Industry News

January 2022

Scotland awards offshore wind projects in ScotWind auction

Crown Estate Scotland has selected 17 offshore wind projects from 74 applicants in the ScotWind seabed leasing round wit...

18 Jan

January 2022

ScottishPower becomes a leading UK solar developer

ScottishPower, part of the Iberdrola Group, has signed two deals to acquire 17 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the U...

18 Jan

January 2022

Aramco expands European downstream presence

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) is expanding its global downstream presence with investments in Poland’s refining...

17 Jan

January 2022

Shell and PETRONAS collaborate on carbon capture and storage solutions

PETRONAS has signed a joint study and collaboration agreement (JSCA) with Sarawak Shell Berhad (Shell) to explore opport...

17 Jan

January 2022

TechnipFMC wins iEPCI contract for Smørbukk Nord development

TechnipFMC has won the Integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (iEPCI) contract from Equinor ...

14 Jan

January 2022

Equinor revises down resource estimate for Mariner oilfield

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has revised its estimate of the total recoverable reserves in the Mariner field to...

14 Jan

January 2022

Saipem wins offshore contracts in Australia and Guyana

Saipem has been awarded two new offshore contracts, worth up to US$1.1bn, for the Scarborough and Yellowtail projects in...

13 Jan

January 2022

McDermott awarded EPCI projects by QatarEnergy

McDermott International has won a mega offshore contract from QatarEnergy, a long standing key customer, to deliver engi...

13 Jan

January 2022

Strike Energy to commence drilling at South Erregulla-1

Strike Energy Limited provided an update on drilling operations at its 100%-owned South Erregulla target in EP503. The m...

12 Jan

January 2022

Petronas makes new gas discovery offshore Malaysia

Petronas Carigali (PCSB), a subsidiary of Petronas, has made a new gas discovery in the Balingian Province, offshore Mal...

12 Jan

January 2022

SERD starts commercial operations of geothermal plant in Indonesia

Supreme Energy Rantau Dedap (SERD) has begun commercial operation of the 91.2MW phase 1 of the Rantau Dedap geothermal p...

11 Jan

January 2022

Equinor makes oil discovery in Norwegian North Sea

Equinor and its partner Wellesley have discovered oil in the Troll and Fram area in the Norwegian North Sea following th...

11 Jan

January 2022

RWE, Northland team up to develop offshore wind cluster in Germany

RWE has partnered with Canada's Northland Power to build a 1.3GW offshore wind farm cluster in the German North Sea. Loc...

10 Jan

January 2022

EDF Energy retires Hunterston B nuclear power station in Scotland

EDF Energy has retired the 1.22GW Hunterston B nuclear power station, located on the west coast of Scotland, after nearl...

10 Jan

January 2022

MTE acquires new riverside facility

MTE has announced the acquisition of its new office and fabrication riverside facility based at Haverton Hill, Teesside....

7 Jan

January 2022

Johnson Matthey launches HyCOgen to convert CO2 and green hydrogen into fuel

Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies, has launched an innovative technology – HyCOgenTM – design...

7 Jan

January 2022

Fulkrum reports strategic growth in 2021

Fulkrum, a leading provider of inspection, expediting, auditing and technical staffing services to the energy industry, ...

6 Jan

January 2022

Egypt awards eight oil and gas exploration blocks to global firms

The Egyptian government has awarded eight oil and gas exploration blocks in the country to Eni, BP, Apex International, ...

6 Jan

January 2022

CNOOC begins production from two oilfield projects in China

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has commenced production from the Caofeidian 11-6 oilfield expansion pro...

5 Jan

January 2022

New differential pressure transmitter from WIKA

The new model DPT-20 differential pressure transmitter from WIKA is suitable for many industrial processes. As a SIL-2 c...

5 Jan

January 2022

Germany retires three of six remaining nuclear power plants

Germany has retired the Brokdorf, Groend and Gundremmingen nuclear power plants, as part of its efforts to transition to...

4 Jan

January 2022

Petroplan expands presence across London

Specialist global energy talent acquisition group, Petroplan, has expanded its presence in London and the south east as ...

4 Jan

January 2022

ERG begins commercial operations at two projects in Ireland

ERG starts commercial operations at 46.8MW Evishagaran and 23.5MW Craiggore projects in Northern Ireland. Evishagaran is...

3 Jan

January 2022

Enel Green Power starts construction at wind projects in Spain

Enel Green Power España (EGPE), the renewable unit of Spanish utility company Endesa, has begun construction at the 259....

3 Jan

December 2021

Enel powers up two US projects

Enel Green Power North America has begun operating two new projects, including its first renewables-plus-storage hybrid ...

22 Dec

December 2021

TotalEnergies commissions energy storage facility in France

TotalEnergies has commissioned a 61MW/61MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its Flandres Centre in Dunkirk, Fran...

22 Dec

December 2021

Ørsted achieves first power from Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm

Ørsted has achieved first power from the 1.32GW Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea. The Hornsea 2 offshore...

21 Dec

December 2021

TotalEnergies wins bids for two offshore oil fields in Brazil

TotalEnergies and its partners have secured production sharing contracts (PSC) for the Atapu and Sépia pre-salt oil fiel...

21 Dec

December 2021

National Grid Renewables announces commercial operation of project in Illinois

National Grid Renewables announced the start of commercial operation of its Prairie Wolf solar project in Coles County, ...

20 Dec

December 2021

Maryland and Massachusetts approve 3.2GW offshore wind projects

The US states of Maryland and Massachusetts approved four new offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of over 3.2GW...

20 Dec

December 2021

Canadian Solar sells Brazilian project

Canadian Solar has sold its 635MWp Jaíba V photovoltaic project to Brazilian renewable energy company VTRM. Located in t...

17 Dec

December 2021

Siemens Gamesa confirms 344MW Vesterhav project

Siemens Gamesa has confirmed that it will provide turbines to Vattenfall for the 344MW Vesterhav offshore wind projects ...

17 Dec

December 2021

INPEX makes oil and gas discoveries in onshore Abu Dhabi block

INPEX discovered oil and gas deposits at Abu Dhabi's onshore Block 4 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Onshore Block 4 ...

16 Dec

December 2021

Aker BP to move ahead with oil and gas project in Norway

Aker BP and its partners Equinor and Spirit Energy have approved the development of the Hanz oil and gas project in the ...

16 Dec

December 2021

Savannah Energy signs deals to acquire key African assets

Savannah Energy has agreed to acquire the entire upstream and midstream asset portfolio of ExxonMobil and Petronas in Ch...

15 Dec

December 2021

ExxonMobil wins new offshore exploration block in Cyprus

US-based ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy have secured a new offshore exploration block in the Republic of Cyprus. A consortiu...

14 Dec

December 2021

BP to increase stake in Shah Deniz gas field

BP plans to increase its stake in the Shah Deniz gas field offshore Azerbaijan. The company has signed an agreement with...

14 Dec

December 2021

Vattenfall gets planning consent for offshore wind farm

Vattenfall has secured planning consent for the 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm in the North Sea by the British ...

13 Dec

December 2021

Brazil energy council puts 11 pre-salt blocks on permanent offer

Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) has authorised the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel...

13 Dec

December 2021

INPEX to buy stakes in two offshore wind farms in Netherlands

INPEX has agreed to acquire shares in two Dutch offshore wind farms from Diamond Generating Europe (DGE-NL), a subsidiar...

10 Dec

December 2021

McDermott awarded three offshore contracts

McDermott extends its partnership with Saudi Aramco with three new awards for engineering, procurement, construction and...

10 Dec

December 2021

LV Shipping & Transport becomes LV Logistics

LV Shipping & Transport, the internationally operating logistics service provider headquartered in Vlaardingen, the Neth...

9 Dec

December 2021

Offshore wind ship breaks records for Middlesbrough

A new offshore wind vessel broke records for the region’s offshore wind industry when it sailed into Middlesbrough. The ...

9 Dec

December 2021

Woodside expands hydrogen portfolio to the US

Woodside has announced plans to expand its portfolio of hydrogen production opportunities to the United States, acquirin...

8 Dec

December 2021

Black Cat and PGNiG join forces for development of upstream activities in Gulf region

Black Cat Engineering & Construction and PGNiG (Polish Oil and Gas Company) have signed a memorandum of understanding to...

8 Dec

December 2021

EnerMech secures rental equipment contract extension with Petrofac

Global asset lifecycle support specialist EnerMech has confirmed a three-year extension deal with Petrofac, taking the t...

8 Dec

December 2021

TotalEnergies begins production from project in Angola

TotalEnergies and Angolan National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) have announced the start of production from the C...

7 Dec

December 2021

UK’s largest offshore wind tower manufacturing facility to be built in Scotland

Global Energy Group, the Scottish headquartered energy services company, has agreed terms with offshore wind tower manuf...

7 Dec

December 2021

Venture Global to build LNG export facility in Louisiana, US

Venture Global has announced plans to invest more than US$10bn to build a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilit...

6 Dec

December 2021

Shell withdraws from Cambo oil field development

Royal Dutch Shell has withdrawn from the Cambo oil field development, offshore Scotland, citing the weak economics of th...

6 Dec