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PETRONAS has signed a Joint Study and Collaboration Agreement (JSCA) with Sarawak Shell to explore opportunities and project collaborations in carbon capture and storage (CCS) to help provide carbon dioxide (CO2) storage solutions in Malaysia and the region.
Under the JSCA, PETRONAS and Shell will perform an integrated CCS Area Development Plan study to support the decarbonisation ambitions of…
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Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by LUKOIL for a new integrated methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and alkylation plant.
This will be built at the oil and gas company’s refinery in Perm, Russia.
The MTBE unit will use Lummus' CDEtherol technology and the alkylation unit will use the CDAlky® technology.
Lummus' scope includes technology licensing, basic engineering, technical…
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Aramco is expanding its global downstream presence with investments in Poland’s refining, wholesale and jet fuel marketing segments.
The Saudi Arabian oil company, the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals firm, has agreed to acquire equity stakes of 30% in a 210,000 bpd refinery in Gdansk; 100% in an associated wholesale business; and 50% in a jet fuel marketing joint venture with…
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bp and Oman have signed an agreement to develop renewable energy and green hydrogen development in the Middle East county.
The Ministry of Energy and Minerals backed the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and a Renewables Data Collection Agreement which will support the potential development in Oman by 2030.
As part of the agreement, bp will capture data from 8,000km2 of land – an area more…
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Equinor and SSE Thermal have awarded two key contracts for work on a proposed hydrogen storage facility at Aldbrough, UK.
The Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage project is a collaboration between Equinor and SSE Thermal which plans to store low carbon hydrogen either within the existing natural gas storage facility or at a new hydrogen storage site adjacent to the Aldbrough Gas Storage facility in East…
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A total of 34.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas was transported to Turkey and Europe in two years via the TurkStream pipeline.
The pipeline was opened in 2020, by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Around 18 bcm of gas flowed to Turkey and 16.8 bcm to Europe via the TurkStream Natural Gas Pipeline, between New Year’s Day 2020 to December 31,…
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Lanaz will use UOP modular naphtha hydrotreating and fixed-bed platforming process units to upgrade its refinery in Iraq.
By adopting Honeywell technology, this will help it produce more cleaner-burning transportation fuels.
The project marks the first use of UOP modular technology in the country and will help Lanaz comply with increasingly strict specifications for fuel products.
UOP has…
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ExxonMobil has announced a discovery at its Pinktail site in the Stabroek Block, located in offshore Guyana.
The Pinktail well encountered 220 feet (67 meters) of high quality hydrocarbon bearing sandstone reservoirs.
Additionally, the Turbot-2 well has also encountered 43 feet (13 meters) of high quality hydrocarbon bearing sandstone reservoirs.
“These discoveries are part of an extensive…
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Saudi Aramco has signed a $15.5 billion (€13.7 billion) lease and leaseback deal involving its natural gas pipeline network.
This is alongside a consortium led by US investment firm BlackRock Real Assets and Hassana Investment Company, the investment management arm of the General Organisation for Social Insurance (Gosi) in Saudi Arabia.
As part of the transaction, a newly formed subsidiary,…
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State-owned oil refiner Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is planning to invest $1.19 billion (€1 billion) for the construction of a new crude oil pipeline project.
With a capacity of 17.5 million tonne per annum (MMTPA) capacity, the pipeline will run from the port city of Mundra in Gujarat to IOC’s Panipat refinery in Haryana.
The project will also include installation of nine crude oil…
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The US state of West Virginia has granted a key permit for the construction of a controversial pipeline stretching for over 300 miles.
The state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has granted a water protection permit for the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), certifying the natural gas pipeline has met state standards for water quality.
The news follows Virginia's…
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The SOTE oil pipeline, as part of Ecuador's state-owned operations, has restarted pumping following essential repairs to address erosion.
The work in the country's Amazon region has been completed, the energy ministry said, adding that operations in oil fields has restarted.
The erosion, a naturally occurring phenomenon along the Coca River, forced a halt to pumping in the SOTE pipeline and its…
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bp has awarded contracts as part of its dual Front End Engineering Design (FEED) competition to two separate consortiums of engineering, carbon capture licensors, power providers and EPC contractors.
The awards to the operator of Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) represent an important next step towards the proposed development of…
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SGN, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Esso have announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the use of hydrogen and carbon capture to help reduce emissions in the Southampton industrial cluster.
Southampton has one of the largest industrial sectors in the UK.
An initial feasibility study by SGN and GIG showed the annual hydrogen demand from the…
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Toyo Engineering India has successfully been awarded a contract by Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a 3.55 MMtpy diesel hydro-treating (DHT) Unit.
The wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, will carry out the work in Assam state of India.
NRL is a public sector undertaking governed by the Ministry of…
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The first US industrial-scale renewable natural gas facility using agricultural residues as a feedstock has started operations in the city of Nevada, Iowa.
Following two-and-a-half years of construction and transformation of VERBIO’s Nevada plant, Greg Faith, the company’s president and general manager, announced the facility is now injecting pipeline-quality natural gas into Alliant…
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Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) and Linde Gas have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaboratively explore the feasibility and development of a CO2 liquefaction and storage facility.
The new plant will be located adjacent to the SLNG terminal on Jurong Island in the city state.
The project concept involves using cold energy from the SLNG terminal’s operations to liquefy CO2,…
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Shell has announced that it is exiting from the Cambo oil field development in Scotland.
The oil and gas major had a 30% stake in the controversial development in Scotland.
However, Shell said the economic case for investment in the project was "not strong enough".
Shell said it had carried out "comprehensive screening" before reaching a decision to "ensure the best returns for the…
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