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  • Balltec wraps up pipeline recovery work on Åsgard field

    Subsea connector specialist Balltec has recently completed offshore pipeline recovery work on Equinor’s Åsgard field located in the Norwegian Sea.   Balltec said on the 7th August that the work on the pipeline was done on behalf of TechnipFMC Norway.   The company provided a…

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  • SA Approves Plans for Wind, Solar, Battery and Hydrogen Superhub

    Ambitious plans to combine wind, solar, battery storage and potentially green hydrogen production at a hybrid “24/7” energy generation facility in South Australia have won development approval from the state government.   The Neoen Australia Crystal Brook Energy Park has proposed to install up to…

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  • Spanish yard cuts first steel for Equinor project

    Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company Navantia has cut first steel for a module, which will be installed on Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup project located offshore Norway.   In April 2018, Aibel was awarded a letter of intent for the construction of the processing platform topside for phase…

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  • Australia in negotiations to buy US SPR crude oil

    The Australian government is negotiating with the US administration to access oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Energy Minister Angus Taylor is reported as saying it was a way to address dwindling local supply.   Australia has sufficient crude oil and gasoline to last 28…

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  • Mubadala adds two wells at Manora field offshore Thailand

    Tap Oil has issued results of the latest development wells on the Manora oil field in the G1/48 concession in the Gulf of Thailand, operated by Mubadala Petroleum.   The programme, which started on the 9th July, involved batch drilling of the upper-hole sections of…

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  • Canadian Solar Energises Largest Solar Power Plant in Argentina

    Canadian Solar Inc, one of the world’s largest solar power companies, has announced its 100.1 MWp Cafayate solar power project in Argentina started commercial operation on the 19th July.   It is now the largest operational solar power plant in the country.   Located in…

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  • Permian Not on Its Way Out

    A handful of industry insiders have speculated that the Permian may be on its way out, noting that well productivity in the region is declining.   That is what Rystad Energy highlighted in a company statement posted on its website on the 2nd August.  …

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  • Numerous Regions Harvest Renewable Energy in the Face of Climate Change

    Wind turbines and solar panels have become increasingly common because of the benefits of renewable energies while the adverse effects of non-renewable resources have thus far prompted energy companies to develop cleaner alternatives.   The constant use of non-renewable resources has led to climate change….

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