ExxonMobil adds 22,000 acres to Permian Basin portfolio
Oil and gas operator adds ‘stacked oil pay zones’ in the Delaware and Midland Basin areas to its growing acreage within the Permian base.
‘Structural issue’ stops work at UK renewables project
Babcock and Wilcox Enterprises Inc. (B&W) report that they have 'identified a structural steel issue at a renewable energy project in the United Kingdom' at two projects that could cost tens of millions.
Puerto Rico creditors offer $1 billion loan to restore power, but conditions apply
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s creditors are offering to lend the bankrupt utility $1 billion to help it after Hurricane Maria damaged the utility system so severely that the entire island was left without power.
Aberdeenshire pupils launch their own ‘fictional’ oil fields
Budding school pupils across the north-east are embarking on a challenge to launch their own fictional oil fields.
Electrify Europe conference: deadline to submit papers approaches
European energy conference Electrify Europe, to be held in Vienna in June, makes final call for final submission of papers.
1 million tonnes of US liquified natural gas per year sold to Italian energy company
Edison and Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC (Venture Global) have entered into a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA), concerning the purchase by Edison of 1 million tons per annum of LNG (equivalent to approximately 1.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year) from the Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility, currently being developed by Venture Global in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, USA.
Wintershall Norge appoint Hugo Dijkgraaf as new managing director
Norwegian subsidiary of Stavanger, Wintershall Norge, today announced the promotion of new managing director, Hugo Dijkgraaf.
UK institute, NPL, is re-launching to help renewables and low-carbon tech
NPL, the UK’s National Measurement Institute, will re-launch this month to help the UK get more value from renewables and low-carbon technology and increase the understanding of emissions and pollution.
Westinghouse win contract to dismantle nuclear reactor coolant system
Today Westinghouse Electric Company announced they have signed a contract with Jadrová a vyraoovacia spolocnost (JAVYS) for the dismantling of the reactor coolant systems of two VVER-440 units at the Bohunice V1 Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia. The project is financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
SSE foresees £150m profit drop despite better than expected retail numbers
Energy supplier SSE has reiterated warnings over a hit to profits in spite of a better-than-expected performance in its retail gas and electricity arm.
VIDEO: Shell’s huge Appomattox hull sails off to Texas
Watch the truly gigantic Appomattox hull being transported to its permanent home in the Gulf of Mexico.
North Sea ‘still tough going economically’ despite predicted end to lower-for-longer
Professor Alex Kemp today said that the North Sea still has some way to go until it sees the reported end of 'lower-for-longer'.
Over a third of Scots would consider buying an electric car
A new national door-to-door survey has revealed that a larger number of Scots would think about buying an electric vehicle (EV) than first thought.
Offshore windfarm construction noise could make fish more vulnerable to predators
The noise caused by building wind farms may make fish more vulnerable to predators, a study suggests.
Turkey warned Iraq Kurds against indy vote saying it can ‘close valves’ on oil exports
Turkey can choose to “close the valves” on oil exports from Iraq’s Kurdish region through the Turkish port of Ceyhan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned as Kurds voted in a referendum on independence from Iraq.
UK’s first government subsidy-free solar farm opens
Claire Perry MP, the UK Minister for Climate Change & Industry, today officially opened Anesco’s Clayhill solar farm and energy storage facility, located near Flitwick in Bedfordshire.
AAB and Northvolt to partner on Europe’s biggest battery factory
ABB and Northvolt have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a wide-ranging supply and technology partnership, including products and services for Northvolt’s state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery factory and close collaboration on development of battery solutions and R&D activities.
Hurricane Maria hits U.S. refineries without touching land
Hurricanes sometimes don’t need to make landfall to cause problems for U.S. refineries.
World’s largest combined hydrogen producing and fueling facility to be built
ProtonOnsite (Proton) and Nel Hydrogen Solutions, divisions of Nel ASA (Nel, OSE:NEL), have received a purchase order of 8.3 million on a combined hydrogen PEM electrolyser and H2Station(R) fueling solution for SunLine Transit Agency (SunLine) in California.
PSI Software and ACS form American energy partnership
PSI Software AG (PSI), a global leader in software solutions for utilities and industry, and Advanced Control Systems, Inc. (ACS), a leading provider of Smart Grid solutions, have announced a new partnership in North America.
Sellafield staff to stage 24-hour strike action over pay
Workers at the Sellafield nuclear site will stage a 24-hour strike on Wednesday in a dispute over pay.
‘This is chaos’ – Puerto Rico feeling the heat after day six without power
A nursing home in San Juan made desperate pleas for diesel as its power generator ran low. An elderly man was carried out on a stretcher after going a week without dialysis. Children wearing nothing but diapers camped out on balconies to stay cool.
Former Afren execs to face fraud charges
The former executives of collapsed oil firm Afren are facing money laundering and fraud charges following a two-year investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
Wind power ‘may just save the planet’, says Doctor Who
Actor Peter Capaldi has helped to launch a new campaign backing offshore wind as the future of UK energy, in the wake of tumbling prices for the technology.
Saffron Energy awarded Sant’Alberto gas field production concession
Natural gas producer, Saffron Energy, have announced confirmation on the framework agreement between the Italian State and the region of Emilia Romagna to begin production.