Slate Energy Marketing LLC subsidiary Slate Refining LLC has entered an agreement with Starwood Energy Group Global Inc to convert a 3,800-b/d mothballed refinery in Douglas, Wyoming, in the heart of the Powder River basin, into a renewable fuels production plant. The refinery, once…
Zimbabwe has signed a US$1.3 billion joint venture agreement with British-based Coven Energy to develop a fuel pipeline from the Mozambican port city of Beira to the capital city Harare, the minister of information said on the 18th August. Monica Mutsvangwa said the pipeline would complement the existing…
Kinder Morgan said on the 16th August that a fire on its El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline (EPNG) near Coolidge, Arizona, which killed two people and injured another had been extinguished and the pipeline segment remained shut. “We are coordinating with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials…
A Danish project to store captured CO2 in North Sea reservoirs which were once filled with oil and gas moved a step closer to becoming operational, after winning approval from new stakeholders. Twenty-nine companies, research institutes and universities agreed to support the next testing…
UK engineering firm Forth is looking for assistance to bring the working prototype of a friction stir welding robotic crawler for oil pipeline repair to the commercial stage. The FSWBot is being developed to travel hundreds of miles down an oil pipeline to scan…
Woodside Energy has confirmed that it is in talks with BHP Petroleum on a potential merger involving the latter’s entire petroleum business. This would be done via a distribution of Woodside shares to BHP shareholders. Wood Mackenzie research director Andrew Harwood said: “A…
It is touted as a “clean” technology, but so-called “blue” hydrogen produced from gas – even with carbon capture – is significantly worse for the climate than burning coal or gas directly, a new study by Cornell and Stanford researchers has found. Cornell’s Robert…
The OPEC+ alliance’s agreement to steadily increase oil production is paving the way for Russia to shrug off COVID-19 curtailments. The country is expected to set a new monthly crude and condensate production record of 11.6 million b/d in July 2022, according to recent…
Maintaining economic momentum between “sisterly countries” the UAE and Iraq was top of the agenda when the Ambassador of Iraq to the UAE visited Abu Dhabi Chamber recently. Ambassador Dr Mudaffar Mustafa Al-Jubouri was received by Abdullah Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Chairman of Abu Dhabi…
Saudi Aramco is in advanced talks for an all-stock deal to acquire a stake in Reliance Industries Ltd’s oil refining and chemicals business, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Saudi Arabian firm is discussing the purchase of a roughly 20% stake in…
