Gevo has revealed that its renewable natural gas business recently achieved record production levels. “I am pleased that we achieved an annualized production rate of approximately 402,000 MMBtu in May, exceeding our previous record of approximately 401,000 MMBtu in March,” said Staci Bogue-Buchholz, vice-president and General Manager of Gevo’s RNG facilities. “These... [Read More]

The global oil demand has been on the rise after the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the Russia-Ukraine conflict caused major alterations in energy supply routes, which went in favour of the US shale drillers, including those in the Permian Basin. Spanning Texas and New Mexico, the Permian Basin remains the largest oil-producing shale play in the US. Strong global demand... [Read More]

Energy company Mabanaft has submitted the approval documents for the planned construction of an ammonia import terminal in Hamburg to the Hamburg Authority of Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture (BUKEA). The ammonia import terminal will be built on Mabanaft's existing tank terminal Blumensand in the Port of Hamburg and will be used in particular to expand the... [Read More]

Essar Energy Transition (EET) has launched EET Hydrogen Power - Europe’s first hydrogen-ready combined heat and power plant (CHP) to be built at its Stanlow refinery. The aim is to complete construction in 2027. The investment will support EET Fuels’ ambition to become the lowest carbon process refinery, globally and EET Hydrogen’s ambition to become the leading... [Read More]

New entrant Cleanova has won a contract to supply filtration systems for a multi-billion dollar blue hydrogen manufacturing facility in Louisiana, US. The clean energy project will come on stream in 2026. It will produce over 750 million standard cubic feet per day of blue hydrogen for pipeline customers on the US Gulf Coast and blue ammonia for global hydrogen markets.... [Read More]

Shell Trinidad and Tobago, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has taken Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Manatee project - an undeveloped gas field in the East Coast Marine Area (ECMA) in Trinidad and Tobago. Manatee will allow Shell to competitively grow its integrated gas business by building on development efforts in the ECMA, one of the country’s most prolific gas-producing... [Read More]

Wood has been awarded a contract by Centrica Energy Storage (CES) for the redevelopment of the UK’s Rough field in readiness for future hydrogen storage. The Rough reservoir, located in the Southern North Sea, has been used to store natural gas safely for over 30 years and has the potential to provide over half of the UK’s hydrogen storage requirements. The front-end... [Read More]

Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has secured a six-year contract to provide brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) solutions for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG) facility in Western Australia. Ken Gilmartin, CEO at Wood said: “LNG is a key transition fuel as industry balances the need for global... [Read More]

ORLEN, through its subsidiary PGNiG Supply & Trading, has signed a contract with a Slovak company ZSE Group for the sale of gas, the volume of which will cover approximately 30% of ZSE’s demand during the year. The contract exemplifies increasing cooperation among CEE companies to diversify supply sources and enhance gas security within the region. Under the contract,... [Read More]

Kent has secured $ 1.2 billion (€1.1 billion) in new contracts in the first half of 2024. This achievement underscores the company's strong market presence and its continued growth across multiple regions worldwide. In the UAE, Kent has been awarded multiple Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contracts. These projects contribute... [Read More]

Shell Canada Products, a subsidiary of Shell plc, today announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Polaris, a carbon capture project at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park, Scotford in Alberta, Canada. Polaris is designed to capture approximately 650,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually from the Shell-owned Scotford refinery and chemicals complex. In addition to the... [Read More]

Saudi Arabia has a strategy to reach net-zero by 2060 and is relying on modern, highly efficient gas-fired power plants in combination with CO2 capture and storage, to significantly reduce its emissions. Siemens Energy is supplying key power plant technologies that will provide almost 4 gigawatts to the Kingdom, and in addition has also entered a long-term maintenance... [Read More]

ORLEN Group will become a license partner in one of the five largest discoveries made on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the last 10 years. As a result of a sales and purchase agreement signed with Source Energy, PGNiG Upstream Norway will obtain 20% stake in the Atlantis field in the North Sea. By acquiring the equity in Atlantis ORLEN Group is looking to maintain... [Read More]

Green hydrogen developer Meld Energy has received approval from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to construct a £250 million (€295 million), 100 megawatt green hydrogen production facility at Saltend in Hull. The project will position the Humber as a centre of excellence for hydrogen, helping facilitate the government's goals for reducing emissions and increasing... [Read More]

Aramco has made further progress in its global retail expansion by completing the acquisition of a 40% equity stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan (GO). GO is a diversified downstream fuels, lubricants and retail store operator in Pakistan with a network of more than 1,200 retail fuel stations. The acquisition, first announced in December 2023, represents Aramco’s first downstream... [Read More]

Ceres Power Holdings, a leading developer of clean energy technology has been awarded a further contract for the second phase of its collaboration with Shell, to cooperate in the design of a solid oxide electrolyser module for use in large-scale industrial applications. Ceres has been working with Shell since 2022, leading to the deployment of a 1MW SOEC system at Shell’s... [Read More]