Serbia has successfully completed the interconnector to a pipeline in Bulgaria which would allow the Balkan country to diversify its gas supplies and reduce its dependence on Russia. Reuters reported that the interconnector will make operational the pipeline from the town of Novi Iskar in Bulgaria to the Serbian city of Nis, allowing Belgrade to access gas from Azerbaijan... [Read More]

Shell sees a $5 billion (€4.6 billion) offshore oil investment opportunity in Nigeria and the oil and gas major aims to spend a further $1 billion (€0.92 billion) in five to 10 years, Reuters reported. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu held talks with Shell's Zoe Yujnovich in a move to attract capital to Africa's top energy producer, presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale... [Read More]

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of pigging products – North Yorkshire based iNPIPE PRODUCTS - welcomed the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The visit comes on the back of one of the most successful periods to date for iNPIPE PRODUCTS, which has seen the company invest in a new service centre in Aberdeen and grow its global customer base. Speaking... [Read More]

Aramco has successfully produced the first unconventional tight gas from its South Ghawar operational area two months ahead of schedule. This development supports Aramco’s strategy to increase gas production by more than half, over 2021 levels, through 2030, subject to domestic demand. Commissioned facilities at South Ghawar have a 300 million standard cubic feet... [Read More]

Lhyfe plans to produce up to 330 tonnes of green hydrogen per day at the Lubmin plant, in one the largest facility to be built in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, with a targeted commissioning date by 2029. This plant will feed into the German core hydrogen pipeline network, which the German government recently unveiled a €20 billion financing plan for. This investment... [Read More]

Honeywell has announced the European launch of its 100% hydrogen-capable diaphragm gas meter. The Honeywell EI5 smart gas meter, which has been successfully piloted in the Netherlands, is part of a broader initiative to align with the region’s goals outlined in the European Green Deal. The new meter is capable of measuring both hydrogen and natural gas, providing... [Read More]

The UK's largest gas storage facility Rough has released stored gas into the grid to help the UK both manage higher heating demand during the current cold weather and keep prices down. This is the first time Rough has released gas this winter. This year, Centrica has filled Rough with the equivalent of 18 LNG tankers. Rough is the UK’s largest gas storage facility.... [Read More]

Topsoe has signed a MoU with Standard Gas, a decarbonisation technology company, to collaborate on a UK-based project to produce renewable natural gas and methanol from residual waste feedstocks. Under the terms of the MoU, Topsoe will provide the technologies, engineering, equipment items and catalysts that will enable the synthesis gas produced by Standard Gas to be... [Read More]

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment in Finland has granted Neste an energy investment aid of €1.96 million for heat recovery from the green hydrogen production being planned for the Porvoo refinery. The goal of the project, which is in the basic engineering phase, is to build a 120 MW electrolyser that produces green hydrogen for the refinery’s processes.... [Read More]

ExxonMobil is now in the main construction phase of a new low-sulphur diesel facility at the Fawley refinery. Representing a more than £800 million (€923 million) investment, the facility will help to meet Britain’s energy needs today and build the foundations for lower-carbon fuels in the future with the addition of a new hydrogen plant. Increasing low-sulphur... [Read More]

The volume of carbon dioxide being injected into the North Sea by 2050 will be equivalent to the natural gas currently being extracted from the basin, according to a new report from global energy consultancy Xodus. That scale of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) will require some 100 reservoirs, more than 7,500 kilometres of new pipelines and dozens of onshore... [Read More]

Petroineos is set to shut down its Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland to convert it into a fuels import terminal as it faces growing international competition. The 150,000 barrel per day refinery, Scotland's only oil refinery and one of six in Britain, is expected to continue operating until spring 2025, PetroIneos said in a statement. Although it is a major supplier... [Read More]

Lhyfe has announced the development of a green hydrogen plant (production capacity of up to 5 tonnes/day) in Spain for which it has been awarded a grant of up to €14 million from H2 Pioneros. This plant will be Lhyfe’s first green hydrogen production site in Spain, while seven sites are currently under construction in Europe. Lhyfe has about 200 employees dedicated... [Read More]

Uganda and Tanzania have agreed to carry out a feasibility study for a pipeline linking gas fields to the former, Reuters highlighted. Tanzania has an estimated 57.5 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas and uses some of it to produce 64% of the 1,872 MW electricity on the grid, according to the ministry of energy. Uganda has an installed generating capacity... [Read More]

PGNiG Upstream Norway is set to assume control of the entire operations of the hydrocarbon producer KUFPEC Norway. Following this transaction, the ORLEN Group's natural gas output in Norway will increase by one-third - reaching over 4 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually. Daily hydrocarbon production is anticipated to surpass 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe)... [Read More]

Natural gas supplies to Europe by Russian energy giant Gazprom were down 6.7% in the first half of November from their levels last month. The calculations, based on data from European gas transmission group Entsog and Gazprom's daily reports on gas transit via Ukraine, showed that average daily pipeline exports of Russian gas to Europe declined to 82.5 million cubic metres... [Read More]

The Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project has been allowed to resume work in a wetland area near Abbotsford, British Columbia, Reuters reported. The project was given the go-ahead again after correcting issues raised by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Earlier this month, the CER ordered a stop on an 800-meter stretch after inspectors found several environmental... [Read More]