Woodside’s Pluto LNG Project in Western Australia has reached ready for start up (RFSU) status and first gas has entered the processing train late this afternoon. Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said the achievement of RFSU was an important milestone for the project. “This milestone is a credit to all th
The next steps for collaborative technology development in the Middle East, which will include the launch of a joint industry project this year, were proposed at an event which brought together 30 of the region’s largest oil players. ITF, a membership organisation of international oil and gas operat
Tata Communications, a leading provider of The New World of Communications, announces the completion of the world’s first round-the-world fibre optic cable network with the official launch of its Tata Global Network – Eurasia (TGN-EA) cable. The cable connects Europe to India, through Egypt, bringin
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL announces the completion of the Nanaa 3D seismic survey in area L8 offshore Kenya. The survey is additional to the earlier Mbawa 3D survey. Conducted by operator Apache Corporation on behalf of the L8 Joint Venture, the survey covers approximately 1,400 sq km in the south
A new scientific article published in the peer reviewed magazine for environmental engineers Journal of Hazardous Materials shows that the natural gas pipeline’s impact on the potential re-suspension of historically dumped chemical warfare agents (CWA) is insignificant. The research and collection o
Tata Communications, a global communications service provider that owns and operates the world’s largest subsea cable network, announces the launch of its TGN-Gulf subsea cable system that will connect the Gulf to Mumbai, India and onward to the rest of the Tata Global Network (TGN). In partnership
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are quoted in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), provides an update on Licensing Option 11/11. This licensing authorization is located c. 250 km off the south-west coast of Ireland in c. 1,000 metre water
Decom North Sea (DNS), the organisation that represents the North Sea’s oil & gas decommissioning industry, has welcomed changes in the Budget that will boost the sector leading to new jobs and investment in new equipment. With annual decommissioning expenditure in the North Sea forecast to top £1bi
Aker Solutions has won a contract from Det norske oljeselskap to conduct a front-end, engineering and design (FEED) study for the Draupne field on the Norwegian continental shelf. The study will be carried out by Aker Solutions’ newly established engineering office in London, and delivered to the li
Dolphin Geophysical announced that Gil Howell has been named Manager Multi-Client NASA. Gil will manage the Design, Marketing and Sales of Multi-Client 2D and 3D seismic surveys, in the NASA region. Gil brings a wealth of knowledge from the oil and gas industry, with a career that has spanned over 2
Five grid initiatives, representing a range of global energy actors, today called on decision makers to accelerate the transition to a pan European electricity infrastructure. At their inaugural conference “Supergrid 2012”, the Friends of the Supergrid today signed a Joint Declaration with represent
Leading subsea equipment rental company Ashtead Technology has made a substantial investment in order to operate established equipment calibration facilities in all its office locations. In addition to the standard range of product calibration services, the Singapore and Aberdeen branches offer the
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is to begin consultations on the expansion of its pioneering facilities in response to rapidly growing demand for its full-scale test sites. The move comes as one of Europe’s largest electricity producers, Vattenfall, is confirmed as the latest utility to sec
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has officially submitted its Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to the Ministry of Environment in Italy. The TAP project aims to deliver secure natural gas supplies from the Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan to western Europe, transporting the gas via Gr
