The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has issued an update on its program to develop environmental initiatives. Achievements over the past year have included publishing a flaring and venting policy and awarding the first CCS carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licence. Later…
London-based RockRose Energy Plc has made an offer to buy all of Independent Oil and Gas Plc (IOG) debt for £40 million (about US$53 million) cash, the company revealed on the 25th March. The offer comes after RockRose has made several offers to Smith &…
GE Renewable Energy has announced the booking of a hydropower contract with Barki Tojik to refurbish six Kaplan units at the state-owned Qairokkum hydropower station in Tajikistan. This 60-year old plant located on the river Syr Darya, is the only power plant located in…
TechnipFMC has been awarded a large (1) integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Transportation and Installation (iEPCI) contract by Eni for the Merakes project, located offshore Balikpapan Indonesia, at a water depth of approximately 1,500 metres. This contract covers five deep-water wells, and their 50-kilometrer tie-back…
Corallian Energy has issued an update on its appraisal drilling programme on the Colter field in shallow water off the Dorset coast of southern England. This was designed to appraise British Gas’ 1986 98/11-3 discovery. Initially, the present well delivered oil and gas…
Last month, ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum announced that they will proceed with construction of the US$10 billion Golden Pass liquefied natural gas export facility on the Texas Gulf Coast. This project would export up to 2.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of LNG,…
The operators of the Baltic Pipe project, designed to cut Polish reliance on Russian gas, have sought permission from Sweden for the pipeline to go through Sweden’s exclusive economic zone. The project, co-financed by the EU and being carried out by Danish and Polish…
SDX Energy, the North Africa-focused oil and gas company, has announced its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended the 31st December 2018. Paul Welch, President & CEO of SDX Energy, commented: “During 2018, we achieved strong operational success across…
NEC Energy Solutions has completed the installation of the largest battery energy storage system in Switzerland. The 18 MW, 7.5 MWh GSS® Grid Storage Solution system is owned and operated by one of Switzerland’s largest power distribution companies, EKZ (Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich). …
Ruvuma and Kiliwani North are still seen as ‘core’ nonetheless Solo aims to build a portfolio of new assets capable of producing some 5,000 boepd within three years. Solo Oil Plc’s management has set out its stall, revealing plans to acquire its way to…
