Jun 24, 2021
South Sudan launches first-ever oil licensing round
Oil and Gas News
Jun 24, 2021
Pipelines
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is reviewing its holdings in the largest oil field in the US - a possible sale that could raise as much as $10 billion (€8.37 billion).
The potential sale could include all of Shell’s 260,000 acres in the Permian Basin, according to a Reuters report.
The oil and gas behemoth is under pressure to accelerate carbon emissions cuts after a Dutch... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 23, 2021
Valves
Severn Glocon and ValvTechnologies have reached a partnership agreement that will see collaboration between two leading engineering and manufacturing companies specialising in innovative and severe-service valves.
Subject to regulatory approval in the US, the partnership will combine the brands’ distinctive and complementary capabilities to extend the global reach,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 23, 2021
Flowmeters
Oxford Flow, the flow control equipment specialist for oil, gas, water and industrial process industries has announced some successes over the past 12 months despite pandemic.
The company said this was aided by the £12.5.5 million (€14.6 million) investment that was secured in 2020 from Georg Fischer Piping Systems.
Neil Poxon, CEO of Oxford Flow, said: “Despite... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 23, 2021
Pumps
Aggreko is accelerating its investments in hydrogen technology.
Together with cleantech partner CMB.TECH, a 50 kVA hydrogen combustion genset demonstrator has been developed.
After successful testing, Aggreko is now investing in 10 additional units to support hydrogen readiness, working with lead customers and partners to test and validate hydrogen as an energy carrier... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 22, 2021
Pumps
Valmet will supply an automation system to an energy-from-waste facility currently under construction at Newhurst in Leicestershire, UK.
The order was placed by Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (HZI), the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the facility.
This is the 16th time that HZI has chosen Valmet’s automation technology for its energy-from-waste... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 21, 2021
Pipelines
Construction work on Baltic Pipe, a pipeline connecting Poland with Norwegian gas fields via the Baltic Sea and Denmark, will resume after a temporary halt in operations.
Danish grid operator Energinet said two areas of the pipeline's construction still await further regulatory approval and completion of the project could be delayed by three months.
The suspension had... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 17, 2021
Pipelines
A key permit for Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline was upheld by the Minnesota Court of Appeals removing a potential delay for the controversial project.
The court on Monday affirmed a Certificate of Need and Routing Permit granted by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
The pipeline, which will carry Canadian oil-sands crude from Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 16, 2021
Pipelines
Siltbuster has worked with the Porr Skanska A Hak joint venture on a significant National Grid project to build a new gas pipeline under the River Humber.
The water treatment specialists were called in to provide a temporary, high-flow dissolved metals removal system ensuring clean water was available for a key part of the construction.
The location of the new 5km pipeline... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 14, 2021
Pumps
Pump manufacturer Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) has opened a new manufacturing division at the company’s main plant in Kirloskarvadi.
The Advanced Technology Product Division (ATPD) has primarily been built as a dedicated manufacturing division for high-end technology products.
It is a state-of-the-art facility spread across 6,000 sq m and is fully equipped with... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 11, 2021
Pipelines
The Prince of Wales opened J V Energen’s new CO2 capture facility near the Duchy of Cornwall’s Poundbury development in Dorset where green CO₂ is supplied to their new joint venture business BioCarbonics.
The gas is captured from a full-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomethane-to-grid plant, to produce a clean, sustainably sourced product for use by local businesses.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 10, 2021
Pumps
Oil Dynamics just recently installed and started-up two new Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP) systems near Hannover, Germany.
The oilfield operator decided to renew und upgrade its pumping equipment including 10 production wells.
Oil Dynamics said its modular technical concept will be able to cope with wide variations of reservoir pressure.
The tailor-designed equipment... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 9, 2021
Pipelines
Italy's Snam SRG.MI has ordered its first supply of steel pipes fully certified to take up to 100% of hydrogen for its natural gas transport network in Italy.
Europe's biggest gas pipeline operator said it had signed a contract with Cenergy Holding’s Corinth Pipeworks for 440 kilometres of pipes.
The new high-pressure pipes will be used to replace old ones that Snam... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 8, 2021
Pipelines
The US has successfully retrieved the majority of the $4.4m (£3.1m) ransom paid to a cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking the Colonial Pipeline offline last month.
DarkSide - which US authorities said operates from eastern Europe and possibly Russia - infiltrated the pipeline bringing chaos to supplies across the country.
The pipeline carries 45% of the East Coast's... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 8, 2021
Pipelines
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory (NEL) has launched a joint industry project (JIP) that will support regulatory authorities and industry to establish new standards and practices for the use of online oil-in-water analysers at remote locations.
The outcome from the JIP will provide the confidence needed by the industry and regulatory authorities in using online... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 8, 2021
Pipelines
Air Liquide Engineering and Construction will build a methanol production plant for Sarawak Petchem.
The state-owned oil and gas firm’s Malaysian facility is planned to come into operation in 2023.
The methanol plant, which will be located in Bintulu, will produce 5,000 tons of the gas per day based on Air Liquide Engineering and Construction proprietary process technology,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 7, 2021
Pipelines
Trafigura and Yara International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of ammonia production as a clean fuel.
This collaboration will be in shipping while the two will explore opportunities to work together on clean ammonia fuel infrastructure and market opportunities.
Both Yara and Trafigura have taken steps towards making... [Read More]
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