Aspen Technology has expanded its relationship with OMV Group to help accelerate the international integrated oil and gas company's energy transition initiatives and its path to achieving net-zero targets. The selection of AspenTech as its strategic innovation partner is the culmination of a long-term relationship dating back more than two decades. The first stage joining... [Read More]

PGNiG Upstream Norway from ORLEN Group has discovered additional gas reserves near the producing Gina Krog field. The discovered additional resources are estimated to 0.8-2.6 million cubic meters oil equivalents. By using the existing production infrastructure, it will be possible to start exploitation of the new resources later this year. Daniel Obajtek, president... [Read More]

bp has successfully started production from the Seagull oil and gas field in the UK North Sea. Seagull has been developed by Neptune Energy as a subsea tieback to the bp-operated central processing facility (CPF) of the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) in the central North Sea, around 140 miles east of Aberdeen. The project supported 800 jobs through the development... [Read More]

Valmet will supply a biomass plant to Göteborg Energi in Gothenburg, Sweden. Göteborg Energi is building a new plant to produce energy and district heat from renewable and recovered sources by 2025. The order will be included in Valmet’s orders received of the fourth quarter 2023. The value of the order will not be disclosed. “The new plant is a milestone... [Read More]

RAKGAS has appointed Kent as the project management consultant (PMC) for a new pipeline in the Northern Emirates. The pipeline will stretch from Taweelah Fujairah Pipeline to Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), with a connection to the Sajaa gas storage in Sharjah. The deal was signed at ADIPEC and forms part of its strategic development for a new gas pipeline. Kent will be responsible... [Read More]

Dover Fueling Solutions has successfully installed a LIQAL Boil-off Gas Treatment Unit (BTU) for LC3 Transporti – the first refuelling station in Italy that combines both LNG and nitrogen to provide 100% bio-LNG. The plant is located in Piacenza and the challenge was to improve the LNG refuelling performance on site and efficiently control the LNG fuel station’s boil... [Read More]

Aramco is further advancing the development of emissions reduction solutions including lower-carbon hydrogen, direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide and the harnessing of geothermal energy. The projects support Aramco’s ambition to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions across its wholly-owned and operated assets by 2050, as well as Saudi... [Read More]

The UK’s first system drawing heat from deep underground to provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes is one of seven innovative projects backed by government funding. The Langarth Deep Geothermal Heat Network will involve drilling to a depth of 5,275 meters to extract the heat from granite rocks beneath the United Downs Industrial Site in Cornwall. It is one... [Read More]

Technip Energies has been awarded Engineering, Procurement Services and Construction Management (EPsCm) contracts by Galp for a green hydrogen unit for its Sines refinery in Portugal. The project is part of Galp’s programme to reduce the carbon footprint of the refinery and its products. The Green Hydrogen Unit, composed of a 100 MW electrolysis plant, will produce... [Read More]

The ORLEN Group has commenced production from the Tommeliten A field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. It will provide the group with an additional 0.5 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually, to be delivered to Poland via the Baltic Pipe pipeline. The production startd nearly six months ahead of the scheduled date, means that gas from Tommeliten A will contribute... [Read More]

Lhyfe, a world pioneer in the production of green and renewable hydrogen for transport and industrial applications, has started building a new hydrogen production plant in the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd. This site, which is the largest green hydrogen plant in Baden-Württemberg, will be the first to supply hydrogen directly to an industrial park. It is also the first... [Read More]

bp has been reported to be exploring the sale of a 49% stake in its US oil and gas pipeline network in the Gulf of Mexico. The potential divestment would help bp meet its targets to reduce debt and maintain its dividend, Reuters reported. One of the largest producers of oil and natural gas in the US Gulf of Mexico, BP is expected to produce around 400,000 barrels of... [Read More]

Saipem, in consortium with National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), has signed a letter of award with ADNOC for a new contract related to the Hail and Ghasha Development Project – Package 1 in the United Arab Emirates. Saipem's share of the contract amounts to around $4.1 billion (€1.3 billion). The project is aimed at developing the resources of the Hail... [Read More]

Repairs to a gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia following a suspected leak could take months to complete. Finnish gas system operator Gasgrid said the Baltic connector pipeline suffered a sharp drop in pressure, and work is ongoing to confirm the exact location and cause of the outage. "If it appears that the unusual pressure drop observed in the morning of... [Read More]

Demand for oil will continue to grow and remain "resilient" this year, according to the secretary general of Opec+. Opec+ is a group of 23 oil-exporting countries which decides how much crude oil to sell on the world market. "We see demand growing about 2.4 million barrels a day," Haitham Al Ghais said. Saudi Arabia said it would be cutting its production of crude oil... [Read More]

Turkey is set to reopen an oil pipeline to Iraq after it was suspended for around six months. Alparslan Bayraktar, Turkey’s Energy Minister, said on Monday at the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi: “Within this week, we will start operating the Iraq–Turkey pipeline after resuming operations. It will be able to supply half a million barrels, almost, to global oil markets.” Turkey... [Read More]