UK-based Centek Group opened it its new US$13 million factory and expects to increase its UK production capacity. The expanded works in Newton Abbot, Devon, occupies 75,000sq ft, which with the US factory that opened in 2012 gives a total of 147…
Wärtsilä signed a joint development agreement with Indonesian national energy company Pertamina and waste utilization company Godang Tua Jaya on 8 October with the intent to create the first bio-LNG plant in Indonesia. Wärtsilä Oil &…
The final two modules for the Santos Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project arrived for the plant’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing units on Curtis Island, in Queensland, Australia. The modules were built at Batangas…
Trinidad and Tobago’s Trinity Exploration signed an agreement with Centrica to acquire the British company’s 80% interests in two offshore blocks. Valued at approximately US$23 million, blocks 1a and 1b are located offshore the west coast of Trinidad…
A new design for nuclear plants built on floating platforms, modeled after those used in the offshore oil and gas industry, has been created by professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). They say such a design could help avoid the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant…
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority is investigating a 'substantial' gas leak that saw production at Statoil’s Hammerfest LNG plant halted at the weekend. Statoil shut down the plant on Melkøya, northern Norway, on Sunday, January 5, because of a leak in the processing facility…
Centek Inc., has been awarded API certification for its US centralizer manufacturing plant in Oklahoma City. Centralizer production started in the plant in July 2012 with 20 employees and this has now grown to a 90 strong workforce producing 35…
Halliburton announced the official opening of its Multi-Chem business line’s Acadiana Blend Plant in Maurice, Louisiana. The new facility will help meet growing business demands in the Gulf of Mexico market and provide expanded local service capabilities…
Siemens will deliver the key components for a power station that is going to supply the future Yamal LNG production plant in Northern Russia with electricity and heat. The Siemens scope of supply comprises the design, manufacture, factory testing…
Howco Group PLC, has invested over US$4.6 million in new equipment and machinery at three of its UK plants, with $2 million spent at its facility in Sheffield. The company’s two aerospace-standard heat treatment furnaces offer precise temperature control throughout the operating range…
Technip won a major contract for the supply of flexible pipes by Petrobras for the Iracema Sul (former Cernambi Sul) field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil at a water depth of up to 2,500 m. The contract covers the qualification…
Aker Solutions laid the foundation stone of a new plant in Paraná that will double the company's subsea production capacity in Brazil.The plant in the city of São José dos Pinhais in the Paraná state will be operational in 2015. It will replace…
Lockheed Martin has announced that it is working with Reignwood Group to develop an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot power plant off the coast of southern China. A memorandum of agreement between the two companies was signed in Beijing on Saturday…
Photo: Harald Pettersen / StatoilHammefest LNG has returned to normal production, Statoil announced on 28 November 2012.Production shut following a power failure on Monday 19 November. Statoil said both the plant's own power and that of…
Energy companies and conservationists have joined forces in a novel effort to protect Louisiana’s coastal wetlands using recycled plastic bottles to create floating ‘islands’ offshore one of the state’s most threatened ecosystems.The technology…
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