Jul 21, 2021
SAPREF refinery to restart after temporary shutdown
Oil and Gas News
Jul 21, 2021
Pipelines
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have reached a compromise over OPEC+ policy in a move that should unlock a deal to supply more crude to a tight oil market and cool soaring prices.
Brent oil prices fell on the news by as much as $1 per barrel towards $75 per barrel after Reuters reported the two major OPEC producers had agreed a deal.
In a statement on Wednesday,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 20, 2021
Pipelines
Cadent, the UK's largest gas distribution company, has released a Green Print - Future Heat for Everyone blueprint drawing together technical, consumer and economic considerations to create a pioneering plan to transition 22 million homes to low carbon heat by 2050.
It underlines the scale of the challenge ahead, acknowledging that a mosaic of low carbon heating solutions... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 19, 2021
Pipelines
Iran is set to start loading crude oil at the Jask oil terminal on the Gulf Oman adding its first export terminal outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz leading to the Persian Gulf.
ABout 100,000 mt of heavy crude oil could be loaded, Vahid Maleki, director of the Jask Oil Terminal, told the state-run IRNA news agency on July 17.
Iran's outgoing President Hassan Rouhani... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 2, 2021
Pipelines
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply six flexible power plants operating on natural gas, with a total combined output of 380 MW to different locations in Italy.
The framework agreement contract was placed by Metaenergiaproduzione, a member of the Italian Metaenergia Group, with the order for two plants being booked prior to 2020, and the remaining four in Q4 2020.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 1, 2021
Pipelines
A specialist engineering company has invested more than £700,000 (€815,000) to develop tools which provide greener, faster and safer solutions for decommissioning in the energy sector.
Decom Engineering’s latest R&D investment has updated their Pipe Coating Removal (PCR) equipment, which cleans decommissioned or surplus pipelines of multiple coatings, so they can... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 30, 2021
Pipelines
Construction company Denys is to design and lay the Porthos onshore pipeline.
Denys was awarded the contract following an intensive European tendering process lasting more than a year.
Porthos will transport CO2 from the Rotterdam port area and store it in empty gas fields under the North Sea. Denys will take care of the detailed design and construction of what will... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 29, 2021
Pipelines
Vinyl Pipes has announced its intention to expand operations to the Sub-Sahara Region.
This is the region that the company believes will benefit the most from the n lightweight and durable solution that Vinyl uPVC Pipes have to offer.
The ability to deliver consignments under 21 days, adjust specifications, order timelines in line with the customer requirement and... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 28, 2021
Pipelines
Construction work on the Baltic Pipe, which will bring Norwegian gas to Poland, has started with a vessel laying the first stretch of pipeline.
The Polish-Danish strategic gas infrastructure project that will also supply gas to Denmark will help Poland to diversify its natural gas supplies. It is planned to start operations next October.
"On June 27, Castorone, one of... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 24, 2021
Pipelines
The Ministry of Petroleum (MoP) of the Republic of South Sudan announced the launch of the country’s first Oil Licensing Round.
The MoP has identified new exploration blocks with potential hydrocarbons and has compiled crucial data to provide to interested investors, operators and counterparties.
According to the new analysis commissioned by the Ministry, approximately... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 24, 2021
Pipelines
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is reviewing its holdings in the largest oil field in the US - a possible sale that could raise as much as $10 billion (€8.37 billion).
The potential sale could include all of Shell’s 260,000 acres in the Permian Basin, according to a Reuters report.
The oil and gas behemoth is under pressure to accelerate carbon emissions cuts after a Dutch... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 21, 2021
Pipelines
Construction work on Baltic Pipe, a pipeline connecting Poland with Norwegian gas fields via the Baltic Sea and Denmark, will resume after a temporary halt in operations.
Danish grid operator Energinet said two areas of the pipeline's construction still await further regulatory approval and completion of the project could be delayed by three months.
The suspension had... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 17, 2021
Pipelines
A key permit for Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline was upheld by the Minnesota Court of Appeals removing a potential delay for the controversial project.
The court on Monday affirmed a Certificate of Need and Routing Permit granted by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
The pipeline, which will carry Canadian oil-sands crude from Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 16, 2021
Pipelines
Siltbuster has worked with the Porr Skanska A Hak joint venture on a significant National Grid project to build a new gas pipeline under the River Humber.
The water treatment specialists were called in to provide a temporary, high-flow dissolved metals removal system ensuring clean water was available for a key part of the construction.
The location of the new 5km pipeline... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 11, 2021
Pipelines
The Prince of Wales opened J V Energen’s new CO2 capture facility near the Duchy of Cornwall’s Poundbury development in Dorset where green CO₂ is supplied to their new joint venture business BioCarbonics.
The gas is captured from a full-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomethane-to-grid plant, to produce a clean, sustainably sourced product for use by local businesses.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 9, 2021
Pipelines
Italy's Snam SRG.MI has ordered its first supply of steel pipes fully certified to take up to 100% of hydrogen for its natural gas transport network in Italy.
Europe's biggest gas pipeline operator said it had signed a contract with Cenergy Holding’s Corinth Pipeworks for 440 kilometres of pipes.
The new high-pressure pipes will be used to replace old ones that Snam... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 8, 2021
Pipelines
The US has successfully retrieved the majority of the $4.4m (£3.1m) ransom paid to a cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking the Colonial Pipeline offline last month.
DarkSide - which US authorities said operates from eastern Europe and possibly Russia - infiltrated the pipeline bringing chaos to supplies across the country.
The pipeline carries 45% of the East Coast's... [Read More]
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