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Eni has started building a new high-performance computing (HPC) system, HPC6, aimed at appreciably boosting the computational power of HPC4 and HPC5 to over 600 PFlop/s, or 600 quadrillion mathematical operations per second. Their current power is 70 PFlop/s. Eni’s new HPC system, characterised by extraordinary computing power, thus marks …

Growth in global gas demand is set to pick up this year due to colder winter temperatures and easing prices, with emerging economies leading the increase in consumption, but geopolitical risks and supply-side concerns could trigger renewed price volatility, according to the IEA’s latest Gas Market Report. In 2023, global …

Aramco has agreed to purchase a 100 per cent equity stake in Esmax Distribusción from Southern Cross Group, a Latin America-focused private equity company. The transaction is subject to certain customary conditions, including regulatory approvals. Esmax is a leading diversified downstream fuels and lubricants retailer in Chile. Its national presence …

India’s energy consumption is growing at three times the global average with the nation’s oil imports estimated at five million barrels of crude oil in a day, the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said. By keeping domestic fuel prices “affordable” for consumers, India’s energy consumption is …

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Rönesans Holding to acquire a 50% stake in Rönesans Enerji and jointly develop, through this joint-venture, renewable projects in Turkey, which is a liberalised growing electricity market. Rönesans Enerji is currently operating a portfolio of 166 MW hydro assets. The company has as well …

The world oil demand will grow by a healthy 2.2 million to 104.25 million barrel per day (mb/d), in 2024, said the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in its review, thus raising its 2023 forecast to 2.4 mb/d, following an upward revision of about 0.1 mbn/d from last …

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), which is steering Dubai’s clean energy transition, aims to grow the city’s network of public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations by 170% in less than three years. By 2025, EV Green Charging Stations in Dubai will increase from the current 370, with more than …

A number of agreements were signed to strengthen the partnership between Sonatrach and TotalEnergies in the production of natural gas, the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe, and the advancement of renewable energy in Algeria during a meeting held on July 10, in Algiers. Under a first agreement, …

Iraq plans to boost its gas output by 1,500 million cubic feet over the next five years, through its recent initiative to licence exploration operations across 10 oil and gas fields in west Iraq and 13 sites on the country’s western border, stated the Minister of Oil Hayan Abdulghani. Abdulghani …

Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of the powergrid interconnection project with Iraq, which entails the implementation of a dual-circuit transmission line linking the northern city of Arar in KSA to Yusufiya in western Baghdad, boasting an initial capacity of 1000 megawatts. The agreement for the project was signed by …