A rig worker who was brutally killed by his colleague earlier this week on an offshore Qatari rig, has been identified as 38-year old Robert Robson from North England. “He was a loving partner, dad, son, brother and uncle who was tragically taken too soon,” Robson’s family said in a statement to the media. “He […]
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HSBC to stop financing new oil and gas projects
HSBC will stop financing new oil and gas fields as well as coal projects as part of its efforts to drive down global greenhouse gas emissions, the British financial services company has announced. HSBC said it would reject prospective oil and gas companies if more than 10% of their planned capital spending was dedicated to […]
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Empowering energy leaders to ‘cloudify’ their business
Scott Sanderson, director of Global Business Development, Energy at AWS, details the benefits of utilising its cloud technologies as well as elaborates on the “energy systems of the future” concept
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Aramco, TotalEnergies announce $11 billion megaproject in Jubail
Construction of the petrochemical facility will begin in 2023
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L&T’s hydrocarbon business secures ‘significant’ contracts
The hydrocarbon unit of L&T has secured two orders for its asset management and AdVENT business verticals. L&T Hydrocarbon, Asset Management (LTEH-AM), a new business vertical for Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and associated services in the global market, has secured its first integrated O&M contract from Vedanta Ltd, Cairn Oil & Gas division. This 5-year […]
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Seismic tech company opens Dubai warehouse and training facility
The new site, located in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, has the capacity to stock over 1 million land seismic nodes
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Saipem awarded $1.2 billion new contracts
The contracts have been awarded for Stabroek block offshore Guyana and Egypt’s Zohr Field
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Oil rig worker offshore Qatar found dead after violent attack by colleague
The killer has been detained by Qatari authorities
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Egypt’s $5.5 billion project to create over 10,000 construction jobs
Egypt granted a license on Wednesday to build a green ammonia project in Ain Sokhna industrial zone, with an annual production capacity of 1 million tons. The project, by Egypt’s Green Ammonia Co, will cost around $5.5 billion and offer around 10600 jobs during the construction and operation phases, the government noted in a statement. […]
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Aramco partners with US software company for carbon capture tech
The solution aims to help companies determine the optimum balance between emissions and profitability
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