drill or Drop. The Glentworth oil field, between Market Rasen and Gainsborough, in the UK, was discovered in 1961. Records by the industry regulator show that oil has been produced at Glentworth,…
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Aug 18, 2022
Pipelines
Shell said it plans to shut for two weeks in September a key crude oil pipeline in Gulf of Mexico that supplies oil to Louisiana refineries, according to Reuters. The Odyssey and Delta crude pipelines will be shut for planned maintenance early-to-middle of the month, Shell said in a statement. The pipelines transport Heavy Louisiana Sweet crude from offshore oilfields and switching to other…
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Aug 12, 2022
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BP has reported its biggest quarterly profit for 14 years after oil and gas prices soared. The energy giant saw underlying profits hit £6.9 billion (€8.2 billion) between April and June - more than triple the amount it made in the same period last year. It comes as typical household energy bills have been forecast to hit more than £3,600 a year this winter. The bumper profits have prompted…
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Aug 11, 2022
Canada could add over a million barrels per day (bpd) of oil export capacity to the US over the next two years. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney made the announcement to a US Senate committee while also calling for a new cross-border oil pipeline. However, federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said there was little discussion in Ottawa or Washington about a new oil pipeline, and…
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Aug 10, 2022
Pipelines
Snam, an energy infrastructure company based in Milan, Italy, and Enagas, Spain's energy provider, have teamed up to assess the viability of constructing an offshore gas pipeline. The announcement came in the wake of Russian president Vladimir Putin's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine and the attendant shock waves rippling through the global energy industry. Up to now, Russia has been a major…
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Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services’ Water Division, is working in partnership with Yorkshire Water to deliver a drinking water spray lining programme, believed to be the first of its kind across the water sector in AMP7. Targeting structural and water quality issues with the existing pipework, spray lining is part of a £2m (€2.3) programme targeting 14km of pipework over…
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Aug 5, 2022
Pipelines
A global supplier of technology for pipeline integrity management has won three packages for five years in Malaysia. ROSEN Group secured the Pan Malaysia for Pipeline In-Line Inspection Services contract for PETRONAS. The contract covers 200 pipelines for inspection in the five years with diameters ranging from 4 inches to 48 inches. The contract covers nationwide and cross-country pipelines…
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Aug 2, 2022
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German energy services provider EWE is building an underground hydrogen storage facility. Hydrogen will be stored in a cave around 1,000 metres deep in the salt rock beneath Rüdersdorf, near Berlin. This will be the first time 100% pure hydrogen will be stored in this way. EWE aims to study how this environmentally friendly energy carrier called HyCAVmobil (Hydrogen Cavern for Mobility) can…
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Aug 2, 2022
Pipelines
Essar Oil, which owns and operates the Stanlow refinery in Ellesmere Port, has signed an agreement with Liverpool John Lennon Airport for the direct supply of aviation fuel. The new access agreement will allow Essar to supply fuel directly to airlines and marks another step in Essar’s growing aviation fuels business. The deal brings Essar’s total number of access agreements to six airports…
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Aug 1, 2022
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The UK is set for another major heat network after a new Bedfordshire-based project received £16.9 million (€20.1 million) in funding from the Government’s Heat Networks Investment Project. Vital Energi will deliver the new project which will take waste heat from the Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility and distribute this to nearby homes and commercial buildings. Nick Gosling, chief…
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Aug 1, 2022
Pipelines
TotalEnergies and ADNOC have signed a fuel distribution partnership deal in Egypt, Cairo. The partnership between has been further strengthened following the signing by ADNOC Distribution of an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt for $200 million (€194 million). The partnership between TotalEnergies, a leading global multi-energy company, and ADNOC Distribution,…
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Jul 29, 2022
Pipelines
Algeria, Nigeria and Niger have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a natural gas pipeline across the Sahara desert. The three countries agreed in June to revive decades-old talks over the project, a potential opportunity for Europe to diversify its gas sources, Reuters reported. Algeria's energy minister Mohamed Arkab revealed after the signing ceremony that the three countries will…
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Jul 28, 2022
Pipelines
Shell Nederland and Shell Overseas Investments have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I. This facility is set to be 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…
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Jul 22, 2022
Pipelines
Green hydrogen firm Tree Energy Solutions (TES) announced it has successfully concluded its second fundraising round at €65 million. This new capital will enable TES to accelerate the clean energy transition by building the world’s largest hydrogen projects by 2030. The fundraising attracted a global investor base comprising leading financial institutions and international energy…
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Jul 21, 2022
Pipelines
Russia has restarted gas supplies to Europe through its biggest pipeline - Nord Stream I after the completion of a 10-day maintenance break. There had been growing concerns Moscow would not resume the flow in response to EU sanctions over the war in Ukraine. The European Commission has urged countries to cut gas use by 15% over the next seven months in case Russia switched off Europe's supply.…
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Jul 20, 2022
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Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2) that has developed the Membrane-Free Electrolyser (MFE) has signed its first licence agreement with GHFG. This is for the construction of two gigawatts of MFE electrolysers over a period of up to 20 years. GHFG is a joint venture between international renewable independent power producer, Alternus Energy Group Plc and Eric Whelan, CEO of Irish based developer,…
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Jul 19, 2022
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Carbon Clean, a global leader in cost-effective carbon capture solutions, has awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract to global engineering experts KBR for a new carbon capture project. This facility will be built at at CEMEX’s Rüdersdorf plant in Germany. KBR will provide FEED services for the initial stage of the project which aims to develop and deploy Carbon Clean’s…
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