BP and Area 4 partners sign LNG sale and purchase agreement for offshore Mozambique

by Timothy Reeder | Oct 5, 2016 | News

BP and the Area 4 concession partners, Eni East Africa (EEA), Galp Energia (Galp), Kogas and Empresa Nactional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), today entered into a sales and purchase agreement for BP to purchase 100% of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced by the...

Electrical and automation equipment for the world’s most efficient aluminum factory

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 23, 2016 | News

Hydro Aluminium AS is building the most climate-friendly, energy-efficient aluminum smelting plant in the world on Norway’s Karmøy peninsula. Siemens is supplying a VB1 high-current switchgear with vacuum switching technology and the high-current supply unit for...

Siemens to build offshore wind project with innovative foundations and cable systems

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 23, 2016 | News

Four wind turbines and related equipment take a large step into the future of offshore wind technology: Nissum Bredning Vindmøllelaug and Jysk Energi placed the winning bid for Nissum Bredning Vind following a tender from Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA) tender for...

Siemens to supply compact steam turbines to Russia and Turkey

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 23, 2016 | News

Siemens has received two orders from Russia and Turkey for a model SST-111 compact steam turbine. One turbine was ordered by the Russian aluminum producer Rusal for a production facility in Volgograd and is to be delivered at the end of April 2017. The other turbine...

Russia’s northernmost active oil field enters commercial production

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 22, 2016 | News

A ceremonial event marking the launch of the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye field took place recently. The event was attended by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Igor Sechin, Chief Executive Officer of Rosneft, and Alexander Dyukov, Chairman...

Statfjord passing historic 5 billion barrels

by Timothy Reeder | Sep 19, 2016 | News

On Monday 19 September minister of petroleum and energy Tord Lien together with Statoil, Centrica and ExxonMobil celebrated the 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent delivered by Statfjord since first oil in 1979. The minister got the honour of filling the barrel, which...