MethaneSAT is a planned American-New Zealand space mission currently scheduled for launch in January 2024. The mission is planned to be an Earth observation satellite that will monitor and study global methane emissions in order to combat climate change.
TenneT, Gasunie Deutschland, Thyssengas and bayernets, four major European energy companies, have published a compelling study entitled "Quo vadis Elektrolyse?" contending that hydrogen power plants and their accompanying hydrogen pipeline transmission grid will secure the energy future of Germany, if not the world.
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) was the central focus of a discussion at the Energy Asia 2023 conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Companies and countries are clamoring to build Asian carbon storage hubs throughout the region in an attempt to mitigate the harmful effects of carbon emissions.
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, aimed at accessing Asian markets for Canadian oil, will likely redirect its barrels to the U.S. West Coast as Russian oil dominates Asian markets.
Analysts and traders attribute this shift to the rising demand for cheaper Russian oil in Asia due to Western sanctions following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Tenaris, a global manufacturer of steel pipes and related services, has made a significant move with its recent acquisition of the oil and gas division of isOplus. The deal, valued at $10 million, grants Tenaris ownership of isOplus's pre-insulated pipeline systems for district heating and anti-corrosion coatings in Europe.
Decom Engineering (Decom) has invested more than $1.2 million to develop its largest Chopsaw to date in response to client demand for larger sized subsea pipe-cutting capability.
The C1-46 Chopsaw has been designed to be useable in water depths of up to 2,000 meters and can cut pipes up to 46” of a wide range of materials in any orientation.
The Scotland-based pipeline service provider STATS Group and the Japanese company Mitsui & Co have agreed over the purchase of 100% of STAT Group’s shares.
Adnoc Gas, the natural gas subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, on Monday, July 3, announced the award of contracts worth $1.34 billion (Dh4.9 billion) to Petrofac Emirates and the Consortium comprising National Petroleum Construction Co. and CAT International Ltd.
Partners in a major Israeli offshore gas project, Leviathan, announced plans plans to invest $568 million in the construction of a third pipeline, Reuters reported.
According to the announcement, the planned pipeline is expected to enhance natural gas production and facilitate increased exports from the hydrocarbon-rich sea field.
China's Sinopec has begun producing green hydrogen at a plant - the largest in the country - in the far western region of Xinjiang and announced plans to build a 400 km pipeline from Inner Mongolia to the capital, Beijing, to transport the fuel.
The new pipeline will provide clean energy for local oil refining plants and fuel cell vehicles.
Mexico’s natural gas pipeline network got a huge boost when state power company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and Esentia Energy Systems signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly invest $300 million to expand the national grid.
With mounting geopolitical problems in the European theater, the cognoscenti have been pondering just where Europe would access hydrogen in quantities that would make the undertaking viable.
Nigeria's Niger Delta region, already plagued by long-standing environmental pollution caused by the oil industry, is facing further devastation as a new oil spill at a Shell facility contaminates farmland and a river.
In a move that could ease the way for Europe's transition to hydrogen as a fuel source, Portugal's REN has started adapting its high-pressure natural gas grid to allow it to carry an up to 10% share of green hydrogen as early this year, the company said last week.
China achieved a significant milestone as it finalized the construction of its longest deepwater pipeline designed to boost the country’s oil and gas transportation capacity.
Israel's abundant natural gas reserves, located in the eastern Mediterranean, have grown by 40% over the past decade due to increased drilling and exploration activities, an industry report said.
Gas production is carried out by four wells connected by two 18-inch, 73-mile subsea tiebacks to a natural gas processing platform located 10 km offshore Dor, Israel.
Alan Armstrong, CEO of Williams Companies, announced at the Reuters Global Energy Transition conference that Williams will complete two natural gas pipeline projects in New Jersey and Louisiana by the end of 2024
A new centrist government in Cyprus has fundamentally revised plans for bringing Mediterranean natural gas to Europe.
As relayed by Reuters, rather than the 2,000 km EastMed pipeline to continental Europe, the new government is proposing a much shorter one linking Cyprus to fields off the coast of Israel. Once in Cyprus, the gas could be converted to LNG and shipped to Europe.
Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Benin, have signed inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nigeria and Morocco to participate in the flagship gas pipeline project stretching from Nigeria to Morocco, North African Post reported on Sunday, June 18, 2023.
Alan Armstrong, President and CEO of Williams Companies, the American energy infrastructure enterprise operating nearly 50,000 - km of pipelines in the United States, said during a Financial Times interview that natural gas, a fossil fuel, is key to bringing about the planet's clean energy future and warding off the worst effects of climate change.
NATO will seek to establish a new unit for the improved protection of pipelines and other critical infrastructure in the oceans, especially, naturally, the Atlantic. The unit will serve as a strengthened maritime presence for deterrence and for the defense of NATO countries.
Mountain Valley pipeline has taken a significant step towards restarting construction as West Virginia environmental regulators granted a new water permit, according to court documents filed by the partnership overseeing the project, Reuters reported.
Putting back into operation the 970-km, 450,000 bpd Iraq - Turkey Oil Pipeline, shut down by Turkey last March after disputing an arbitration ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in favor of Iraq, will headline negotiations between Iraq and Turkey in Baghdad on 19 June.
Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Plc (BAFS) has announced its intention to construct a new oil pipeline to strengthen its trade operations in the northern region, Bangkok Post reported on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.
The European Union is contemplating a potential ban on imports of Russia's pipeline gas by the end of this year, Walter Boltz, the energy advisor to the Austrian government, stated in an interview with Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS).
