Shell announces methane emissions intensity target for oil and gas assets

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 17, 2018 | News

Shell today announced a target to maintain methane emissions intensity below 0.2% by 2025. This target covers all oil and gas assets for which Shell is the operator. “This methane target complements Shell’s ambition to cut the Net Carbon Footprint of our energy...

Gazprom and Mitsui sign Memorandum of Understanding on Baltic LNG project

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 17, 2018 | News

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Masami Iijima, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., took place today at the 4th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The parties discussed the ongoing...

Siemens wins major contract for grid connection at Triton Knoll offshore wind farm

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 17, 2018 | News

Siemens Energy Management has received an order to design, supply and build the grid connection for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm by German customer Innogy SE. The wind farm, 32 kilometers (km) off the Lincolnshire coast, will have an installed generation...

MethQuest lead project launched: Federal Government to provide funding to industry and science for the use of gas from renewable energy sources in transport and energy supply

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 17, 2018 | News

In the new MethQuest lead project, which is being funded by the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), technologies are to be developed that will support Germany’s energy transition using methane-based fuels from renewables. The focus will also be on...

Norway’s largest oil pipeline now in place

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 17, 2018 | News

Last week Norway’s largest and longest pipeline, laid by the vessel Saipem Castorone, reached the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea. Late last week the last pipe of what is now Norway’s longest and largest oil pipeline was installed right next to the riser...

ExxonMobil Signs Framework Agreement for Proposed Chemical Complex in China

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 6, 2018 | News

ExxonMobil says that it has signed a cooperation framework agreement with the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government to advance discussions concerning the proposed construction of a chemical complex in the Huizhou Dayawan Petrochemical Industrial Park. The new...