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Gas Leak at BP’s GTA Project to Have ‘Negligible’ Environmental Impacts

Mar 06, 2025

A gas leak has been detected at a well of the BP-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project offshore Senegal and Mauritania, the British company and Mauritania's environment ministry said on Wednesday.BP said the environmental impact from the leak was expected to be negligible…

BP Encounters Gas Bubbles at Senegal-Mauritania GTA Project

Mar 05, 2025

BP said on Wednesday it had detected low-rate subsea gas bubbles at a well in its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project, situated offshore between Mauritania and Senegal.The British multinational oil and gas firm anticipates the environmental…

EnerMech Gets ONE Guyana FPSO Pre-Commissioning Job

Mar 03, 2025

Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been selected to carry out pre-commissioning work on the ONE Guyana FPSO for Guyana Deepwater Operations, SBM Offshore’s subsidiary in Guyana.The FPSO is currently on its way to Guyana, having departed Singapore in February…

US Congress Overturns Biden’s Methane Fee on Oil and Gas Producers

Feb 28, 2025

The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted on a resolution that would overturn the Biden administration's proposed fee on methane emissions, one of the previous Environmental Protection Agency's final measures to force big oil and gas producers to slash emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas…

Strohm, UNITECH Unite for Enhanced Subsea Pipeline Solutions

Feb 19, 2025

Thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) manufacturer Strohm, and provider of subsea connection systems UNITECH Offshore have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and commercialize an integrated system for the transportation of fluids and gases…

EnerMech Nets Long-Term Job at Qatar’s Largest Offshore Oil Field

Feb 19, 2025

Energy industry services firm EnerMech has secured a five-year contract extension to provide North Oil Company (NOC) with leak testing and flange management services at Al Shaheen oil field, offshore Qatar.The contract extension for the Al Shaheen Oil Field for NOC…

Petronas Preps for Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline Decom Op

Jan 29, 2025

Malaysia's Petronas will decommission the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline, the state energy firm said on Tuesday in its activity outlook report.The 500 km natural gas pipeline in Malaysia connects Kimanis in Sabah to Bintulu in Sarawak and has been operational since early 2014…

ADNOC Targets Quantum Technology for CCS

Jan 20, 2025

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) and ASPIRE, both part of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), have signed their first research and development agreement with ADNOC to tackle critical challenges in carbon storage monitoring and battery optimization using quantum technology…

Slewing Bearing Technology Helps Reduce Emissions

Jan 16, 2025

Liebherr is highlighting its bearing solutions as a way of reducing a company’s environmental footprint.Slewing bearings and slew drives are at the heart of machines in a wide range of applications, including excavators, cranes, tunnel boring machines…

UK Fines CNOOC $150K for Breach of Venting Consent at Buzzard Field

Jan 09, 2025

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has imposed a penalty of $154,000 on CNOOC Petroleum Europe for venting without consent at its Buzzard field, 60 miles north-east of Aberdeen, on two separate occasions in a two-week period.On May 31…

Kongsberg Discovery Acquires Naxys Technologies

Jan 08, 2025

Kongsberg Discovery has reached agreement to acquire Naxys Technologies, a Bergen-based subsea company that specializes in technology for recognizing the sound of oil and gas leaks.Martin Wien Fjell, CEO of Kongsberg Discovery, points to the…

Shell Contains Oil Leak at Processing Unit in Singapore

Dec 30, 2024

Shell has contained the oil leak from its oil processing units at the Shell Energy and Chemical Parks at Pulau Bukom in Singapore, following the shut down of facilities to investigate the source of the leak.Efforts by Shell to locate the source of the leak in the oil processing unit are ongoing…

Shell Shuts Down Oil Processing Unit in Singapore Due to Suspected Leak

Dec 27, 2024

Shell has shut down one of its oil processing units at the Shell Energy and Chemical Parks at Pulau Bukom in Singapore, to facilitate investigation into a suspected leak in the system, Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) and National Environment Agency (NEA) said…

Subsea Redesign Underway for Floating Offshore Wind

Dec 23, 2024

The 66kV high voltage wet mate connector currently undergoing technical qualification by Baker Hughes weighs in at around one ton and has over 40 liters of dielectric oil protecting copper cable up to 1,200 square millimeters in diameter.The…

ExxonMobil Consultant Under Investigation for Hack-and-Leak of Environmentalist Emails

Nov 28, 2024

The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter…

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