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August 2024

Kent secures three-year global commissioning services contract with Shell

Kent, a leading engineering and services company, is pleased to announce it has been awarded a global three-year enterpr...

7 Aug

August 2024

Petrobras chooses SLB OneSubsea for Atapu and Sépia projects offshore Brazil

After a competitive tender, SLB OneSubsea has been awarded a major contract by Petrobras for pre-salt subsea production ...

6 Aug

August 2024

Energy Vault and Carbosulcis to replace coal mine in Italy with 100MW energy storage system

Energy Vault and coal mining company Carbosulcis are joining forces for the development of an energy storage project in ...

6 Aug

August 2024

Nala Renewables acquires wind project in Romania

Nala Renewables has acquired a wind power project from developer OX2. The 99.2MW initiative is planned for a site in Rom...

5 Aug

August 2024

National Grid switches on first London Power Tunnels circuit as energy minister visits

Alice Delahunty & Minister Shanks at LPT2.5km circuit between Hurst substation and Crayford is now energisedEnergy minis...

5 Aug

August 2024

Iraq and bp sign MoU for redevelopment of the Kirkuk field

bp has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Iraq for a redevelopment project in Kirkuk. The...

2 Aug

August 2024

First power announced at Goi thermal power plant in Japan

Through a joint venture specifically designed for the project's development, JERA, Eneos Power and Kyushu Electric Power...

2 Aug

August 2024

Brittlebush solar power project in Arizona enters operation

Britteblush, a solar power project developed by EDP Renewables, Salt River Project (SRP) and Meta, has entered operation...

1 Aug

July 2024

bp takes final investment decision (FID) on Kaskida project in the US Gulf of Mexico

The Kaskida project in the US Gulf of Mexico has reached a final investment decision (FID) by bp. This will be bp's sixt...

31 Jul

July 2024

Greece receives US$420m loan from the European Investment Bank for PV projects

Greece's public gas company DEPA has been granted a US$421.6m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The money wi...

31 Jul

July 2024

Subsea7 to provide EPCI works to Murlach field in the UK North Sea

bp has awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract to Subsea7 in the UK North Sea...

30 Jul

July 2024

Fluor awarded contract for next phase of engineering and design for small modular reactor power plant in Romania

Standing (left to right): Teofil Muresan, President & CEO of E-Infra; Cosmin Ghita, CEO of SNN; Sebastian Burduja, Roman...

30 Jul

July 2024

Petronas, Enilive and Euglena take FID on biorefinery in Malaysia

Petronas, Enilive and Euglena have officially taken a final investment decision (FID) on a biorefinery project in Malays...

29 Jul

July 2024

Behind the Grid: National Grid reveals the hidden wonders of the Grid

Over 1.2 million people have tuned in to the first two episodes of a new four-part series from National Grid that takes ...

29 Jul

July 2024

TotalEnergies enters RWE's OranjeWind offshore power plant in the Netherlands

TotalEnergies has acquired a 50% stake in the OranjeWind project from RWE. The initiative consists of a 795MW offshore w...

26 Jul

July 2024

Amaresco Sunel Energy to build Lightsource bp's 560MWp solar project in Greece

Lightsource bp has chosen Amaresco Sunel Energy for the construction of its Enipeas solar power project in Greece. Once ...

26 Jul

July 2024

DEME Offshore completes installation of inter-array cables at Dogger Bank A

Installation works for the inter-array cables of the Dogger Bank A project has been completed, DEME Offshore has recentl...

25 Jul

July 2024

Penspen strengthens Latin American presence with new strategic base in Peru

First facility in Lima signifies regional growth for international engineering consultancyPenspen, a leading global ener...

25 Jul

July 2024

Altamira FLNG begins operations in Mexico

New Fortress Energy's floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility in Altamira, Mexico is now operational. According t...

24 Jul

July 2024

Energean takes FID on Katlan gas project offshore Israel

A final investment decision (FID) on the Katlan gas project has been announced by Energean. The development offshore Isr...

24 Jul

July 2024

Woodside acquires Tellurian, owner of the Driftwood LNG project in the US

Woodside has firmed a deal for the acquisition of Tellurian, owner of the Driftwood liquefied natural gas (LNG) project ...

23 Jul

July 2024

Coriolis Energy and ESB to install 80MW wind farm in Wales

Coriolis Energy and ESB are currently developing an 80MW wind power project in northern Wales. The wind farm's planning ...

23 Jul

July 2024

Eni and KMG begin construction for 250MW hybrid renewable energy-gas project in Kazakhstan

Construction has begun for a 250MW hybrid renewable energy-gas power project in Kazakhstan. Located in Zhanaozen, the in...

22 Jul

July 2024

Pan American Energy chooses Golar LNG for FLNG vessel in Argentina

Pan America Energy (PAE) has finished an agreement with Golar LNG valid for 20 years for the deployment of a floating li...

22 Jul

July 2024

Eni makes new discovery offshore Mexico

A new discovery by Eni offshore Mexico has been announced. It was made on the Yopaat-1 exploration well in Block 9, whic...

19 Jul

July 2024

Baker Hughes awarded multi-year services frame agreement by Woodside Energy to support Australian LNG operations

10-year frame agreement supports reliability and efficiency of Woodside’s LNG operations, including upgrades to key turb...

18 Jul

July 2024

Mott MacDonald: long-term infrastructure investment plans welcomed

King Charles III’s speech at the State Opening of Parliament today set out the plans and policies to be brought forward ...

17 Jul

July 2024

Equinor announces production from first well at the Lavrans field offshore Norway

Production has begun from the first Lavrans well in the Kristin South area offshore Norway. The achievement has been ann...

17 Jul

July 2024

FEED works at Hollow Mountain to be provided by Voith Hydro

Voith Hydro has been selected to conduct the front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the Hollow Mountain undergrou...

16 Jul

July 2024

ADIPEC Technical Conference receives record-breaking 5,977 submissions

ADIPEC Technical Conference receives record-breaking 5,977 submissions · Total submissions increased by 16% over last ye...

12 Jul

July 2024

SLB OneSubsea to deliver subsea production system to Kaminho project offshore Angola

SLB OneSubsea (a joint venture formed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7) has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies r...

12 Jul

July 2024

Moray West offshore Scotland nears completion with first power

First energy has been achieved at the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The offshore wind farm was developed...

11 Jul

July 2024

Wolf Midstream to invest US$730m in NGL North Phase Two in Canada

A final investment decision (FID) on the NGL North Phase Two project has been taken by Wolf Midstream. The company will ...

10 Jul

July 2024

Rising renewable energies: the potential of new solar and wind technologies

In the latest issue of Energy Focus Summer 2024, the spotlight is on the transformative innovations in solar and wind te...

9 Jul

July 2024

Shell awards Wood major engineering contract for world’s largest floating offshore gas facility

Wood has secured a six-year contract to provide brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) ...

9 Jul

July 2024

Department for Business and Trade identifying UK companies to support Ukraine

Following an increase of Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Ukraine has lost 9GW of energy generation c...

8 Jul

July 2024

Corre Energy and SemperPower to install 340MWh energy storage project in the Netherlands

Corre Energy and SemperPower have formed a joint venture (JV) to invest approximately €300m in the Netherlands for an en...

8 Jul

July 2024

Engie Group receives loan agreement from the Asian Development Bank for 400MW solar power plant in India

Engie Group and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have firmed a long-term loan agreement for the construction and operati...

5 Jul

July 2024

Winterfell produces first oil in the Gulf of Mexico

Beacon Offshore Energy's Winterfell development in the US Gulf of Mexico has begun oil production. The project is a sub...

4 Jul

July 2024

Guangdong Energy Group's 1.34GW CHP plant in China now operational

Guangdong Energy Group has confirmed the start of commercial operations at Guangdong Huizhou, a 1.34GW combined head and...

3 Jul

July 2024

Equinor selects SLB for FEED contract offshore Norway

Equinor has awarded SLB with a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for a project offshore Norway. The contracto...

2 Jul

July 2024

Avangrid's New England Wind projects receive final approval in the US

The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has greenlit the construction and operations plan (COP) for A...

2 Jul

July 2024

Iberdrola enters delivery phase of Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany

Iberdrola has announced that its Windanker offshore wind project has entered delivery phase. The 315MW power plant in Ge...

1 Jul

July 2024

ASD Limited acquires assets of Atlantic Steel Processing Ltd.

ASD Limited is delighted to announce the acquisition of the assets of Atlantic Steel Processing Ltd, based in Birkenhead...

1 Jul

June 2024

SSE and Equinor submit Dogger Bank D's scoping report for government approval

SSE and Equinor, developers of the fourth development phase of the Dogger Bank project in the UK, have submitted the win...

28 Jun

June 2024

Aramco secures 20-year LNG supply from Port Arthur LNG

A non-binding heads of agreement (HoA) has been signed by Aramco and Sempra for a 20-year sale and purchase agreement (S...

27 Jun

June 2024

Edison and Blunova to jointly install 975MW offshore wind farm in Italy

Edison has entered the Pozzallo floating offshore wind project by acquiring a 50% stake in it. The power plant, to be bu...

27 Jun

June 2024

Alcazar Energy Partners announce 400MW wind farm in North Macedonia

Alcazar Energy Partners has officially begun the development of a 400MW wind farm in North Macedonia. Named Shtip, the p...

26 Jun

June 2024

Cedar LNG project in Canada reaches FID

Pembina Pipeline and the Haisla Nation have agreed to take a positive final investment decision (FID) on the Cedar LNG p...

26 Jun

June 2024

Orlen Group to acquire 20% stake in Atlantis discovery offshore Norway

Orlen Group's subsidiary PGNiG Upstream Norway has firmed an agreement with Source Energy to acquire the latter's stake ...

25 Jun

June 2024

GE Vernova to supply eight turbines to Saudi Arabia power projects

GE Vernova has secured a contract from SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction for the Taiba 1 and the Qassim 1 projects in...

25 Jun

June 2024

Sunrise Wind's COP receives government approval

Ørsted’s construction and operation (COP) plan for the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project has been greenlit by the Unite...

24 Jun

June 2024

Chevron and GEPetrol sign agreements for two offshore blocks in Equatorial Guinea

Chevron and GEPetrol have entered into two production sharing contracts (PSCs) in Equatorial Guinea. The agreements betw...

24 Jun

June 2024

Woodside Energy selects DeepOcean for IMR contract in Senegal

DeepOcean has been chosen by Woodside Energy to provide subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services to the ...

21 Jun

June 2024

Ginlong (Solis) Technologies and TÜV Rheinland Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Clean Energy During Intersolar 2024

Ginlong (Solis) Technologies, the world’s third-largest PV inverter manufacturer, has announced a strategic working agre...

21 Jun

June 2024

Seaway 7 installs first wind turbine at Burkum Riffgrund 3 project offshore Germany

A joint development by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure, the Burkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind project has installed its ...

20 Jun

June 2024

Petrobras discloses offshore wind project plans in Rio de Janeiro

Petrobras, Brazil's national oil company, and the Rio de Janeiro state government have established a protocol of intenti...

20 Jun

June 2024

Adani Group signs MoU for hydro project in Bhutan

Adani Group has recently confirmed that the company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Druk Green Power...

18 Jun

June 2024

Technip Energies-KPSP joint venture secures major agreement in Kazakhstan

Technip Energies and KPSP have firmed an agreement with Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) related to the Karachagan...

18 Jun

June 2024

Vestas supplying turbines to Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm in Germany

Vestas has been contracted as the turbine supplier of the Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in the German North Sea...

17 Jun

June 2024

RWE to install 350MW BESS facility in Wales

RWE has presented plans for an energy storage project in Wales. The 350MW battery energy storage system (BESS) will be i...

17 Jun

June 2024

Thuy-Tien Le Guen Dang appointed Head of New Energy and Net Zero at ASCO

Global integrated logistics and materials management specialist, ASCO, has promoted Thuy‑Tien Le Guen Dang to the ne...

13 Jun

June 2024

Vattenfall shortlists reactor suppliers for nuclear project in Sweden

British Rolls-Royce SMR and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy have been shortlisted by Vattenfall as the company's potential sup...

13 Jun

June 2024

Itochu and Tokyo Century installing 467MW of renewables projects in the US

Itochu and Tokyo Century have formed a 50/50 joint venture (JV) for the development of wind and solar projects in the US...

12 Jun

June 2024

Woodside decommissioning plan for Stybarrow greenlit by Australian government

Australia's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved Woodside's ...

12 Jun

June 2024

Thistle Wind Partners begins consenting process for 2GW offshore wind projects in Scotland

Consenting process for the Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind projects in Scotland has been initiated by developer Thistle Wi...

10 Jun

June 2024

Vestas bags 72MW turbine order for project in Germany

Denker & Wulf AG has selected Vestas for a turbine order for a wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The contract is...

10 Jun

June 2024

Sinopec wins US$1.1bn contract for Master Gas System expansion project in Saudi Arabia

Sinopec has been awarded a US$1.1bn contract from Aramco related to the Master Gas System expansion project. The company...

7 Jun

June 2024

SSE Renewables prepares 443MW wind farm for completion in Scotland

SSE Renewables has nearing completion at the Viking wind farm in the UK. With a total capacity of 443MW, the project in ...

7 Jun

June 2024

Bertling Logistics launches time-definite products for its global airfreight services

In line with the increasing global demand for specialised airfreight services from our customers, we are pleased to intr...

6 Jun

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