The US officially re-joins the UN’s Paris Agreement on the 19th February. In June 2017, then-President Trump revealed that the United States would exit the United Nations’ Paris Agreement to combat climate change. Shortly after taking office last week, President Biden took action to…
Gazoprovod Soyuz Vostok has been registered in Mongolia as part of a Memorandum of Intent signed in August 2020 between Gazprom and the government of Mongolia to set up a special purpose vehicle to perform design and survey works and conduct a feasibility study regarding…
The technology group Wärtsilä will provide grid balancing services and reserve power to the Shetland Islands with the supply of its advanced energy storage system. The system is being supplied to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution, which belongs to the regulated businesses…
Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) is looking to raise the recovery rate from Soroush, one of Iran’s largest offshore oil fields (IOR is Improved Oil Recovery). An official from the Faculty of Oil and Gas Engineering of Sahand University of Technology, speaking to news…
Total’s large deep-water South African gas discoveries are potentially transformational for the country. But at the moment there is no clear route to commercialisation, according to GlobalData. Oil & Gas analyst Conor Ward said: “The discoveries of Brulpadda and Luiperd offer South Africa the…
Russian pipelaying vessel Fortuna has started working at the Nord Stream 2 construction site in Danish waters, defying new US sanctions against the controversial gas-pipeline project. The work being done in the Danish exclusive economic zone is “performed in line with relevant permits” and…
Beach Energy Ltd, Adelaide, has abandoned all of its oil and gas exploration permits in the offshore Canterbury basin off the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The company ran out of time to drill the proposed Wherry-1 wildcat in permit…
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has started drilling operations at its Goliathberg-Voltzberg North prospect (GVN-1) located in Block 47 offshore Suriname. The well was initially supposed to be drilled last year. The Stena Forth drillship has arrived at the well location in Block…
The NortH2 Consortium1 has named Mott MacDonald technical integration and optimisation contractor for the NortH2 project, which targets large-scale green hydrogen production. Mott MacDonald will develop conceptual designs which will assist planning ahead of a final investment decision. NortH2 aims to further development…
Boeing is setting an ambitious target to advance the long-term sustainability of commercial aviation, committing that its commercial airplanes are capable and certified to fly on 100% sustainable aviation fuels by 2030. Boeing has previously conducted successful test flights replacing petroleum jet fuel with…
