Using technology similar to a solar cell, Gridtential Energy’s breakthrough Silicon Joule™ technology allows batteries to deliver up to 5X the power density with up to a 40% weight reduction – and it can be manufactured in current lead battery plants. Silicon Joule™ technology…
Oil from the giant Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea off Norway has arrived at the Mongstad plant north of Bergen. Equinor started production from the giant Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea on Saturday, the 5th October, more than two months…
Total E&P and Equinor have committed to deploying robots within their future site operations, the UK-based Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) reported on the 21st October. Other members of the initiative to develop what reportedly will be the world’s first Offshore Work Class…
American natural gas end-users – which include households, businesses, manufacturers, and power generators – have realised US$1.1 trillion in savings since 2008 as a result of increased gas production in the Shale Crescent USA region (Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia), according to a new economic…
WindPower Korea, EDP Renewables, and Aker Solutions have formed a consortium with the ambition to develop an initial 500-MW floating wind farm offshore Ulsan, South Korea. The consortium was formed as EDP Renewables and Aker Solutions have invested in the development company Korea Floating…
The Newfoundland and Labrador Oil & Gas Industries Association (Noia) hosted its annual Fall Seminar on the 17th October at the St. John’s Convention Centre. Themed ‘Drilling Down for Future Opportunities,’ the focus for this year was advancing the offshore industry through exploration drilling activities….
Rich in hydrocarbons and possessing a favourable geological structure, Somalia holds huge opportunities for investors looking to enter the East African market, said the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Honorable Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed at the Africa Oil & Power conference. “Nowhere is…
PetroTal has provided an update in respect of its operations and production at the Bretana oil field in Block 95 in Peru (100% working interest). Highlights Completed the BN 95-4H horizontal well on time and under budget by approximately US$3.0 million using new technology…
It wasn’t so long ago that Coloradans voted against a bid to block oil and gas development near homes. The state — one of the nation’s top crude-producing regions — is cracking down anyway. Companies planning to drill wells within 2,000 feet (610…
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS), a Norwegian ocean bottom node seismic company, has completed what it says was the world’s largest OBN multi-client survey in the North Sea, offshore Norway. AGS said on the 17th October that the Utsira multi-client ocean-bottom node (OBN) survey was…
