Daniel Onyango

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Daniel is a versatile online journalist with a knack for writing news reports covering a wide range of subjects across industries, including disruptive technology, energy, renewables, sustainability, politics, business, innovations, health, aviation, and IoT. He worked with Empire Media Group Inc., Magnetic Media, and Which-50 Media before joining the ptj Editorial Team.

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The Santos Place building in Brisbane, Australia (© Shutterstock/Marlon Trottmann)
The Santos Place building in Brisbane, Australia (© Shutterstock/Marlon Trottmann)

Santos Shut Down the Aussie Gas Field Due to a Leak in an Offshore Subsea Export Pipeline

Australian gas operator, Santos, was, on November 29, 2022, forced to shut down a gas field offshore Western Australia after the company detected a gas leak on the subsea gas export pipeline. Santos reported on Tuesday that the leak was discovered during routine activities on John Brookes’s offshore gas platform, which is usually unmanned.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Headquarters in Washington, DC (© Shutterstock/Mark Van Scyoc)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Headquarters in Washington, DC (© Shutterstock/Mark Van Scyoc)

FERC Releases Annual Enforcement Report for Fiscal Year 2022

The Staff of the Office of Enforcement ("OE") of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") on November 17, 2022, released its sixteenth  Annual Report on Enforcement. The report highlights the activities carried out by OE's Division of Audits and Accounting ("DAA"), Division of Investigations ("DOI"), as well as the Division of Analytics ("DAS").

Flag of Nigeria (© Shutterstock/adaptice photography)
Flag of Nigeria (© Shutterstock/adaptice photography)

Company Security Team Faces Armed Resistance Over Pipeline Surveillance Contract

Nigeria-based Tantita security services limited operatives face death threats after uncovering illegal pipelines used in crude oil theft in various parts of the Niger Delta.

Operatives of the company owned by Ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, have been going across the region and recording the achievements in their work.

Pipeline valve with manometer (© Shutterstock/Krasowit)
Pipeline valve with manometer (© Shutterstock/Krasowit)

Oil Supply to Parts of Europe through the Druzhba Pipeline Temporarily Suspended

Tougher times for Europe following a temporary suspension of oil supply through the Druzhba pipeline to parts of Eastern and Central Europe announced by oil pipeline operators in Slovakia and hungury, Reuters reported on November 15, 2022.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (© Shutterstock/lev radin)
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (© Shutterstock/lev radin)

Kazakhstan Seeks to Reduce Dependence on Caspian Pipeline Using Alternative Export Routes

Kazakhstan president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for the establishment of alternative routes for the country’s oil exports to reduce its dependence on Russia.

Flag of Kuwait (© Shutterstock/Dmytro Balkhovitin)
Flag of Kuwait (© Shutterstock/Dmytro Balkhovitin)

Kuwaiti Firm Wins a $140 Million Deal for Supply and Construction of Oil Pipelines

Kuwait, one of the member states of OPEC producers, has awarded a local company a multimillion project contract for the construction of pipelines worth 42.5 million Kuwaiti dinars ($140 million) to link up the country's oilfields in the South and East, a local newspaper reported on Monday, November 7, 2022.

Flag of the People's Republic of China (© Shutterstock/Tatoh)
Flag of the People's Republic of China (© Shutterstock/Tatoh)

China's Gas Demand May Drop for the First Time in 20 Years - State Energy Officials Say

China's total gas demand is likely to plunge for the first time in two decades amid the dwindling economy as the country moves closer to winter, which will see energy demand rise modestly than it has been in previous years.

Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) Building (© Hussein Eddeb / Shutterstock.com)
Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) Building (© Hussein Eddeb / Shutterstock.com)

Libya’s National Oil Corporation Studying Gas Pipeline Ideas to Connect Greece and Egypt

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) is studying potential gas pipeline Ideas connecting to Greece and Damietta in Egypt in addition to the current pipeline between Libya and Italy, NOC chairman, Farhat Bengdara, said on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.