Jul 22, 2021
Oil refiners required to cut air pollution
Oil and Gas News
Jul 21, 2021
Pipelines
Shell and BP South African Petroleum Refineries (SAPREF) is preparing to start-up after a temporary shutdown.
South Africa's largest crude oil refinery will begin restarting, after temporarily shutting down as a wave of violent looting swept across the country, the operators said in a statement.
The refinery, situated in the east coast port city of Durban, shut down... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 21, 2021
Pipelines
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have reached a compromise over OPEC+ policy in a move that should unlock a deal to supply more crude to a tight oil market and cool soaring prices.
Brent oil prices fell on the news by as much as $1 per barrel towards $75 per barrel after Reuters reported the two major OPEC producers had agreed a deal.
In a statement on Wednesday,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 20, 2021
Pipelines
Cadent, the UK's largest gas distribution company, has released a Green Print - Future Heat for Everyone blueprint drawing together technical, consumer and economic considerations to create a pioneering plan to transition 22 million homes to low carbon heat by 2050.
It underlines the scale of the challenge ahead, acknowledging that a mosaic of low carbon heating solutions... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 19, 2021
Pipelines
Iran is set to start loading crude oil at the Jask oil terminal on the Gulf Oman adding its first export terminal outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz leading to the Persian Gulf.
ABout 100,000 mt of heavy crude oil could be loaded, Vahid Maleki, director of the Jask Oil Terminal, told the state-run IRNA news agency on July 17.
Iran's outgoing President Hassan Rouhani... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 16, 2021
Other
The downstream oil sector - the supplier of 96% of the UK’s transport fuels – said it was committed to working with the UK Government to decarbonise the transport system following the release of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan (TDP).
The announced changes to the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), will see a steady increase in renewable fuel content blended... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 14, 2021
Other
The total consumption of fossil fuels in the US including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, fell to 72.9 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) last year.
This was down 9% from 2019 and the lowest level since 1991.
Last year marked the largest annual decrease in US fossil fuel consumption in both absolute and percentage terms since at least 1949, according to the Monthly... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 13, 2021
Other
Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has started producing two upgraded crude grades for domestic refining.
PDVSA's 1.3 million-barrel-per-day capacity refining network and US sanctions have led to intermittent scarcity of cooking gas, petrol and diesel, making the nation more dependent on imports.
Following the restart of a key upgrader in June, operated by the Petrocedeno... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 13, 2021
Pumps
Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions has expanded its suite of pump offerings for the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market with its new GD 800HDD pump.
The American-made pumpfeatures an extremely high flow rate of more than 1000 gpm, making it suitable for the most demanding horizontal drilling projects.
Its light weight eases transportation between work... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 12, 2021
Valves
Petrotec and Flowserve have jointly opened a new dry gas seal repair and testing facility in the Salwa industrial area of Qatar.
The new facility, the Petrotec Service and Technology Centre, expands Petrotec’s existing wet seal repair and testing capabilities in Qatar and adds local compressor seal commissioning, inspection and repair capabilities.
Dry gas seals are... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 9, 2021
Pumps
Pump supplier for the energy sector Hayward Tyler has announced an agreement with Ruhrpumpen, a leading manufacturer of pump systems, to better serve customers in the conventional power and industrial markets.
Under a license agreement, Ruhrpumpen will exclusively manufacture, sell, and supply parts and services for Westinghouse and Babcock & Wilcox pumps, using Hayward... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 2, 2021
Pipelines
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply six flexible power plants operating on natural gas, with a total combined output of 380 MW to different locations in Italy.
The framework agreement contract was placed by Metaenergiaproduzione, a member of the Italian Metaenergia Group, with the order for two plants being booked prior to 2020, and the remaining four in Q4 2020.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 1, 2021
Pipelines
A specialist engineering company has invested more than £700,000 (€815,000) to develop tools which provide greener, faster and safer solutions for decommissioning in the energy sector.
Decom Engineering’s latest R&D investment has updated their Pipe Coating Removal (PCR) equipment, which cleans decommissioned or surplus pipelines of multiple coatings, so they can... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 30, 2021
Pipelines
Construction company Denys is to design and lay the Porthos onshore pipeline.
Denys was awarded the contract following an intensive European tendering process lasting more than a year.
Porthos will transport CO2 from the Rotterdam port area and store it in empty gas fields under the North Sea. Denys will take care of the detailed design and construction of what will... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 29, 2021
Pipelines
Vinyl Pipes has announced its intention to expand operations to the Sub-Sahara Region.
This is the region that the company believes will benefit the most from the n lightweight and durable solution that Vinyl uPVC Pipes have to offer.
The ability to deliver consignments under 21 days, adjust specifications, order timelines in line with the customer requirement and... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 28, 2021
Pipelines
Construction work on the Baltic Pipe, which will bring Norwegian gas to Poland, has started with a vessel laying the first stretch of pipeline.
The Polish-Danish strategic gas infrastructure project that will also supply gas to Denmark will help Poland to diversify its natural gas supplies. It is planned to start operations next October.
"On June 27, Castorone, one of... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 28, 2021
Flowmeters
Rotork has been selected as the sole provider of intelligent electric actuators for one of the largest offshore development projects in the Norwegian continental shelf, Johan Sverdrup.
Energy company Equinor ordered over 700 of Rotork’s IQ multi and part-turn actuators for the oil field in the North Sea, which is located approximately 150 km away from the coast of... [Read More]
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