Industry News

September 2021

Africa Oil and partners submit FDP draft for Project Oil Kenya

Africa Oil, Tullow Oil, and Total Energies have submitted a draft field development plan (FDP) to the Kenyan government ...

16 Sep

September 2021

Vysus Group announces new services for submarine cable installations

Vysus Group is offering a new Cable Assurance service, designed to optimise collation of cable installation project data...

16 Sep

September 2021

Grenergy signs PPA for its 150MW solar farm in Cuenca

Grenergy has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) of approximately 200GWh per year with a major electricity...

15 Sep

September 2021

Gazprom completes construction of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

Gazprom has fully completed the construction of the €9.5bn Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which is designed to transport Ru...

15 Sep

September 2021

ExxonMobil announces oil discovery in Pinktail offshore Guyana

ExxonMobil and Hell announced another deep-water discovery in Guyana on the Stabroek block, Pinktail. Drilled by Noble S...

14 Sep

September 2021

TAQA conducts strategic review of its oil and gas business

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), one of the largest listed integrated utility companies in the region, has init...

14 Sep

September 2021

Voltalia begins construction of its 320MW solar project in Brazil

Voltalia has started construction of the 320MW SSM1&2 solar project, which is located in the Serra Branca cluster in Rio...

13 Sep

September 2021

Siemens Energy supports Taiwan’s energy transition

Siemens Energy's HL-class technology is poised to enable particularly low-emission, economical and flexible power genera...

13 Sep

September 2021

Macquarie's GIG acquires 400MW Sceirde Rocks offshore wind farm

Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (FST), the developer of the projected 400MW Sceirde...

10 Sep

September 2021

Gen2 Energy and Vefsn municipality sign green hydrogen deal

The Norwegian energy company Gen2 Energy and the Vefsn municipality have agreed on the purchase and sale of two plots of...

10 Sep

September 2021

Liberty and JPMorgan Chase collaborate on 108MW wind project in Illinois

Liberty, a subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., is collaborating with JPMorgan Chase on the 108 MW Shady Oak...

9 Sep

September 2021

Pearl Petroleum secures US$250m funding for expansion of Khor Mor gas plant

Pearl Petroleum, a consortium led by the UAE-based Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, has signed a US$250m financing deal ...

9 Sep

September 2021

Vattenfall opens 604MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm

Vattenfall has officially inaugurated the 604MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, located 15-40km off the Danish coast i...

8 Sep

September 2021

Petronet LNG, OVL in talks to buy stake in Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project

India’s energy companies ONGC Videsh (OVL) and Petronet LNG are reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in Arctic LNG 2. ...

8 Sep

September 2021

Enel Green Power buys 90MW Romanian solar power plant

Enel Green Power has acquired two solar power plants, with a total capacity of approximately 90MW, in southern Romania f...

7 Sep

September 2021

Grimsby selected for green hydrogen project

An innovative new "marinised" electrolyser project for green hydrogen production will be located in Grimsby, England.A c...

7 Sep

September 2021

Tata Power to build 330MW solar project in India

Tata Power, through its subsidiary TP Saurya (TPSL), has obtained a “Letter of Award” (LoA) to construct a 330MW solar p...

6 Sep

September 2021

Total signs deals worth US$27bn for four energy projects in Iraq

Total has signed an agreement with Iraq worth US$27bn to build four massive energy projects in the country. The deal inc...

6 Sep

September 2021

Eni announces major oil discovery offshore Ivory Coast

Eni has made a major oil discovery after drilling an exploration well on the Baleine prospect in block CI-101 offshore I...

3 Sep

September 2021

Vestas introduces new digital platform to build scale across the renewable aftermarket

Vestas, a global leader in sustainable energy solutions, has introducesd Covento, a digital platform providing a marketp...

3 Sep

September 2021

ADNOC awards Offshore Block 5 to PPL-led Pakistani consortium

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded the exploration rights to Offshore Block 5 to a consortium of fou...

2 Sep

September 2021

Equinor begins production from Troll phase 3 project in North Sea

Equinor and its partners have started production from the NOK8bn (US$926.45m) Troll phase 3 project in the Norwegian Nor...

2 Sep

September 2021

ScottishPower Renewables backs Proserv offshore wind subsea cable solution

Proserv Controls has received industrial sponsorship from ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) for its disruptive subsea cable...

1 Sep

September 2021

GE Renewable Energy and PKN ORLEN sign MoU on offshore wind in Poland

GE Renewable Energy and PKN ORLEN have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore ways to work together to support ...

1 Sep

August 2021

Maersk Drilling secures one-well contract extension for Maersk Discoverer

CGX Resources Inc, the operator and joint venture partner with Frontera Energy Guyana Corp, has exercised an option to d...

31 Aug

August 2021

Uzbekistan inaugurates its first utility scale solar power plant

The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan has announced that the inauguration ceremony for the country’s first utility-scale ...

31 Aug

August 2021

Nawah commissions Unit 2 of the 5.6GW Barakah nuclear power plant in UAE

Nawah Energy, a joint venture between the United Arab Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Korea Electric Powe...

31 Aug

August 2021

Petrobras and 3R Petroleum negotiate the sale of Potiguar cluster assets

Petrobras announced that it has entered into talks with 3R Petroleum to divest its Potiguar cluster assets to the latter...

30 Aug

August 2021

Petrobras sells Reman refinery to Ream Participações

Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company, has agreed to sell the Isaac Sabbá Refinery (Reman) and related assets to R...

27 Aug

August 2021

QP awards North Field expansion project to Técnicas Reunidas

Qatar Petroleum (QP) has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the onshore facilities ...

27 Aug

August 2021

Santos awards Dorado wellhead platform FEED contract to Sapura

Santos has awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the design, construction and installation of the...

26 Aug

August 2021

Neptune Energy begins production from Duva field in North Sea

Neptune Energy and its partners have commenced production from the Duva oil and gas field in the Norwegian sector of the...

26 Aug

August 2021

Galp announces the start of production of Sépia Field

Galp has announced that the FPSO Carioca platform has begun production at the Sépia field in the pre-salt region of the ...

25 Aug

August 2021

ABB wins contract for Chevron’s Jansz-Io compression project

ABB has won an order worth nearly US$120m to supply the overall electrical power system (EPS) for the Jansz-Io compressi...

25 Aug

August 2021

Clearway Energy acquires full ownership of Utah's solar portfolio

Clearway Energy has signed a binding agreement to acquire the remaining 50% of its 530MW Utah solar portfolio for US$335...

24 Aug

August 2021

COP26 president visits India ahead of climate summit

COP26 president Alok Sharma has arrived in New Delhi on a three-day visit for discussions with senior Indian ministers a...

24 Aug

August 2021

Neptune Energy granted North Sea drilling permit

Neptune Energy Norge AS has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for well 33/6-5 ...

23 Aug

August 2021

Asia Pacific News

REGIONAL UPDATEThe COVID-19 status in most countries in Asia Pacific is still the same as earlier in the year with count...

23 Aug

August 2021

CB&I Storage Solutions wins EPC contract for LNG terminal

McDermott’s CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a contract by AG&P for the EPC of a second LNG storage tank...

23 Aug

August 2021

PETRONAS delivers its first carbon neutral LNG cargo

PETRONAS has delivered its first carbon-neutral liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Shikoku Electric. The cargo arrived...

20 Aug

August 2021

Eni begins production from Cuica field, offshore Angola

Italian oil and gas company Eni has announced the start of production from the Cuica field, located in Block 15/06 of th...

20 Aug

August 2021

DEWA launches the first stage of 900MW fifth phase of Al Maktoum solar park

UAE has opened the 300MW first stage of the 900MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Saih A...

19 Aug

August 2021

Aker Offshore Wind to buy stake in floating wind project in Japan

Aker Offshore Wind and Mainstream Renewable Power have been selected as the preferred bidders to acquire an initial 50% ...

19 Aug

August 2021

Low Carbon acquires 30MW Morknasskogen wind farm in Finland

Low Carbon has recently completed the acquisition of the Mörknässkogen wind farm in Finland. The project, which is plann...

18 Aug

August 2021

Delta Energy Services wins major contract with Santos

Delta Energy Services, a provider of inspection services to the international oil and gas industry, is pleased to announ...

18 Aug

August 2021

ACWA Power achieves financial close for solar plant in Saudi Arabia

ACWA Power has reached financial close on the 1.5GW Sudair solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Saudi Arabia's Sudair Indust...

17 Aug

August 2021

TAQA completes topside removal of Brae Bravo in North Sea

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), one of the largest listed integrated utility companies in Europe, the Middle E...

17 Aug

August 2021

Jacobs selected to support South Africa’s nuclear power plant life extension programme

As part of the US$1.2bn programme, Jacobs was chosen to carry out the essential engineering modifications to prolong the...

16 Aug

August 2021

Ørsted signs power purchase agreement with Microsoft

Ørsted and Microsoft Corporation have entered into an agreement for Microsoft to purchase energy from the Old 300 Solar ...

16 Aug

August 2021

International Trade – Looking ahead – getting back onto the show floor!

The International Trade team is looking forward to getting back to the show floors, with a mix of virtual, in person and...

16 Aug