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Oct 3, 2022
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OMV, the international integrated oil, gas and chemicals’ company has set itself the goal of expanding its low carbon business and its range of low carbon energy. In the geothermal sector, OMV sees its strength in its extensive expertise along with experience above and below ground, its existing reservoirs and infrastructure, and the strong market growth in Europe. OMV’s energy production…
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Sep 29, 2022
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Members of the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) have agreed to invest in initial services to develop carbon capture at the Edmonton EcoPark in the UK. NLWA is constructing a new Energy Recovery Facility as part of the North London Heat and Power Project. The new plant will use waste as a resource to generate efficient, low-carbon heat and power for local homes and the country’s…
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Sep 29, 2022
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Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a Pre-FEED engineering services contract by MadoquaPower2X. The Portuguese/Dutch/Danish consortium led by Madoqua Renewables along with CIP’s Energy Transition Fund and Power2X aim to develop and operate an integrated renewable hydrogen and green ammonia plant located in Sines, Portugal. The purpose of the Pre-FEED engineering…
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Sep 28, 2022
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Concerns have been raised that possible sabotage could have been behind the leaks discovered at two gas pipelines linking Russia and Europe in the Baltic Sea. European leaders believe this to be the case after seismologists reported explosions around the Nord Stream pipelines. European commission president Ursula Von der Leyen said the Nord Stream II leaks were due to “sabotage”, and…
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Sep 28, 2022
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Essar Oil UK has announced it has signed an offtake agreement with Vertex Hydrogen for the supply of 280MW of hydrogen. The hydrogen will then be used to help decarbonise Essar’s existing production facilities including the new hydrogen powered furnace which was delivered in August. Vertex, a joint venture between Essar and Progressive Energy, is developing the first large scale, low carbon…
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Sep 27, 2022
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TotalEnergies has been selected as the first international partner in the 16 Mtpa North Field South (NFS) LNG project. This follows its selection as the first partner for the 32 million ton per annum (Mtpa) North Field East (NFE) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. TotalEnergies will obtain a 9.375% participating interest in the NFS project – out of a total 25% interest available for…
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Sep 26, 2022
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INEOS and its partners in the Solsort Unit, Danoil and Nordsøfonden, have agreed on a final investment decision on the Solsort West field in the Danish part of the North Sea after getting approval from the Danish Energy Agency. The Solsort development consist of two wells. The oil and gas will be produced via the Syd Arne installation operated by INEOS and the first oil and gas is expected in…
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Sep 23, 2022
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The UK Government has lifted the moratorium on shale gas production in England to bolster the UK’s energy security. The Government has confirmed its support for a new oil and gas licensing round, expected to be launched by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) in early October. The administration said it was pursuing all means for increasing UK oil and gas production, including through…
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Sep 23, 2022
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A natural gas pipeline connecting Spain to France has increased its capacity by 18%. The two countries are currently connected by two gas pipelines, via the Pyrenees, which can carry gas from Spain to its neighbour to the north.   The interconnector which passes through Irun has successfully completed the technical start-up tests to increase capacity by 18% over current levels, which…
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Sep 21, 2022
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The German government is to nationalise the country's biggest gas importer, Uniper, as the war in Ukraine has seen a huge spike in energy prices. Uniper's nationalisation will add another €8 billion ($7.9 billion) to its rescue as the German government scrambles to secure power for Europe's largest economy after Russian supply cuts. Nationalising Germany's largest importer of Russian gas is…
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Sep 21, 2022
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Amogy Inc. and Trafigura have announced an agreement to study the use of ammonia as a carrier to transport clean hydrogen from point of production to consumption. The findings of this joint research on ammonia cracking will help support industry-wide efforts to decarbonise transport and heavy industrial processes and lower carbon emissions to meet global climate goals. Trafigura deploys…
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Sep 21, 2022
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The Department of Energy will offer additional US reserve crude for sale ahead of plans by the European Union to ban most Russian oil in December. The agency will offer 10 million barrels of low-sulphur crude for supply in November from storage caverns in Texas and Louisiana, according to a press statement. Bids for the supply that will originate from Big Hill, Texas, and West Hackberry,…
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Sep 13, 2022
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Texas LNG Brownsville has executed an agreement with Technip Energies USA and Samsung Engineering to lead the delivery of a new LNG facility via a joint venture. This is for a 4m tonnes per annum LNG export terminal to be constructed in the Port of Brownsville, Texas owned by Glenfarne Group. Technip Energies, a leading technology and global engineering, procurement, construction and project…
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Sep 9, 2022
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Former Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Skidmore MP, who has been appointed by Liz Truss to lead a review of net-zero, visited HyNet - the UK’s leading industrial decarbonisation cluster. Skidmore, chair of the Environment All-Party Parliamentary Group, began his tour of the UK with HyNet as the first stop. HyNet is at the centre of the UK’s low carbon hydrogen economy and will…
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Sep 6, 2022
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TotalEnergies has reached an agreement with Northern Lights and Yara to transport and store CO2 captured from Yara Sluiskil - an ammonia and fertiliser plant in the Netherlands. From early 2025, 800,000 tons of CO2 per year will be captured, compressed, and liquefied in the Netherlands and then transported to the Northern Lights site to be permanently stored in geological layers some…
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Sep 5, 2022
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Sarawak Shell, a subsidiary of Shell plc, together with PETRONAS has taken a final investment decision (FID) to develop the Rosmari-Marjoram gas project. Rosmari-Marjoram fields are situated 220 km off the coast of Bintulu, Malaysia, and will be powered by renewable energy. “Rosmari-Marjoram will help to deliver a secure and reliable supply of energy, responsibly and efficiently,” said…
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Sep 2, 2022
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  Another natural gas pipeline could soon come on-stream in Europe - linking Spain and France. According to Spain’s energy minister Teresa Ribera operations could start in around nine months. “This new interconnection, this gas pipeline could be operating in about 8 or 9 months on the southern border side, that is, from the Pyrenean to Spain,” she told national TVE station in an…
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Sep 1, 2022
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Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned energy firm, has stopped gas flows to Europe via its major pipeline due to vital maintenance work. Gas flows from Nord Stream I, which runs from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, has not yet resumed. Gazprom revealed earlier that from mid-August gas flows would be suspended for a three-day period for maintenance works. Gazprom previously said that gas…
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