Schlumberger New Energy, Chevron Corporation, Microsoft and Clean Energy Systems today announced plans to develop a ground-breaking bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) project designed to produce carbon negative power in Mendota, California. The BECCS plant will convert agricultural waste biomass, such as almond trees, into a renewable synthesis …
Read More »ExxonMobil to Cut 300 Jobs in Singapore due to Covid-19 Impact
ExxonMobil has announced that it will lay off nearly 300 employees by the end of this year in Singapore, as part of its effort to boost and sustain its long-term competitiveness. The impacted employees represent around 7% of the oil and gas major’s workforce of over 4,000 in Singapore. ExxonMobil …
Read More »ConocoPhillips Makes Major Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea
US-based energy company ConocoPhillips has made a significant gas discovery in the wildcat well 6507/4-1 offshore Norway. The new gas was found at the wildcat well 6507/4-1 that is drilled in the production licence 1009, which is located 35.41km northwest of the Heidrun field and 241.4km from the coast of …
Read More »Equinor, BP Canada Make Oil Discoveries Offshore Canada
Norwegian firm Equinor and its partner BP Canada have made two oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland, Canada. Following drilling in the Flemish Pass Basin, the two wells at the Cappahayden and Cambriol prospects proved hydrocarbons presence. However, Equinor said it is too early to provide specific information on volumes present at the two prospects. Equinor …
Read More »Shell Begins Cost-Cutting Programme to Gear Up for Energy Transition
Royal Dutch Shell has reportedly initiated a major cost-cutting programme with an objective to bring down its oil and gas production costs by up to 40%. The cost-cutting will help the energy company to generate cash savings and enable it in revamping its business, reported Reuters citing undisclosed sources. This …
Read More »Iran Launches $126m First Phase of Qeshm Oil Terminal in Iran
Iran has announced the launch of the first phase of a new oil export terminal in the Direstan region. The project, which was officially launched by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, is expected to increase the export capacity of the country. The first phase of the Qeshm oil terminal with …
Read More »ExxonMobil Collaborates on Discovery of New Material to Enhance Carbon Capture Technology
Scientists from ExxonMobil, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered a new material that could capture more than 90 percent of CO2 emitted from industrial sources, such as natural gas-fired power plants, using low-temperature steam, requiring less energy for the overall carbon capture process. Laboratory tests …
Read More »Toshiba will Supply GIS and Transformers for Republic of Iraq
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) announced that Toshiba Transmission and Distribution Systems Gulf S.P.C. (TTDG), a wholly owned subsidiary, has finalized a contract with Toyota Tsusho Corporation(hereafter“Toyota Tsusho), one of Japan’s major trading companies, to supply gas-insulated switchgears (hereafter “GIS”) and power transformers to the Ministry of …
Read More »US to Become the ‘World’s Leading LNG Exporter by 2025’
The US will become the world’s leading exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2025, says an analyst. LNG has grown in popularity over recent years, providing energy companies with a lower-carbon alternative to coal as they seek to reduce their emissions amid growing climate change pressure. Record production levels …
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