The Port of Corpus Christi has been allocated $16.4 million through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) initiative to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of permanently storing captured carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial operati
In response to the rapid growth of the carbon capture and storage industry, UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has set up a dedicated carbon transportation and storage team. The team, which supplements NSTA’s established exploration and new ventures team, will oversee the delivery of offshor
The global market for oil and gas contractors is expected to rise to a peak of $1 trillion in 2025 and remain at high levels for several years, according to a report by energy intelligence group Rystad Energy. For the 2022-2028 period, overall oil and gas spending is anticipated to stay above $920 b
Western Australia (WA) and South Korea have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to collaborate on energy transition and downstream processing of resources. In what was described as a historic LoI, the WA Government and the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) agreed to coop
Norwegian energy companies Equinor and Vår Energi are withdrawing from the Horisont Energi-operated Barents Blue project, also known as Europe’s first large-scale blue ammonia production facility. Equinor and Vår Energi decided to leave the project as the cooperation agreement expired on 31 January.
Spirit Energy has confirmed its plan to transform two depleted gas fields in Morecambe Bay into a carbon storage cluster.
LedaFlow Technologies has formed a research consortium with energy companies ConocoPhillips, TotalEnergies, Equinor and ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering as well as sub-suppliers Kongsberg Digital, SINTEF Industry, and SINTEF Energy Research to enhance its multiphase transport simulator technology
Grant Shapps, the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has less than a month to sign off a decision on Ørsted’s Hornsea Four offshore wind farm, which might not be an easy task as the developer and BP are still at odds over an area where their offshore wind and
ExxonMobil’s low-carbon hydrogen project in Baytown, Texas, has entered a new stage with a contract award to Technip Energies for front-end engineering and design (FEED). The low-carbon hydrogen, ammonia, and carbon capture facility is expected to produce one billion cubic feet of low-carbon hydroge
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has selected units of German engineering company Linde for front-end engineering design (FEED) work and operation and maintenance of its large-scale low-carbon hydrogen plant in the UK. Equinor’s UK project, named Hydrogen to Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend), is a 600-mega
Italian oil and gas company Eni and the National Oil Corporation of Libya (NOC) have signed an agreement for the development of a strategic project aimed at increasing gas production to supply the Libyan market as well as to ensure export to Europe. Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi and Farhat Bengdara, th
Malaysia’s Petronas and oil major ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia (ExxonMobil) have signed two agreements to jointly pursue carbon capture and storage (CCS) activation projects in Malaysia. Under the agreements, the parties will define their next steps, including the maturation of tec
Technip Energies, an engineering and technology company, has signed two separate Memorandums of Understanding (MoU), one with PCL Industrial Management, a group of independent construction companies, and another with Capital Engineering, a company offering multi-discipline consulting engineering and
Japanese companies Idemitsu Kosan, Hokkaido Electric Power (HEPCO), and Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) have come together for a joint study for implementing carbon dioxide capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) in the Tomakomai area of Hokkaido, Japan, leveraging each company’s business sites
