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BP draws first gas from Cassia C facility offshore Trinidad

BP draws first gas from Cassia C facility offshore Trinidad   BP said that its subsidiary BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) has started gas production from the Cassia C facility, which is part of the Cassia compression project, offshore Trinidad. The offshore gas project was sanctioned by BP in December 2018. Cassia C marks the first offshore compression platform for bpTT as well as its largest offshore facility. It will help bpTT in accessing and drawing low pressure gas resources...

Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members are reportedly considering production increases

Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members are reportedly considering production increases   Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members are reportedly considering production increases of up to 500K BPD. This is according to the Wall Street Journal citing sources. The OPEC+ meeting on December 4. Crude oil is moving lower on the headline and has traded to a low of $77.01 so far. The low price from last week reached $77.21 before bouncing back above the $80 level. The cycle low from the 2022 hi...

China Bought $60 Billion In Russian Energy Since Start Of Ukraine War

China Bought $60 Billion In Russian Energy Since Start Of Ukraine War   China’s energy imports from Russia, including coal, oil, and natural gas, have reached $60 billion since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg has reported, up from $35 billion in the same period of 2021. China has become Russia’s biggest energy client alongside India, with both countries refusing to join the Western sanction push against Moscow and instead opting to continue doing business and...

Girls In Energy Team Up To Tackle Sustainability Challenges At Annual Conference

Girls In Energy Team Up To Tackle Sustainability Challenges At Annual Conference Around 170 young women attend a STEM event to challenge ways of thinking   Girls from across the North-east and Fife were tasked with finding innovative solutions to food, water or energy related challenges as part of the annual Girls in Energy conference. The winning team presented ideas for energy efficient food production and sustainable farming. Girls in Energy is a year-long engineering cour...

Westwood appoints Director of Hydrogen to boost New Energies division

Westwood appoints Director of Hydrogen to boost New Energies division   Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research and consultancy firm, today announces the appointment of Joyce Grigorey as Director of Hydrogen. Joyce has 15 years of analytical and project management experience in research and consulting, having worked across the natural resources sectors – with considerable cross-sector expertise in energy, petrochemicals, plastics, oil r...

PD&MS awarded three-year BoP framework agreement to support SSE Renewables at the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

PD&MS awarded three-year BoP framework agreement to support SSE Renewables at the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm   Aberdeen-headquartered PD&MS Group has secured a three-year framework agreement to support SSE Renewables on the 1,075MW Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm located off the coast of Angus in the North Sea firth. Once completed, it will become Scotland’s largest - and the world’s deepest - fixed bottom development. The balance of plant (BoP) statutory inspectio...

Four leading operators collaborate to accelerate well decommissioning technologies

Four leading operators collaborate to accelerate well decommissioning technologies   Harbour Energy, ConocoPhillips, Spirit Energy and Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited confirmed members of the well decommissioning collaboration initiative. Collaborative initiative will have a total of up to £1.5 million annual funding available to support field trials and test innovative well decommissioning technology ideas. Initiative will accelerate the pace at which technology is...

How a policing career led to preventing industry incidents

How a policing career led to preventing industry incidents By Alan Smith, Head of Investigations at STC INSISO   A question I’m frequently posed is: “What’s the difference between investigating a crime like murder and investigating a workplace fatality?”  The primary objective in solving a crime is simple - what occurred and who was responsible. The question of why the offender did what he or she did may be interesting, but not an essential element of...

All systems go for Equinor to drill two North Sea wells

All systems go for Equinor to drill two North Sea wells   Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway, using one of Transocean’s rigs. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) revealed on Monday that it has given Equinor consent for exploration drilling in block 34/6 in the North Sea. This comes a month after Equinor was granted a drilling permit...

The week that could unravel the global oil market

The week that could unravel the global oil market   As an epic oil crash threatened more havoc on a pandemic-stricken global economy in April 2020, the US, Saudi Arabia, Russia and other G20 countries met to thrash out a solution. The co-operation helped end an Opec+ price war and restored stability to the market. Prices recovered. Two-and-a-half years later, and nine months into Russia’s war in Ukraine, such collaboration on energy between global powers seems a distant memor...

1600hp Leviathan Storms the Sand Waves

1600hp Leviathan Storms the Sand Waves   Innovative subsea trenching contractor Aratellus today revealed its involvement in a significant new Offshore Wind project, and additional contract awards, for its Leviathan subsea trenching system. Developed for the burial of export and inter-array cables in Offshore Wind, the unique, four-track configuration is designed to optimise performance in challenging seabeds and, in particular, the sand waves and megaripples increasingly encountere...

Prosafe firms up Petrobras flotel deal

Prosafe firms up Petrobras flotel deal   Offshore accommodation vessel owner Prosafe has officially won a bid for a 650-day firm period contract with Petrobras after submitting the most competitive offer in October. The contract, worth $73m, equivalent to $112,500 per day, is expected to be signed before year-end and should utilise the 2015-built semisub Safe Zephyrus. The unit has been operating for BP at ETAP in the UK North Sea since January on a 10-month contract with up to...

Dolphin rig docking in Las Palmas to get ready for its gig in Nigeria

Dolphin rig docking in Las Palmas to get ready for its gig in Nigeria   Dolphin Drilling’s Blackford Dolphin semi-submersible rig has arrived in Las Palmas, Spain, where it is expected to undergo a short recertification and maintenance work prior to embarking on its new assignment in Nigeria. A few weeks ago, Dolphin Drilling disclosed that the Blackford Dolphin rig was on tow from Mexico to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. The rig was expected to arrive at its destinat...

Government Joins With Households To Help Millions Reduce Their Energy Bills

Government Joins With Households To Help Millions Reduce Their Energy Bills   New £1 billion ECO+ scheme will see hundreds of thousands of homes across the country receive new home insulation, saving consumers around £310 a year ECO+ will extend support to those in the least energy efficient homes in the lower Council Tax bands, as well as targeting the most vulnerable A new £18m campaign will give the public advice on how they can save hundreds on their own...

Google and Microsoft add more renewable energy for datacenters

Google and Microsoft add more renewable energy for datacenters   Microsoft and Google have both unveiled new agreements for access to renewable energy sources for their datacenters as part of attempts to lower the carbon footprint of their IT operations. Search giant Google said it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Engie, a French utility company, for 100MW of energy generated by the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland to power its UK operations. Meanwhile,...

Ex-Prime Ministers Johnson and Truss back new move to lift UK onshore wind ban

Ex-Prime Ministers Johnson and Truss back new move to lift UK onshore wind ban   UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing renewed pressure to lift restrictions blocking new onshore wind farms in England, with his two immediate predecessors – Liz Truss and Boris Johnson – weighing in behind attempts to overturn them. Simon Clarke, an MP from Sunak’s own Conservative Party, has tabled a legislative amendment that would remove drastic planning restrictions that since...

Montrose Port Authority welcomes new board members to drive commercial and Net Zero ambitions

Montrose Port Authority welcomes new board members to drive commercial and Net Zero ambitions   Montrose Port Authority has welcomed three new members to its board of non-executive directors: Eilidh Smith, Susan Smart and Graham Penman. Born and bred on the Isle of Lewis, Eilidh Smith is an Unlimited Master Mariner with over 15 years seagoing experience both deep sea and closer to home. Since coming ashore, she has become involved in the ports industry and the Port Marine Safety C...

Deepwater survey off Trinidad and Tobago gathering data on hydrocarbons

Deepwater survey off Trinidad and Tobago gathering data on hydrocarbons   Norwegian-based Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) is conducting an electromagnetic survey offshore Trinidad and Tobago to gather more information on the country’s “first significant” seabed hydrocarbon discovery. The survey is being carried out as part of the Calypso project to develop Trinidad and Tobago’s deep-water hydrocarbon resources. Activities are scheduled to take place un...

Girls in energy teaming up to set and tackle sustainability challenges at annual conference

Girls in energy teaming up to set and tackle sustainability challenges at annual conference  Around 170 young women to attend STEM event which challenges ways of thinking   Girls from across the North-east and Fife will be tasked with finding innovative solutions to food, water or energy related challenges today (Friday), as part of the annual Girls in Energy conference. Girls in Energy is a year-long engineering course for 14 to 16-year-olds, sponsored by Shell and deliver...

EIC Report Highlights Leading UAE Energy Projects

EIC Report Highlights Leading UAE Energy Projects The report showcases the UAE’s power mix, including oil and gas, renewables, nuclear, and hydrogen projects.   London, 24 Oct 2022 — The Energy Industries Council (EIC), one of the world’s largest energy trade associations, has released a report on the state of the UAE’s energy industry, showcasing the country’s diverse energy mix and its position as a regional leader in renewable energy. The UAE, ho...
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