Saltend Chemicals Park to adopt low carbon gas substitute
Saltend Chemicals Park in Humberside is set to host a decarbonising energy plant to produce clean gas for industrial use is set for deployment.
Saltend Chemicals Park in Humberside is set to host a decarbonising energy plant to produce clean gas for industrial use is set for deployment.
The Athena team has been involved in the discovery of more than 10 billion barrels in the North Sea and West Africa.
Small and medium-sized enterprises, from two to 149 employees, are invited to apply.
To be honest, I’ve never been overly positive about the whole Scottish decommissioning sector.
No more public money should go into hydrogen for domestic heating because electrification is the only viable means of decarbonising heating and hot water in UK homes, writes Jenny Curtis, managing director of Vattenfall Heat UK.
While Rishi Sunak sets out plans to maximise oil and gas, north-east community groups and campaigners in the north-east are keen to make sure there is life after fossil fuels for the region.
As the UK government plans to award North Sea oil and gas licences every year, Energy Voice discusses what that means for the industry.
A strong activity pipeline is recovering headcount numbers after a cull during Covid.
As well as potentially violating international law, officials advised Sunak's office that increasing North Sea extraction would increase carbon emissions.
Aberdeen-based industrial data and engineering consultancy Imrandd has reported its most significant six-month growth period, securing £2 million in contracts and an increase in headcount.
“Without energy, there is no life. Today, we are doing everything we can to ensure that the African Energy Bank becomes a reality by June 30, 2024,” the Benin minister said.
“We look forward to rapidly bringing these high-value barrels into production. The result also confirms the significant potential of the Dussafu licence where we have multiple additional future prospects.”
Statera, the London-based firm behind plans for a large hydrogen plant in Aberdeenshire, has been bought up by Swedish investment group EQT.
Equinor has made a commercially viable gas discovery near the Gina Krog field in the North Sea, with production to potentially start as early as this year.
Amplus Energy Services and a new Norwegian partner have launched an Aberdeen firm focused on carbon capture after a multi-million-pound deal.
Shell’s chief executive has said his firm will not “pretend to lead” on areas of the energy transition that it does not already have a foothold in.
The company holds Block 2914B, next to Shell’s Block 2914A. Galp is to the north, at PEL 83, where it intends to begin drilling on the Mopane complex this month.
Plexus Holdings (AIM: POS) has won a £175,000 UK North Sea contract with Neptune Energy.
Aberdeen oil boss Bob Kidd is taking a lawsuit to Scotland’s court of session this week – seeking a huge payout of nearly £350m.
“In addition, the project is expected to deliver LNG export volumes to global markets, further establishing Senegal as an important and reliable supplier of energy to the world.”
"Emerging energies – such as offshore wind – must work with and learn from the oil and gas decommissioning sector," says Ricky Thomson, decommissioning manager for OEUK.
Amid ongoing uncertainty around tax, inflationary costs and supply chain availability, the North Sea’s regulator has written to operators impressing the need to maintain their commitments with regard to timely well decommissioning.
The UK Government plans to award North Sea oil and gas licences every year in new legislation being announced this week.
The new development is the first tieback to the ETAP hub in 20 years.
On 5 November 1983 an explosive decompression incident during a diving operation on the Byford Dolphin rig claimed the lives of five people.