Sep 5, 2022
Shell and PETRONAS give gas project the green light
Oil and Gas News
Sep 2, 2022
Pipelines
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 1, 2022
Pipelines
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 31, 2022
Pipelines
The US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced more than $31 million (€31 million) in funding for 10 projects to develop carbon capture technologies.
These will be capable of capturing at least 95% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from natural gas power plants, waste-to-energy power plants, and industrial applications,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 31, 2022
Pipelines
China's Sinopec Corp has begun building the country's largest carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) facility in east China, and plans to build two more plants of similar size by 2025.
The state oil giant is one of the leading companies building pilot CCUS projects, which is part of the country's goal to reach peak carbon emissions by 2030.
The new CCUS project,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
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... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 9, 2022
Pipelines
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
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,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 18, 2022
Pipelines
Neste has become the first Finnish company to be granted IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest) status by the European Commission, which enables national public funding for its clean hydrogen projects at Porvoo refinery.
The Commission's approval is part of the EU's first wave of IPCEIs on hydrogen, which aims to develop and accelerate the production and... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 18, 2022
Pipelines
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and seven other pipeline and contractor trade organisations released the Pipeline Safety Management Systems (SMS) 2021 Annual Report.
The report found that 85% of total industry pipeline mileage participated in voluntary Pipeline SMS implementation.
Industry initiatives like Pipeline SMS help the pipeline industry from liquid operators... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 15, 2022
Pipelines
European energy consumers could face energy rationing this winter, the head of Shell has warned.
Speaking at the Aurora spring conference in Oxford, UK, Ben van Buerden said costs would continue to spike amid the risk of Russia cutting off gas supplies following its invasion of Ukraine.
“It will be a really tough winter in Europe,” Ben van Beurden revealed. “We... [Read More]
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