Technip Energies has been awarded Engineering, Procurement Services and Construction Management (EPsCm) contracts by Galp for a green hydrogen unit for its Sines refinery in Portugal. The project is part of Galp’s programme to reduce the carbon footprint of the refinery and its products. The Green Hydrogen Unit, composed of a 100 MW electrolysis plant, will produce... [Read More]

The ORLEN Group has commenced production from the Tommeliten A field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. It will provide the group with an additional 0.5 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually, to be delivered to Poland via the Baltic Pipe pipeline. The production startd nearly six months ahead of the scheduled date, means that gas from Tommeliten A will contribute... [Read More]

Lhyfe, a world pioneer in the production of green and renewable hydrogen for transport and industrial applications, has started building a new hydrogen production plant in the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd. This site, which is the largest green hydrogen plant in Baden-Württemberg, will be the first to supply hydrogen directly to an industrial park. It is also the first... [Read More]

bp has been reported to be exploring the sale of a 49% stake in its US oil and gas pipeline network in the Gulf of Mexico. The potential divestment would help bp meet its targets to reduce debt and maintain its dividend, Reuters reported. One of the largest producers of oil and natural gas in the US Gulf of Mexico, BP is expected to produce around 400,000 barrels of... [Read More]

ABB has partnered with ODS Metering Systems that will see ABB’s Flow-X computers support an increasing number of oil and gas customers with an accurate and reliable automation platform for custody transfer. The partnership sees the two companies combining their respective strengths - ABB with their innovative flow computers, the control devices known in the industry... [Read More]

Saipem, in consortium with National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), has signed a letter of award with ADNOC for a new contract related to the Hail and Ghasha Development Project – Package 1 in the United Arab Emirates. Saipem's share of the contract amounts to around $4.1 billion (€1.3 billion). The project is aimed at developing the resources of the Hail... [Read More]

Repairs to a gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia following a suspected leak could take months to complete. Finnish gas system operator Gasgrid said the Baltic connector pipeline suffered a sharp drop in pressure, and work is ongoing to confirm the exact location and cause of the outage. "If it appears that the unusual pressure drop observed in the morning of... [Read More]

Demand for oil will continue to grow and remain "resilient" this year, according to the secretary general of Opec+. Opec+ is a group of 23 oil-exporting countries which decides how much crude oil to sell on the world market. "We see demand growing about 2.4 million barrels a day," Haitham Al Ghais said. Saudi Arabia said it would be cutting its production of crude oil... [Read More]

Turkey is set to reopen an oil pipeline to Iraq after it was suspended for around six months. Alparslan Bayraktar, Turkey’s Energy Minister, said on Monday at the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi: “Within this week, we will start operating the Iraq–Turkey pipeline after resuming operations. It will be able to supply half a million barrels, almost, to global oil markets.” Turkey... [Read More]

The Forties Pipeline System moves 40% of the UK’s oil from the North Sea through Grangemouth where it is processed for distribution throughout the UK. Over the six years of INEOS ownership, oil flows through the system have declined by a dramatic 40% and INEOS has had to close one of its three processing plants due to lack of demand. According to INEOS, this worrying... [Read More]

KP Engineering, a leader in the design of customised EPF and EPFCm solutions for the refining, syngas, hydrogen and renewable fuel industries has been selected as a partner for Agra Energy’s series of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants. These gas-to-liquids (GTL) units will produce sustainable aviation fuel or renewable diesel, produced entirely from effluent waste... [Read More]

INEOS Inovyn is the largest operator of electrolysis technology in Europe producing 60,000 tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen annually across multiple sites. The company has achieved a new ISCC certification, reflecting its ambition to reduce carbon emissions. From June 2023, hydrogen production at the group’s Antwerp site is now certified under ISCC PLUS – a global... [Read More]

Shell Global Solutions International and MAN Energy Solutions (MAN) partnered in 2021 to develop Reverse Water Gas Shift (RWGS) technology. RWGS is a key technological building block for the production of e-fuels, as it enables the production of synthesis gas (syngas) from carbon dioxide (CO₂) and hydrogen (H₂). A jointly designed and operated pilot plant was started... [Read More]

Elcogen has been awarded grant funding from the Hy2 Tech initiative - part of the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) to accelerate the production of affordable green hydrogen. IPCEI Hy2 Tech supports projects working to accelerate the transition towards the use of green hydrogen to meet zero targets in Europe. It includes companies from 15 EU Member... [Read More]

The UK government has welcomed the decision by regulators to approve the new Rosebank development – with the UK’s highly skilled oil and gas industry strengthening energy security and growing the economy. While the government is scaling up homegrown clean energy sources such as offshore wind and nuclear, the UK still relies on oil and gas and this will continue to... [Read More]

Charles R. Crane, son of the founder of Crane and then heir to the industrial fortune, was an avid supporter of the Arab culture. He supported development efforts across the Middle East and in 1931, Crane met the then-king of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-’Aziz in Jeddah. Impressed by the king’s vision and beliefs for his nation and its people, Crane offered to bring his... [Read More]