BP has confirmed it is planning a new large-scale green hydrogen production facility in the north-east of England which could deliver up to 500Mwe (megawatt electrical input) of hydrogen production by 2030. To be developed in multiple stages, HyGreen Teesside is expected to match…
An explosion killed 51 people and injured 49 at the Listvyazhnaya coal mine in Russia’s Kemerovo Region on the 25th November. There were 285 miners in the mine when the incident occurred with 46 of them being killed by the explosion. Five rescuers also…
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, is working with Wintershall Noordzee (Wintershall) and the OTH Regensburg University of Applied Sciences to explore how existing natural gas pipelines in the southern North Sea can be used for future carbon dioxide (CO2) transport. The…
Ukraine’s state energy firm Naftogaz has no power to halt the Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built between Russia and Germany, despite its role in the certification process, while its own transit deal with Russia may not be renewed, Naftogaz head Yuriy Vitrenko has said. Amid…
The decision to build the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was the biggest mistake of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, Polish news outlet PAP reported the former president of the European Council Donald Tusk as saying at a recent conference. “From the point of view…
On the 30th November PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) announced a gas discovery from its second exploration well, Nangka-1, in Block SK417 offshore Sarawak. The discovery is the latest of PTTEP’s “continued exploration success” in Malaysia, PTTEP noted in a company…
The Department of Interior has approved the construction and operation of the South Fork Wind project offshore New York. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s issuance of the record of decision concludes the environmental review of the project. South Fork Wind will be…
Trina Solar Company Ltd (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading global PV and intelligent energy total solution provider, recently joined German energy provider Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) in celebrating the opening of Weesow-Willmersdorf Solar Park outside Berlin. The scheme consists of 465,000 Trina Solar…
ExxonMobil is continuing preparatory work for its Ca Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) gas project in Vietnam, it said on the 29th November, with a final investment decision dependent on factors including regulatory approvals and gas sales deals. Last month, the ExxonMobil board was debating…
Nordic oil producer Lundin Energy AB is exploring a potential sale which could rank as one of the largest European oil and gas deals in years, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Swedish company is working with an adviser to study strategic…
