The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) has announced plans to construct a fuel supply center for ships, with an estimated cost of 2 billion riyals ($533 million), according to a media report. MAWANI has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Energy to establish a comprehensive bunkering center at King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu, situated […]
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Schneider Electric opens new manufacturing facility in Riyadh
Schneider Electric has opened a new production line in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. This production line will manufacture hardwares that will enhance the kingdom’s energy efficiency and sustainability efforts. The establishment of this production line aligns with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, which aims to position the country as a prominent global manufacturing […]
Halliburton wins completions contract for carbon capture project
Halliburton, the US-based energy major, has been granted a contract to carry out well completions on the HyNet North West carbon capture and storage initiative in the United Kingdom. This entails supplying completions, liners, and monitoring products and services for the project situated in Liverpool Bay. To fulfill this contract, Halliburton will manufacture and deliver […]
Oman awards hydrogen blocks to Kuwaiti company
Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom) has granted one of Oman’s initial hydrogen blocks to EnerTech Holding Company, a Kuwaiti state-owned company focused on clean energy investment and development. EnerTech is also a founding partner of the international consortium, Green Energy Oman (GEO). According to a press statement by EnerTech, the GEO consortium, which includes EnerTech, Oman’s integrated […]
Oman supports OPEC+ decision by extending production cuts until 2024
Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals has announced its intention to extend its voluntary reduction of 40,000 barrels of oil per day until December 2024, according to media reports. This extension is being implemented as a precautionary measure, the state-owned Oman Observer said in a report. Oman, although not a member of OPEC, is one […]
Asia’s largest coal carbon capture facility begins operations in China
China’s state-owned power company China Energy Investment Corporation has begun operations in Asia’s largest coal-linked carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) facility, global newswire Reuters wrote in a report citing the Chinese media outlet CCTV. According to the report, the facility, which is connected to the company’s Taizhou thermal coal power plant in Jiangsu Province […]
Drones attack Russian oil refineries near major port
Russian officials have revealed that two oil refineries located approximately 40-50 miles (65-80 km) east of Russia’s largest oil export terminals were targeted by drone attacks, according a Reuters report. According to the report, One of the refineries, Afipsky, has experienced a fire because of the attack, but the other refinery, Ilsky, sustained no damage. […]
Cairn Oil & Gas portfolio surpasses one billion barrels
Cairn Oil & Gas, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources owned by billionaire Anil Agarwal, has announced that its reserves and resources portfolio in India has surpassed 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), media reports suggested. This milestone comes as the largest private oil and gas company in India has identified 20 new development projects […]
Natural gas prices could dip below zero in Europe: Report
Natural gas prices in Europe are likely to plummet further on lackluster demand from power generation and industry. This downward trend has led traders and industry officials to consider the possibility of day-ahead prices dipping below zero in some European markets during the summer, according to a report by Oilprice. According to the report, several […]
Iraq invites bids for 13 oil and gas projects
OPEC member Iraq has invited bids from multinational oil exploration firms to develop oil and gas sites as a part of its new licensing round, online news portal Zawya wrote in a report. The reported cited a statement from the Iraq’s Oil Minister Hayan Abdel Ghani, which was carried by the local press, on Tuesday. […]