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bp confirmed it is planning a new large-scale green hydrogen production facility in the north east of England that could deliver up to 500Mwe of hydrogen production by 2030.
HyGreen Teesside is expected to be developed in multiple stages.
bp is aiming to start production by 2025, with an initial phase of some 60MWe of installed hydrogen production capacity.
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APA Group plans to convert 43 km gas pipeline in Western Australia into a 100% hydrogen-ready transmission pipeline.
The Australian energy infrastructure company said it aimed to prove the capacity of the existing gas network to transport pure hydrogen or hydrogen blended with natural gas.
The $3 million (€2m) project at the Parmelia Gas Pipeline will cover three phases - research and testing…
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Western Canadian oil and gas producers will drill 27% more wells in 2022 than the previous year, returning to pre-pandemic levels as prices rebound and pipeline projects advance, the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) revealed.
Companies are likely to drill 6,457 wells, an increase of 1,363 from 2021 and slightly above 2019's total, the association's chief executive Mark Scholz…
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Frames, in collaboration with Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies and MAN Energy Solutions, is designing a modular and skid-mounted liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) storage plant.
This will be the first industrial scale LOHC plant in Cologne, located at CHEMPARK Dormagen, Germany, and will have the capacity to store 5 tonnes of hydrogen per day.
Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies, Frames Group,…
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Ecuador's state-owned oil company Petroecuador has awarded a contract to Trafigura for exporting fuel oil.
The contract will include the delivery of between 30% and 50% of the annual production of fuel oil, mostly used in power generation, in the Esmeraldas refinery, Ecuador's largest, which has a capacity to refine 110,000 bbl of crude per day.
Trafigura was the only company of 36 invited to…
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Wood has been awarded a five-year framework contract by National Grid to provide digitalisation and control upgrades for their gas transmission assets across the UK.
Gas compressor and gas measurement stations are an integral part of the UK’s national gas transmission system, helping to maintain the pressure, gas quality and flowrate as stipulated by National Grid and Ofgem.
Natural gas is…
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Green Fuel and Haldor Topsoe have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to identify efficient and scalable technologies for the production of green ammonia in Iceland.
The agreement also enables the two companies to explore other business opportunities within green ammonia.
Green ammonia will be vital for the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate industries such as shipping, heavy goods…
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Germany has suspended its approval process for the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
The pipeline, if approved, would double the country’s reliance on Russian gas. Energy markets across Europe surged after the German energy regulator suspended its certification process, Reuters reported.
UK gas prices for next month surged 9.3% on November 16 to 223 pence (€2.66) a therm, while…
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Clariant is expanding its presence in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, the North Sea and the Middle East.
This investment includes a new commercial hub and a oil services facility — the Eastern Hemisphere Technical Centre (EHTC), which will open in early 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“These investments are part of our ongoing commitment to…
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Phillips 66 has announced it intends to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity from its operations and energy products by 2030.
The company plans to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions intensity from operations by 30% and Scope 3 emissions intensity of its energy products by 15%, below 2019 levels.
“We believe our targets will drive innovation and create shareholder value,” said…
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Honeywell and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies have announced a joint agreement to commercialise ZoneFlow Reactor Technology.
This technology promises to provide a step-change improvement in the efficiency and carbon intensity of steam methane reforming for the production of hydrogen.
When coupled with Honeywell H2 Solutions’ carbon capture for hydrogen production, the ZoneFlow technology will…
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The British government has approached Qatar to seek a long-term gas deal to shore up supplies as a natural gas shortage in Europe has led to soaring wholesale prices.
British ministers and their counterparts from the world's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have held talks over a long-term arrangement where Qatar would become a "supplier of last resort”, Reuters…
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US President Joe Biden’s landmark investment in hydrogen infrastructure bill has been approved.
While only half the size of what was initially intended, the new $8 billion (€6.9 billion) funding for the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations will form a key part of the nation’s decarbonisation efforts.
Rami Reshef, CEO at GenCell, said this was a positive step forward to realising ‘green…
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Equinor has announced that Pre-FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) study contracts have been awarded to develop a 600 megawatt H2H Saltend low carbon hydrogen production plant.
This will be one of the world’s first at-scale facilities to produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage.
The study will also be used to support the delivery of a further 1,200…
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The Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco has announced its ambition to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas assets it operates in the next 30 years.
This ambition is an important part of the company’s focus on long-term shareholder value creation by advancing its goals through a company-wide approach in sustainability.
The company plans to disclose further details in its…
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Allowing Nord Stream 2 to pump Russian gas to Germany will not threaten supplies to the EU, the German Economy Ministry said on 26 October.
While the pipeline is ready to start operations, it still needs to be certified by Germany’s Federal Network Agency, Reuters reported. The ministry’s supply analysis is an important requirement for the regulator to continue that process.
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Israel is considering building a new onshore pipeline to Egypt to boost natural gas exports to its neighbour in the wake of the recent tightening of global supplies.
The pipeline, which will connect the Israeli and Egyptian natural gas grids through the north of the Sinai peninsula, is estimated to cost around $200 million (€171 million) and could be operational within 24 months, Reuters…
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McDermott will deliver engineering and procurement for a Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) project - the largest polyethylene integration project in the world - with China National Chemical Engineering and Construction Corp.
This agreement follows McDermott's safe and successful delivery of the front end engineering design (FEED) and early works phases of the project.
The project is owned by Baltic…
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