Sellafield Ltd has awarded Bechtel Cavendish Nuclear Solutions a two-year contract extension and added work to the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo project at the UK’s Sellafield Site in northern England. The team has been on the project since 2012, designing and installing access doors…
TotalEnergies has secured operatorship of two blocks offshore Suriname under the country’s SHO Bid Round. Blocks 6 and 8 are in water depths of 30-50 metres (98.4-164 feet), and are immediately south of deeper-water block 58, where the company and partners APA Corp. have…
BASF has agreed to acquire a 49.5% stake from Vattenfall in the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea for €300 million (US$358 million). The transaction, expected to close in 4Q, takes into account the achieved status of the…
Heerema’s crane vessel Sleipnir has installed the 12,050-metric ton processing platform (P2) jacket for Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the company, this set a record for the heaviest lift jacket installation. The P2 jacket is…
Canadian oil sands production has fully recovered from last year’s Covid-19 shock, according to IHS Markit. The company, which highlighted that this shock saw the largest contraction of upstream production in Canadian history, said the production has exceeded pre-pandemic levels, but warned that lingering…
The global portable power station market size is expected to grow from an estimated US$358 million in 2021 to US$494 million by 2026, at a CAGR of 6.7 %. The drivers for this market are the increasing use of smart electronic devices, growing demand…
Conversation via Reuters Connect The recent US-Russia summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin suggests that a controversial Russian natural gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, is a done deal. If completed as planned by the end of this year, Nord Stream 2 will…
Neste Corporation has wrapped a major turnaround at its 206,000-b/d refinery in the Kilpilahti industrial area of Porvoo, Finland. Initiated in early April and originally scheduled to run 12 weeks, the planned maintenance event was concluded and the refinery returned to operation as of…
Prince Charles Launches Partnership with Insurance Industry to Tackle Climate Change His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales launched his Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Insurance Task Force during a visit at Lloyd’s on the 24th June. The SMI Insurance Task Force, convened by Prince…
The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has issued consolidated and updated guidance on flaring and venting, which it says sets out a tougher approach to driving reductions. The OGA said this approach is supported by updated reporting and disclosure, such as the OGA’s upcoming…
