Oil and gas exploration company Chariot Oil & Gas has revealed that its Lixus licence offshore Morocco, which contains the undeveloped Anchois gas discovery, could potentially hold more gas than previously thought. Chariot said on the 7th September that it completed the reprocessing of…
Shell subsidiary BG International has contracted Corinth Pipeworks to supply steel pipes for the block 22 and NCMA-4 (Colibri) gas field development offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Corinth will manufacture 93 km (58 miles) of 16-inch HFW and LSAW coated linepipe for the pipeline which…
Oil and gas explorer Pilot Energy is to commence a feasibility study into a massive 1,100MW offshore wind project, to be located on the Western Australian coast, and form part of a major wind and solar energy hub as the company looks to diversify its…
GE Renewable Energy has completed the installation and commissioning of the 53 MW Kirazli and 32 MW Meryem wind farms in Turkey. These two wind farms are part of a bigger order made a year ago with Turkerler and RT Enerjito supply five wind…
Markel hires AGCS’s Castriotta to cyber team Kelly Castriotta has joined Markel Corporation as senior director, global cyber underwriting, having most recently served as head of cyber underwriting and product development for financial lines at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). EPIC adds Marsh’s…
Russia sees oil prices averaging US$50 to US$55 a barrel in 2021 as the development of Covid-19 vaccines spurs an economic recovery, said Energy Minister Alexander Novak. That would be an improvement from this year and enough to cover Russia’s budget, but still well…
RWE is making good progress in expanding its solar business. Having recently completed the construction of solar farms in the US, Canada and Spain, the company has now started the construction of its first ground mounted solar project in the Netherlands. The solar…
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to supply three 40-foot MTU-brand battery containers for a microgrid on the Pacific island of Rarotonga. The MTU EnergyPacks will be integrated by Vector Powersmart, an energy solutions provider in New Zealand, into an existing power plant run…
SapuraOMV Upstream says production is now stable from its Bakong gas field offshore Sarawak, which came onstream in June. Bakong is part of the same SK408 production-sharing contract (PSC) as the company’s operated Larak gas field, which entered production started last December, and the…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) offered for award 113 licence areas over 259 blocks or partial blocks to 65 companies in the UK’s 32nd Offshore Licensing Round. The round offered blocks in mature, producing areas close to existing infrastructure, under the flexible terms…
