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January 2024

Kumul Petroleum Holdings secure funding for acquisition of stake in PNG LNG

Over a year after its initial offer in September 2022, Papua New Guinea's Kumul Petroleum Holdings has secured funding f...

3 Jan

January 2024

Seatrium wins contract for Shell's Sparta project in the US Gulf of Mexico

Seatrium has been awarded a contract by Shell to build and integrate the hull, topsides and living quarters of the float...

3 Jan

January 2024

ECITB unveils six new board members to help steer the organisation

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has announced the appointment of six new board members. App...

2 Jan

December 2023

Shell makes FID on Sparta offshore US Gulf of Mexico

Shell has made a final investment decision (FID) on Sparta, a deepwater field in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM). It include...

21 Dec

December 2023

Ørsted takes FID on Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK

Ørsted has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Hornsea 3 project in the UK North Sea. The offshore wind farm...

21 Dec

December 2023

BlueFloat Energy and Origin Energy partner for 1.7GW offshore wind project in Australia

BlueFloat Energy and Origin Energy have announced a partnership for the development of a 1.7GW offshore wind farm in Aus...

20 Dec

December 2023

Vysus Group completes restructure of Consulting business with leadership team appointments

Vysus Group, the global engineering and technical consultancy, has announced a series of new senior appointments as part...

20 Dec

December 2023

Ocean Winds announces first substation installation at Moray West offshore wind farm

Boskalis has successfully completed installation works for the first substation of the Moray West offshore wind farm in ...

19 Dec

December 2023

AGL Energy takes FID on energy storage project in Australia

A final investment decision (FID) by AGL Energy on an energy storage project in New South Wales, Australia, has been rec...

19 Dec

December 2023

ExxonMobil receives government approval for additional works in Hebron, offshore Canada

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLPOB) has approved a development plan amendment (DPA) ...

18 Dec

December 2023

Statkraft acquires 450MW pumped hydro storage project in Scotland

Intelligent Investments Group (ILI) has agreed to sell the 450MW Red John pumped hydro project in the UK to Statkraft. T...

18 Dec

December 2023

Equinor acquires Shell's stake in Linnorm gas discovery, Norway

Equinor has closed an agreement with Shell for the acquisition of the latter's 30% stake in the Linnorm gas discovery in...

15 Dec

December 2023

GE to install 693MW wind turbines in Spain for Forestalia

GE Vernova has been awarded a framework contract by Forestalia for the delivery of wind turbines for numerous projects i...

15 Dec

December 2023

EDF, TotalEnergies and Sumitomo partner to build 1.5GW hydropower plant in Mozambique

A consortium formed by EDF, TotalEnergies and Sumitomo has been selected for the construction of the Mphanda Nkuwa (MNK)...

14 Dec

December 2023

FirstEnergy wins transmission projects in the US

Potomac Edison and Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission (MAIT), subsidiaries of the American utility FirstEnergy, has be...

14 Dec

December 2023

Masdar to explore large-scale green hydrogen production in Spain

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC, Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, and VERBUND Green H...

13 Dec

December 2023

Ameresco Sunel Energy begins construction of Sonnedix's 300MW solar portfolio

Sonnedix has announced the beginning of construction phase for five solar projects across the UK. The 300MW portfolio in...

12 Dec

December 2023

BP and PT AKR partner for LNG import terminal in Indonesia

UK's BP and Indonesia's PT AKR have firmed a joint development agreement for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import projec...

11 Dec

December 2023

Bekaert acquires majority shares of Flintstone Technology Ltd

Bekaert has announced the acquisition of 75% of shares in Flintstone Technology Ltd. Flintstone, based in Dundee Scotlan...

11 Dec

December 2023

SSE Renewables receives planning consent for 125MW wind farm in Scotland

SSE Renewables has received planning consent from Scottish authorities for the development of the Cloiche wind farm. The...

8 Dec

December 2023

Jan de Nul to help connect offshore wind farms to grid systems in Germany

A consortium led by Jan de Nul has been selected by TenneT, the Dutch transmission system operator, for two 525HVDC cabl...

7 Dec

December 2023

Woodside secures 20-year LNG supply from Mexico Pacific

Woodside has firmed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Mexico Pacific regarding the acquisition of 1.3 million to...

6 Dec

December 2023

ECITB’s new Labour Forecasting Tool predicts 40,000 extra workers needed by 2028

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) estimated last year that around 25,000 additional workers w...

5 Dec

December 2023

AGR wins well management contract offshore Guinea-Bissau

AGR has been awarded a well management contract related to a deepwater exploration well in the Sinapa licence. Located o...

5 Dec

December 2023

Acciona and Genu to build section of HumeLink transmission line in Australia

Transgrid, Australia's New South Wales grid operator, has chosen Acciona and partner Genu for the construction of the ea...

5 Dec

December 2023

TotalEnergies planning to divest in Natref refinery in South Africa

TotalEnergies' unit in South Africa is preparing to divest its 36.36% stake in the National Petroleum Refiners of South ...

4 Dec

December 2023

GeoAcoustics appoints new channel partner to help grow hydroacoustic technology market in Singapore

GeoAcoustics continues to expand its global sales and support network with this week’s appointment of the first channel ...

4 Dec

December 2023

Equis and SEC launch construction works for energy storage complex in Australia

Equis Development the State Electricity Commission (SEC) of the state government of Victoria, Australia, have reached fi...

1 Dec

December 2023

Pix Force receives award at the SPE Brazil Subsea Symposium

In recent years, Pix Force has stood out both in Brazil and abroad. The startup, a reference in Artificial Intelligence ...

1 Dec

November 2023

Saipem secures US$1.9bn contracts from ExxonMobil and Equinor

Saipem has secured two contract worth US$1.9bn combined from ExxonMobil and Equinor. The contract from ExxonMobil will r...

30 Nov

November 2023

BioForming® from Virent and Johnson Matthey helps power the first 100% SAF transatlantic flight by a commercial airline

Virgin Atlantic’s historic ‘Flight 100’ from London to New York is the first transatlantic flight by a commercial airlin...

30 Nov

November 2023

Excelsior Energy's Faraday Solar project secures US$1.3bn financing package

Excelsior Energy Capital has secured a financing package of US$1.3bn for Faraday Solar, a 682.5MW solar project located ...

29 Nov

November 2023

Arup, Electron, and Energy Systems Catapult partner to conduct 'flexibility markets unlocked' feasibility study

Global sustainable development consultancy Arup, in partnership with Energy Systems Catapult and Electron, have been suc...

29 Nov

November 2023

Life extension project for Terra Nova FPSO concluded

The Terra Nova floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit is back into production in Canada. The vessel s...

28 Nov

November 2023

GreenGo Energy plans one of the world's largest energy parks in Mauritania

GreenGo Energy has submitted a request to Mauritania's Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines to develop the Megaton Mo...

28 Nov

November 2023

Equinor allowed to use rig on Martin Linge offshore Norway

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Equinor a consent for the use of the Askepott jackup rig on the Ma...

27 Nov

November 2023

Klaipeda LNG terminal's capacity fully secured for ten years

Lithuanian Klaipedos Nafta (KN) has successfully booked all of Klaipeda's regasification capacity until 2033. According ...

27 Nov

November 2023

Eni's Baleine field exceeds initial production forecast

Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire, has met today Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni, in Abidjan to commemorate the...

24 Nov

November 2023

Mott MacDonald to explore potential of future large scale nuclear project with South Korea’s KEPCO E&C

Mott MacDonald, the global engineering, management and development consultancy has signed an MOU with KEPCO Engineering ...

24 Nov

November 2023

Metsähallitus and Vattenfall expand capacity of Korsnäs wind farm project in Finland

Metsähallitus and Vattenfall's joint venture for the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland have agreed to expand the pro...

23 Nov

November 2023

ModuSpec lands two geothermal projects in Europe

ModuSpec, a Vysus Group company, has secured two contracts to deliver rig inspection services for geothermal projects wi...

23 Nov

November 2023

Shell makes new discovery in Egypt's North East El-Amriya block

Shell has announced a new hydrocarbon discovery in the North East El-Amriya block (also known as Block 3), located in th...

22 Nov

November 2023

Equinor and BP's Empire Wind project receives government approval in the US

The Department of the Interior (DoI) of the United States has granted approval to Equinor and BP's Empire Wind project. ...

22 Nov

November 2023

Oman LNG and BP sign SPA for 9-year LNG supply

Under a recently signed sales and purchase agreement (SPA), BP has secured a 9-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply f...

21 Nov

November 2023

Proeon emerges as runner-up in the EIC Awards for Business Diversification

Proeon Systems Limited, a leading player in providing control and automation solutions for the energy sector, has announ...

21 Nov

November 2023

Shell awards decommissioning contract in Brazil to Subsea7

Subsea7 has disclosed the award of a sizeable contract by Shell. The operator has chosen the company for the decommissio...

20 Nov

November 2023

Halliburton and Sekal enter agreement to deliver leading well construction automation solutions

Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Sekal AS have announced an agreement to jointly provide leading well construction au...

13 Nov

November 2023

Vestas awarded wind turbine supply contract in South Korea

Vestas has been awarded a wind turbine supply contract by the Ulsan Gray Whale 3 offshore wind project in South Korea. T...

13 Nov

November 2023

CGX and Frontera Energy announce another discovery at Corentyne, offshore Guyana

CGX Energy and Frontera Energy have disclosed another discovery at the Corentyne block, offshore Guyana. According to th...

13 Nov

November 2023

TotalEnergies buys gas power plants in Texas for US$635m

TotalEnergies has reached an agreement regarding the acquisition of three natural gas-fired power plants in Texas from T...

13 Nov

November 2023

WEG introduces the WG50 gearbox

WEG, a worldwide manufacturer of gearboxes, generators, transformers and motor devices, has announced the launch of its ...

9 Nov

November 2023

Petrobangla secures 15-year LNG supply from Excelerate Energy

After the signing of a sale and purchase agreement (SPA), Excelerate Energy will deliver 0.85 to 1 million tonnes per an...

9 Nov

November 2023

McDermott awarded transportation and installation contract by ONGC

McDermott has been awarded a large* transportation and installation contract by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONG...

9 Nov

November 2023

ABB and Imperial College extend carbon capture collaboration to support future workforce and energy transition

ABB and Imperial College London signed a 10-year contract to continue their carbon capture technology partnership Plant ...

8 Nov

November 2023

Turner & Townsend strengthens its sustainability team in the UK

As part of its expanding advisory work in decarbonisation and the sustainability sector, Turner & Townsend has appointed...

8 Nov

November 2023

Jacobs to support EDF's eight nuclear power stations in the UK

Électricité de France (EDF) has awarded a project management resources (PMR) framework contract to Jacobs for the compan...

7 Nov

November 2023

Sinopec joins QatarEnergy in North Field South expansion project and signs SPA

QatarEnergy and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) have a signed a partnership agreement regarding the North Fiel...

6 Nov

November 2023

Bangladesh's first offshore wind farm receives government approval

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) have received approval from the Banglade...

6 Nov

November 2023

Longroad Energy begins construction phase for solar and energy storage project in Arizona

Longroad Energy has made public that it has closed financing for Sun Stream 4, a 377MWdc photovoltaic (PV) power project...

3 Nov

November 2023

Petronas announces second discovery at Block 52 offshore Suriname

Another hydrocarbon discovery at Block 52 offshore Suriname has been announced by Petronas. The company found oil after ...

3 Nov

November 2023

Chariot's Anchois offshore gas project receives environmental approval

Morocco's Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development has granted approval to Chariot's Anchois offshore g...

2 Nov

November 2023

Proserv technology helps accelerate Woodside’s Shenzi North first oil

Global controls technology company Proserv and Trendsetter Engineering, a provider of specialised subsea solutions for t...

2 Nov

November 2023

EDF, KHNP and Westinghouse compete for nuclear project in Czech Republic

EDF, KHNP, and Westinghouse have submitted their final bids for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contr...

1 Nov

October 2023

Prysmian Group wins US$950m contract from Clean Path New York

The Clean Path New York consortium has contracted Prysmian Group for the supply of a submarine and land power cable syst...

31 Oct

October 2023

ENGIE expands presence in Brazil with acquisition of 545MW of solar plants

ENGIE has firmed an agreement with Atlas Renewable Energy for the acquisition of all of the company's operational solar ...

31 Oct

October 2023

PV Gas launches Vietnam's first LNG import terminal

The Thi Vai liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Vietnam has officially entered operations according to an announceme...

30 Oct

October 2023

Kemuncak Lanai Sdn Bhd and Construct-X Forge Groundbreaking Partnership at OGA 2023

Revolutionizing Project Management through Advanced Work Packaging (AWP)In a momentous occasion at OGA 2023, Kemuncak La...

30 Oct

October 2023

Masdar announced 1GW pipeline of clean energy projects in Azerbaijan

Abu Dhabi Future Energy (Masdar) has firmed three agreements related to the development of a wind power and two solar po...

27 Oct

October 2023

Kloeckner earns global ISO 22301 certification for Business Continuity Management

Kevin Maddison and John Thewliss of Kloeckner Metals UK receiving the ISO 22301 certificateKloeckner Metals UK is proud ...

26 Oct

October 2023

Proserv and SMS launch joint sampling service centre in Malaysia

Global controls technology company Proserv and Aberdeen based sand and erosion monitoring, analytics and management expe...

26 Oct

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