Tube Tech International Ltd (TTIL), the leader in premium cleaning and inspection solutions within the oil and gas industry, has launched its next-generation cleaning robot capable of eradicating more than 90% of heat exchanger fouling. The new robotic fouling removal technology, developed as a…
Changes at Lloyd’s Lloyd’s announced that Jon Hancock has decided to step down as performance management director in 2020. Lloyd’s also announced the appointment of Julia Tyson as chief human resources officer, with immediate effect. Ms Tyson previously was HR and communications director at…
Many oil and gas companies face serious decisions regarding their short and mid-term plans in Iraq, where tensions remain high. That’s according to Rystad Energy, which made the statement in a comment posted on its website on the 16th January. In the statement,…
Eni SPA has started production from Agogo oilfield offshore Angola 9 months after its discovery in Block 15/06. Production is tied back to the N’Goma floating production, storage, and offloading vessel about 15 km from the field. Start-up was carried out with the…
Cryostar and KC LNG (the LNG division of Makeen Energy) have been awarded a contract for constructing an LNG ship bunkering and truck fuelling facility in the Port of Antwerp. Cryostar and KC LNG are scheduled to commission the LNG facility in 1Q20. According…
Noble Energy has issued an update on the Leviathan gas field offshore Israel, which started production at the end of last year. All four wells and both subsea flowlines are currently fully operational, with well productivities in line with or better than expectations. …
UK oil and gas company Premier Oil has received a court approval to go ahead with a plan to have its creditors vote to extend debt maturities and buy UK North Sea fields from BP and Dana Petroleum. Premier revealed its plan to acquire…
Researchers at the University at Imperial College London and the University of Toronto have developed a cost-effective sponge which can soak up oil relatively fast (less than ten minutes). The research article, found in the Journal Nature, describes an innovative surface-engineered sponge (SEnS) which synergistically…
Oil and gas companies would once again face the risk of criminal prosecution for the unintentional killing of migratory birds if a bill moving through Congress becomes law. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 2020 (H.R. 5552) was approved on the 15th January by…
The economics of wind power have been extremely favourable for the past decade. As Greentech Media recently pointed out, research from the Department of Energy shows, “wind prices have dropped by US$50 per mega-watt-hour in eight years.” That is one of the key reasons…
