The operator of the wrecked Japanese Fukushima nuclear power plant has said it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the ocean. The discharge would be about one kilometre away from the plant to avoid interference with …

The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, against which Nigeria’s crude oil is priced sustained its recovery as price rose by 3.5 percent, or $2.44, to $71.11 per barrel on Tuesday, after days of weak sales. While the United States West Texas Intermediate (WTI) also rose by $2.08 or 3.17 percent …

The Biden administration said on Tuesday it would take steps to restart the federal oil and gas leasing program in the next week and plans to hold a Gulf of Mexico auction as soon as October, court papers showed. The move comes two months after the U.S Interior Department first …

China’s Daqing Oilfield, a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation, announced Wednesday the discovery of a major shale oil field with predicted geological reserves of about 1.27 billion tonnes.

Approvals for major new coal power plants by China’s local authorities show the tension in the nation’s efforts to meet climate goals, even as the overall total of projects given the go-ahead falls, according to campaigners. Local authorities approved 24 plants with a combined capacity of 5.2 GW, a 79% …

Asia remains a leading energy demand centre and will increasingly drive global energy trends. Energy demand in Southeast Asia has grown by 80% since 2000, at a rate far exceeding the global average. This rapid expansion has maintained pace during the pandemic and is poised to accelerate in 2021, according …

The Bavenit on the 22nd of August set out from Murmansk with course for remote east Arctic waters. The ship, one of Russia’s most advanced vessels of the kind, is due to drill the first ever wells in the Laptev Sea. According to Rosneft, there has never before been drilled …

Qatar Petroleum has let an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for its North Field expansion project to Técnicas Reunidas SA. Técnicas Reunidas will act as the EPC contractor for the expansion of existing liquid products (condensate, propane, and butane) storage and loading facilities and the expansion of import facilities …

Researchers from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague conducted research dealing with the photocatalytic activity of twist-angle stacked 2D TaS2. With increasing demands in modern society, the energy crisis and environmental problems are currently in the spotlight. Hydrogen is the primary sustainable source of renewable energy and is …

Fleischanderl’s passion for improving and developing the sector is tangible, an important attribute as hard-to-abate sectors struggle to keep up with global emissions targets. Primetals is a global plant engineering company catering for the steel sector and a member of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group. Primetals was recently in …