The UK government has released a five-year plan that essentially doubles down on efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide as a top priority in the energy space.
Equinor ASA and Shell PLC have completed the combination of their oil and gas operations on the United Kingdom’s side of the North Sea. Launched Monday, Adura, the 50-50 joint venture, “will be the UK North Sea’s largest independent producer”, Norway’s majority state-owned Equinor said in an online statement. Adura includes Equinor’s 29.89 percent stake […]
Industry leaders highlighted how expertise developed in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) can be leveraged to support Africa’s energy growth, extending beyond traditional oil and gas projects to include sustainability and technological innovation at the Wider African Energy Summit this week. Speaking during the summit, Thomas Sommerstad, Sales Specialist Global at ABB, emphasized the importance […]
The UK slapped sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil producers and two Chinese energy firms that deal with Moscow as London seeks to intensify pressure on the Kremlin over the war in Ukraine.
Petrodec’s newly constructed heavy lift jackup vessel, named “Obana,” has begun decommissioning work in the Southern North Sea for Perenco UK (PUK)’s Galahad platform. Obana is initially being deployed on Block 48/12a working on the Galahad platform, where the program includes topside and jacket removal. After Galahad, Obana will move to the Amethyst field for […]
Despite declining domestic production and ambitions to pivot away from fossil fuels, oil and gas still meet three-quarters of the UK’s energy needs, with gas alone supplying over 85% of domestic heating and cooking for homes and often providing more than half of electricity generation during low renewable output.
Thurrock Storage, with a total capacity of 600 megawatt hours, can supply power to approximately 680,000 homes. It helps balance supply and demand by absorbing excess clean electricity and releasing it instantly when needed by the grid. To support this, the National Grid said it upgraded the Tilbury substation by installing new protection and control systems, ensuring the regional network can handle the battery’s substantial additional load safely.
Of course, the problem with solar is that it cannot power even one home for a period of a week, much less a year, due to its complete weather dependence. Battery storage has been hailed as a solution to this weather dependence problem, but in view of its costs and land footprint, battery storage is still a fraction of what is needed to offset periods when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing.
Energy Capital Partners, part of Bridgepoint Group, is one of the largest private owners of natural gas infrastructure assets in the US. The company cited growing demand for reliable natural gas supply in the UK and Europe as a key driver for the acquisition.
SLB will deploy its Sequestri™ carbon storage solutions portfolio — which includes technologies specifically engineered and qualified for the development of carbon storage sites — to construct six carbon storage wells. The project scope includes drilling, measurement, cementing, fluids, completions, wireline and pumping services.