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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Logos of SRJ Technologies & STATS (© SRJ Technologies & STATS)

SRJ Technologies Acquires Pipeline Technology Specialist STATS UK In £73 Million Deal

STATS (UK) Limited, also known as (STATS), on December 14, announced it had finalized Share Purchase Agreement to sell a 100% of the company’s Share to SRJ Technologies Group plc.

The acquisition deal merges Aberdeenshire-based STATS with SRJ’s disruptive technologies portfolio to capitalize on the growth of the global market and green energy transition.

H2 hydrogen molecule (© Shutterstock/Alexander Limbach)
H2 hydrogen molecule (© Shutterstock/Alexander Limbach)

SoCalGas And Bloom Energy Showcase A Gas Blending Technology To Power Hydrogen Economy

The US. Leading natural gas distribution utility company, Southern California Gas Co., also known as SoCalGas and Bloom Energy, on December 14, announced a joint project to demonstrate the future the highly anticipated hydrogen economy and high take capabilities needed to achieve California's carbon neutrality goals.

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Flag of Ecuador (© Shutterstock/patrice6000)

Ecuador Shuts Two Other Pipelines Due To Advancing River Erosion

PetroEcuador, on Friday, Dec. 10, shut down its Shushufindi – Quito products pipeline and a 360,000 b/d Sote crude pipeline to avert any possible damage that the advancing river erosion can cause.

The suspension of the major pipeline's operations came just a few days after a foreigner-owned 450,000 b/d OCP crude pipeline shutdown.

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Flag of Russia (© Shutterstock/esfera)

Yaroslavl–Moscow Oil Pipeline Fiber-Optic Communication Line Upgraded To Boost Operations

Svyaztransneft’s Oka Region branch commissioned Tekstilshchiki-Security Station, an upgraded fiber-optic communication line (FOCL) in Moscow city and the Moscow region to boost operations, the company announced in a press release published on December 3, 2021.

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A man in a business suit offers money (© Shutterstock/Oleksandrum)

Saudi’s BlackRock-led Investor Group Take Large Minority Stake In Aramco Gas Pipelines Co.

A Saudi investor group led by a financial giant, BlackRock Real Assets and Hassana Investment Co., will take the largest minority stake of 49% in the recently formed Aramco Gas Pipelines Co. under a 20-year lease deal.

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

Sinopec Builds World's Largest Solar-To-Green Hydrogen Plant With Pipelines And Storage

Chinese biggest hydrogen producer, Sinopec, started building one of the world's largest solar-to-hydrogen projects on Dec. 1, 2021. The 'world's largest' renewable solar-to-hydrogen plan, estimated to cost a whopping $470 million, will link 300 MW of PV to 20000-tonne capacity electrolysers in Xinjian by 2023.

Progress on river diversion - Coldwater Area (© Trans Mountain)
Progress on river diversion - Coldwater Area (© Trans Mountain)

Trans Mountain Pipeline Restarted But B.C 30L Fuel-rationing Order Remains In Place

The Trans Mountain Pipeline restarted "safely" on Sunday 5, 2021, according to the company's officials, after a three-week precautionary shutdown. But the B.C government maintained the fuel-rationing order for the province's southwestern areas.

Logo of Snam (© Snam)
Logo of Snam (© Snam)

SNAM Finalizes The Deal To Secure 25% Stake In PTT Energy's 'Peace Gas Pipeline'

Snam on December 1 finalized a deal to acquire a 25% stake in the PTT Energy-owned East Mediterranean Gas Company (EMG), a press release published on the company's website revealed.

East Mediterranean Gas Company is the owner of the Arish-Ashkelon gas pipeline, which is part of the "Peace Gas Pipeline" for consideration of approximately $50 million.

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The flag of the USA (© Shutterstock/Graeme Dawes)

The Proposed Giant Pipeline In Midwest - A Practical Test To The Future Of Carbon Capture

Summit Carbon Solutions plans to build a 2,000-mile pipeline running through five Midwest states, including Minnesota. The prospected conduit will become the world's largest carbon dioxide pipeline, transporting the greenhouse gases responsible for global warming and climate change from dozens of biofuel plants to North Dakota for permanent underground storage.