MaresConnect, a 750 MW electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales, has been included in the EU’s second list of Projects of Common/Mutual Interest (PCI/PMI), confirming its status as a priority energy infrastructure project. According to developer MaresConnect Limited, owned by Fore
Norwegian authorities have given their blessing for exploration drilling activities Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NOC), with a semi-submersible rig owned by Saipem, an Italian engineering, drilling, and construction
Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has given its green light to Woodside Energy for permanent plug and abandonment (P&A) and well intervention activities for subsea wells associated with a gas project situated on the country’s northwest coa
Sable Offshore, a Texas-headquartered oil and gas company, has received an emergency special permit for Santa Ynez pipeline system segments.
Equinor, a Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant, has uncovered a new oil and gas/condensate discovery that enriches its hydrocarbon arsenal off the coast of Norway.
Given its determination to shake off the shackles of dependence on Russian oil and gas imports, the European Union (EU) has decided to lay down the law on these fossil fuels by holding the line on the proposed gradual ban on imports of pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from next year, wit
The U.S. Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has received an application from ST LNG for a long-term, multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) up to the equivalent of 460 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year to free trade agreement (FTA
Equinor has received the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for drilling activities in the Norwegian Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.
Great Britain’s National Gas Transmission (NGT) has appointed London-headquartered engineering consultancy Penspen to explore whether oxygen can act as an effective inhibitor for hydrogen embrittlement, seen as one of the major challenges in repurposing and constructing pipelines for a future hydrog
Given the growing zest for specific routes where vessels employ low-emission propulsion, a new study has assessed the technical and commercial feasibility of introducing a green shipping corridor between Newcastle and Amsterdam.
Japanese Sumitomo Electric Industries has officially been contracted to supply and install 140 kilometers of subsea cable for a new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity connection between Kent and Suffolk in the UK, after having the preferred bidder status since July. The contract secured
Australian energy player Santos has proposed to spud up to seven exploration and/or appraisal wells in the Commonwealth waters within the Bedout Basin, off the coast of Australia, in search of more hydrocarbons.
As its proposed merger with Sintana Energy continues to run in the background, Challenger Energy Group (CEG), the Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas company, has expressed enthusiasm over the permits for seismic acquisition that have been issued in Uruguay, as the firm is convinced that this will
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €300 million financing package for Prysmian that will support the Italian cabling giant’s research and development (R&D) activities with the ultimate goal of accelerating energy security and digitalization in Europe. The financing will support Prysmi
