Nov 3, 2021
Aramco aims for net-zero operational emissions by 2050
Oil and Gas News
Nov 3, 2021
Pipelines
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 29, 2021
Pipelines
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 22, 2021
Pipelines
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 21, 2021
Pipelines
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 20, 2021
Pipelines
Guyana is likely to become one of South America’s top oil and gas producers over the next four years.
Work will begin on constructing a major gas-fired power plant in 2022 on the expectation that a 220-kilometer (135-mile) pipeline will be built.
“The start date of laying the pipe is now being finalised, but the decision has already been made,” Peter Ramsaroop,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 20, 2021
Pipelines
The UK government has announced that from next April it will offer subsidies of £5,000 (€5,916) to homeowners in England and Wales towards the cost of replacing old gas boilers with low carbon heat pumps.
The announcement comes with COP26 just weeks away and amid calls from industry experts for more government support.
In the UK, heating accounts for more than a third... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 18, 2021
Pipelines
With the press of a button Dutch King Willem-Alexander officially put into service the first bio-LNG plant in the Netherlands.
Nordsol, Renewi and Shell have taken the next step in making road freight transport more sustainable. It is expected that the new plant will produce an estimated 3.4 kilotons of bio-LNG per year, preventing the emission of more than 14.31 kilotons... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 15, 2021
Pipelines
Essar Oil (UK) has announced it has submitted a planning application seeking approval for the construction of hydrogen production plants at its Stanlow plant in Ellesmere Port.
The proposed hydrogen plants will form a central pillar of the landmark HyNet North Westinitiative, a ground-breaking low carbon energy project that will position the region at the leading edge... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 13, 2021
Pipelines
Woodside Energy has awarded an extension to a non-binding frame agreement for Worley’s brownfields engineering, procurement and construction management services.
The agreement will see Woodside to continue supporting the Karratha Gas Plant and Pluto LNG assets in Western Australia.
The agreement covers brownfield engineering services including engineering studies and... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 12, 2021
Pipelines
ExxonMobil has increased its participation in the proposed Acorn carbon capture project in Scotland.
The oil and gas giant has signed an expression of interest to capture, transport and store CO2 from its Fife Ethylene Plant.
The agreement to include the ethylene plant, located in Mossmorran, Scotland, is in addition to an earlier announced memorandum of understanding... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 12, 2021
Pipelines
Valmet will deliver district heating automation to Energie AG’s waste recycling plant and the municipal district heating plant in Wels, Austria.
The company and the city of Wels are currently expanding the production of district heat from waste to meet the growing need and boost sustainability in the area.
The order was included in Valmet’s orders received of the... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 11, 2021
Pipelines
Crews at the second-largest US refinery have been busy containing crude oil leaking from a giant storage tank at a Houston area facility.
No injuries were reported as crude oil was being contained with an earthen berm at the 593,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Marathon Petroleum Corp Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas.
"The clean up is underway, and regulatory notifications... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 6, 2021
Pipelines
Essar Oil UK has reached an agreement with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) over an unpaid tax bill.
Essar and HMRC have agreed a phased payment schedule, aligned with the oil company’s revenues.
The firm said it was confident of resolving the matter after having successfully raised US$$1.1 billion (€1 billion) earlier in the year.
Throughout the pandemic, including... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 5, 2021
Pipelines
As the global natural gas crunch hits suppliers and consumers Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) nations are warning of the knock-on impact for oil markets.
Iraq expects higher demand for crude as the shortfall of gas forces consumers to look for alternative fuels, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said on Wednesday.
The head of Nigeria’s state oil... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 5, 2021
Pipelines
Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline is set to start transporting oil, the Canadian energy company announced.
The news follows more than six years of permitting, review and litigation, and nearly a year of construction to complete the 337-mile route through northern Minnesota in the US.
The news has disappointed opponents of the pipeline, many of whom have spent years fighting... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 1, 2021
Pipelines
Blind flanges on pipelines around the globe could be costing millions in unnecessary downtime, according to flow control experts at Celeros Flow Technology.
The cumulative downtime caused by blind flanges could be causing inefficiencies and driving up costs in industries as disparate as oil and gas exploration, chemical processing, water treatment and power generation.... [Read More]
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