Drilling & production

The California Energy Commission has approved construction of the 250 MW Beacon Solar Energy project.

Italy’s first LNG to CNG refuelling station has opened in Villafalletto.

GE’s Sensing business has won an order to provide over 130 subsea wellhead sensors for installation in the Goliat field, which is located within the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea.

The UK Government wish to license under sea CCS.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released statistics showing an increase in major injuries and unplanned hydrocarbon releases and has warned the offshore industry to ‘up its game’ in identifying and rectifying the causes of such events.

The US is offering help in developing shale gas assets to developing nations to help combat climate change and deliver energy security.

MiaSolé is to supply Juwi Solar with 600 MW of CIGS solar panels.

Nevada Solar Works is to build up to 1.3 MW of solar powered projects in Reno, at 6 separate locations, taking advantage of state law which allows third-party ownership of renewable energy projects.

Resolute Energy has entered into an agreement with Marathon Oil to develop up to 19,000 acres of the Bakken field in North Dakota.

CREEnergy has entered into a joint venture with GPTI to remediate the toxic tailing ponds in the Ft. McMurray area of Alberta province.

Solar power continues to grow but there are challenges facing this new technology, which has increasingly found favour with the global community trying to break its reliance on fossil fuels.

India’s Adani Group will help to build a coal export railway in Indonesia’s Southern Sumatra Province in another example of the country’s investment in natural resources abroad. Meanwhile, the Mongolian Government has rejected a direct rail link to China from the massive Tavan Tolgoi resource, citing the possible effect such a link would have on its sovereignty.

Matinee Energy and K&Co. have signed a Pre-Master agreement to build a solar energy plant in California for up to US$ 200 million.

According to a new report from Wood Mackenzie, a consultancy, CBM will make up a third of unconventional gas supply in China by 2030 and account for 14% of total domestic supply, despite slow production growth.

recent announcement from the American Petroleum Institute regarding the release of its online safety standards.