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]

United Utilities has revealed a £13.7 billion (€15.8 billion) investment plan to deliver cleaner rivers, more reliable water supplies and extra support for customers struggling with bills in the north-west. The proposals, if accepted, will be the biggest ever investment in water infrastructure for more than 100 years and support 30,000 jobs across the region, including... [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]

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]

ABB has partnered with ODS Metering Systems that will see ABB’s Flow-X computers support an increasing number of oil and gas customers with an accurate and reliable automation platform for custody transfer. The partnership sees the two companies combining their respective strengths - ABB with their innovative flow computers, the control devices known in the industry... [Read More]

Tennent’s has made significant investments in various carbon reduction projects including carbon capture and anaerobic digestion plants. the brewer has now partnered with SEEPEX to improve energy efficiency in its spent grain transfer process, which is the most air intensive process on site. Tennent's Wellpark Brewery is Scotland's oldest brewery, tracing its roots... [Read More]

Wanner International has received an order for a range of 75 Hydra-Cell chemical process pumps. After intensive testing, the company chose the Hydra-Cell Flow Chemistry and High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) pumps over the incumbent traditional metering pumps because of the advanced mechanical and hydraulic design. The pump technology and application knowledge... [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]

Desatec from Hamburg, Germany, has revealed a substantial increase by 70,000 mt for sodium methylate at its existing production facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The plant is now the world largest production plant for the chemical with a total output of 150,000 mt per year. Desatec is producing sodium methylate solution and powder at the Dammam facility and exports... [Read More]

The Forties Pipeline System moves 40% of the UK’s oil from the North Sea through Grangemouth where it is processed for distribution throughout the UK. Over the six years of INEOS ownership, oil flows through the system have declined by a dramatic 40% and INEOS has had to close one of its three processing plants due to lack of demand. According to INEOS, this worrying... [Read More]

The KSB Group has developed a new variant of their HGM high-pressure pump that has been tried and tested for 30 years in response to the transition in power generation from large power stations fired by coal and gas to smaller power stations incinerating biomass or refuse. The designers of the new variant, called HGM-S placed a particular focus on it being highly reliable,... [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]

KP Engineering, a leader in the design of customised EPF and EPFCm solutions for the refining, syngas, hydrogen and renewable fuel industries has been selected as a partner for Agra Energy’s series of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants. These gas-to-liquids (GTL) units will produce sustainable aviation fuel or renewable diesel, produced entirely from effluent waste... [Read More]

TotalEnergies and Borealis celebrate the start-up of their Baystar joint venture’s new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar® polyethylene (PE) unit - which more than doubles the current production capacity at its site in Bayport, Texas. The new $1.4 billion (€1.3 billion) unit completes the partners’ integrated petrochemicals venture, which includes the expanded... [Read More]