Siemens to build rotor blade factory for wind turbines in Morocco

by Timothy Reeder | Mar 11, 2016 | News

Siemens and the Moroccan government have reached an important agreement. Siemens will build a factory in Morocco to manufacture rotor blades for onshore wind turbines, creating up to 700 jobs and thereby tripling Siemens’ footprint in the country. The...

Eni succeeds with the first production test of Zohr field

by Timothy Reeder | Mar 11, 2016 | News

Eni successfully performed the production test of Zohr 2X, first appraisal well of Zohr discovery, in the Shorouk block, offshore Egypt. During the test, 120 m of the reservoir were opened to production. The well, constrained by surface facilities, delivered up to 44...

Rosneft Commences Exploratory Drilling Offshore Vietnam as a Project Operator

by Timothy Reeder | Mar 9, 2016 | News

Rosneft Vietnam B.V., a company of Rosneft group, has started drilling exploration well PLDD-1X at Block 06.1 located offshore Vietnam. For the first time Rosneft is operating a drilling project, in International waters confirming the Company’s competence and...

Chevron Achieves First LNG Production at Gorgon

by Timothy Reeder | Mar 8, 2016 | News

Chevron Corporation today announced it has started producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and condensate at the Gorgon Project on Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The first LNG cargo is expected to be shipped next week. “We expect legacy...

Statoil Energy Ventures makes first investment: United Wind

by Timothy Reeder | Mar 7, 2016 | News

Statoil Energy Ventures announces today that it has invested USD 3 million in United Wind, the leading provider of distributed wind energy leasing solutions. This is the first investment by Statoil Energy Ventures: Statoil’s new USD 200 million venture capital fund...

Siemens to install 54-megawatt onshore wind power plant in western Turkey

by Timothy Reeder | Mar 4, 2016 | News

Siemens has been awarded an order for the Kinik onshore wind power plant in the Turkish province of Kinik, located 80 kilometers north of the city of Izmir. 17 direct drive wind turbines rated at 3.2 megawatts (MW) capacity each will be installed at the onshore...