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‘Colossal relief’ as UK rejoins EU science research scheme Horizon
AFTER years of negotiations and uncertainty, the scientific and academic community now have cause to rejoice following news that the UK is to rejoin the EU's flagship scientific research scheme, Horizon.
Type: News
Teesside to support growing EV batteries market
TEESSIDE, UK will host the UK’s first large-scale lithium refinery, and possibly the largest electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling facility currently planned in the country.
Type: News
BP acquires stake in major green hydrogen and renewables hub
ENERGY major BP has agreed to acquire a 40.5% stake in and operate the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) in Pilbara, Australia, which has the potential to be one of the world’s largest renewables and green hydrogen hubs.
Type: News
Russia signs nuclear agreements with Nigeria
RUSSIA has signed agreements to build a nuclear power plant and a research centre housing a multi-purpose reactor in Nigeria.
Type: News
Reopening of UK bioethanol plant could lead to decarbonisation of transport
VIVERGO, the UK’s largest bioethanol plant, has reopened after a four-month shutdown period. However, it has warned that government action is urgently needed to secure the future of renewable fuels and pave the way for the decarbonisation of transport.
Type: News
New produced water recycling facility constructed in Permian Basin
BREAKWATER Energy Partners, which supplies water supply chain solutions to oilfields, has announced that it has completed construction a new produced water recycling facility which is the largest in the Permian Basin.
Type: News
Collaboration plans carbon capture facility in India
CARBON Clean and Green Power International (GPIPL) have been selected to design and build a carbon capture plant with NTPC, India’s largest power utility provider.
Type: News
Shell to sell stake in German Schwedt refinery to UK's Prax Group
SHELL has agreed to sell its 37.5% stake in the PCK Schwedt oil refinery, one of the largest crude oil processing locations in Germany, to Prax Group, an independent energy firm headquartered in London.
Type: News
Orica saves 1m t of emissions at Australian explosives site
ORICA has installed technology at its Kooragang Island chemicals site in Australia that has saved 1m t of emissions, significantly reducing the environmental footprint of one of the country’s largest emitters.
Type: News
Freeport LNG to remain offline until September
Freeport LNG, which shut down after a fire earlier this month, has announced that its Texas, US plant will be kept fully offline until September with only partial operation through year end due to the damage sustained in an explosion on 8 June.
Type: News
UK Government criticised for lack of progress implementing biofuels
THE All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Bioethanol has released a report saying that that the rapid introduction of E10 fuel, which includes 10% bioethanol and 90% petrol, would reduce emissions and help the struggling bioethanol industry.
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Exxon and CF Industries partner on large-scale CCS project
EXXONMOBIL and CF Industries have teamed up to capture and permanently store up to 2m t/y of CO2 emissions at facilities in Louisiana, US, the equivalent to replacing approximately 700,000 petrol cars with electric vehicles, according to the partnership.
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BHP suspends Western Australia Nickel operations, affecting 3,000 jobs
AUSTRALIAN mining group BHP is suspending its Western Australia nickel operations, putting 3,300 jobs at risk.
Type: News
Saudi Aramco and Sempra Energy sign HoA for proposed LNG project
SUBSIDIARIES of energy infrastructure company Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil and gas company, have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) for offtake and a 25% stake in what could be one of the largest LNG export projects in North America.
Type: News
GPS pioneers win prestigious QEPrize
FOUR engineers responsible for creating the first global, satellite-based positioning system – GPS – have won this year’s Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize).
Type: News
Marathon Oil to pay US$242m for Clean Air violations
US PETROLEUM company Marathon Oil has reached a US$241.5m settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Clean Air Act violations, representing the largest stationary source penalty in the legislation’s history.
Type: News
Freeport LNG receives approval for partial restart
THE US’s Freeport LNG has received regulatory approval to partially restart commercial operations, after a pipeline rupture and explosion in June 2022 took its Texas terminal offline
Type: News
Aurora solar thermal plant approved in South Australia
GLOBAL solar energy company SolarReserve has announced that it has received developmental approval for its 150 MW Aurora thermal solar plant in South Australia, the largest of its kind in the world.
Type: News
Wabash Valley Resources closes investment for CCS project
WABASH Valley Resources (WVR) has closed an investment from Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) for what is expected to be the US’ largest carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project to date.
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