Enviornment/Safety
Midstream/Downstream finalists announced for prestigious Gulf Energy Awards 2025
Gulf Energy Information has announced the midstream and downstream finalists for the 2025 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards®, celebrating breakthrough technologies, innovative projects and industry leaders shaping the future of energy.
Kent joins FEED delivery team for Project Union East Coast (UK)
Kent announced its support to the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) delivery team for Project Union East Coast, a landmark initiative by National Gas to create a core-hydrogen network across Great Britain.
WELTEC BIOPOWER builds biomethane plant for beef producers in Western France
France‘s second-largest beef producer is headquartered in Le Lion-d‘Angers in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. At this location, the plant will go into operation in November 2025 near the company‘s own slaughterhouse and feed biomethane into the public gas grid.
Qatar threatened to cut EU LNG supplies over sustainability law
Qatar has threatened to cut gas supplies to the European Union in response to the bloc's due diligence law on forced labor and environmental damage, a letter from Qatar to the Belgian government, showed.
Iraq PM inaugurates gas projects that aid plan to stop flaring
Two natural gas projects in Basra will support Iraq's targets to eliminate gas flaring and achieve gas self-sufficiency by 2027.
Digital Feature: The growing need for an equipment lifecycle strategy
In this article, API details API Standard 18LCM focused on product lifecycle management system requirements for the petroleum and natural gas industries.
Spain's gas demand soars as power plants burn more since blackout
Spain has increased the amount of gas it burns to produce electricity as its power grids rely more on conventional gas-fired plants since a major blackout on April 28, gas grid operator Enagas said.
Philippines set for first coal power decline in 17 yr amid rising LNG use
The Philippines is on track for an annual decline in coal-fired electricity output for the first time in nearly two decades, driven by rising liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fired power generation.
India's Numaligarh Refinery extends key green hydrogen tender date amid Assam policy uncertainty
India's Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) has extended the deadline for submitting bids for its green hydrogen project in Assam by two weeks, according to a tender document, as uncertainty looms over the state's flagship clean energy policy.
Shell Catalysts & Technologies, Technip Energies sign global alliance agreement for carbon capture delivery
The alliance combines Shell Catalysts & Technologies' leading technology expertise with Technip Energies’ integration and project delivery excellence.
Gas use falls to fresh lows in Europe's main gas trading hub
Gas-fired electricity production has dropped to record lows in the home country of Europe's largest gas-trading hub, dealing a fresh blow to natural gas bulls who eye Europe as a key growth market for sales of LNG and pipelined gas supplies.
CF Industries starts Donaldsonville (U.S.) Complex CO2 dehydration and compression unit, permanent CO2 sequestration
The facility will enable the transportation and permanent geological sequestration of up to 2 metric MMtpy of CO2 that would otherwise have been emitted into the atmosphere.
Fossil fuels show staying power as EU clean energy output dips
Utilities across the European Union cranked output from natural gas and coal-fired power plants during the opening half of 2025, boosting power sector emissions and reversing recent energy transition momentum.
Draeger Marine & Offshore supports UK’s first offshore CO2 injection
Draeger Marine & Offshore (DMO), a global leader in the field of safety technology, supplied equipment to support the UK’s first carbon dioxide (CO2) injection test for carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Chiyoda, AVEVA forge strategic partnership to power plantOS with AVEVA CONNECT
Chiyoda announced that an AVEVA Partner Ecosystem Member Agreement has been completed with AVEVA, marking a significant milestone in advancing its digital O&M platform, plantOS.
Southern Company Gas expands clean energy portfolio with new RNG agreements for Virginia and Tennessee (U.S.) subsidiaries
Two Southern Company Gas subsidiaries – Virginia Natural Gas and Chattanooga Gas – have completed new renewable natural gas (RNG) purchases, adding to both utilities' growing portfolios of clean, sustainable fuel.
Global energy CO2 emissions reached record high last year
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the energy sector hit a record high for the fourth year running last year as fossil fuel use kept rising even as renewable energy reached a record high.
Robust growth drives North America RNG market to 604 MMft3d capacity in 2025
The North America renewable natural gas (RNG) market has demonstrated robust growth, expanding 35% since 2023 and adding a record 139 MMft3d in 2024, according to a recent analysis from Wood Mackenzie.
Ch0C gas boiler: A French consortium innovates for industrial decarbonization
The low-carbon gas boiler Ch0C has just been commissioned at the Villers-Saint-Paul site (Oise) after only three years of agile and collaborative work.
Alberta blew past gas flaring ceiling in 2024 as province eliminates limit
Energy producers in Alberta, Canada's top oil-producing province, blew past the province's self-imposed limit on annual natural gas flaring in 2024 for a second year in a row, calculations show.
New debt financing structure published to scale oil and gas methane emissions reductions
A coalition of financial, technical and environmental partners has developed a groundbreaking financial framework that aims to mobilize capital to reduce emissions from one of the most potent and preventable climate pollutants. The new guidance provides a market-ready structure to help investors, lenders, and oil and gas companies integrate methane and flaring performance into debt financing.
3t introduces landmark training to empower women in Saudi Arabia’s energy sector
3t, a global leader in training and blended learning for high-hazard industries, has unveiled a pioneering initiative to empower women in Saudi Arabia’s energy sector.
3Degrees strengthens European biomethane solutions with ISCC EU certification
3Degrees, a leading global climate solutions provider, has further reinforced its commitment to decarbonization in the European markets by securing ISCC EU certification for its biomethane solutions.
Asia-Pacific on course to become world’s largest CO2 shipping market
Vast distances between emitters and storage sites in Asia-Pacific (APAC) means the region is in line to become the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) shipping market, according to a new CCUS report from global energy consultancy Xodus.
Yokogawa collaborates with Shell on robotics and AI technology for plant maintenance
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it has formalized a long-term agreement with Shell Global Solutions International B.V. to integrate and further develop technologies for utilizing robots and drones in plant monitoring and maintenance.
Japan returns to long-term LNG deals on AI boom, national energy plan
Japan is back in the spotlight for LNG producers as the boom in artificial intelligence, rising costs for cleaner energy and a new national energy plan drive appetite for long-term LNG deals.
Kyoto Group, Hebsgaard | Larsen join forces to scale heat-as-a-service in Denmark
Kyoto Group has entered into a partnership with the Danish consultancy Hebsgaard | Larsen to accelerate the adoption of Kyoto Group's thermal battery, Heatcube, in Denmark. The solution offers fully electrified heat at a reduced price without upfront investment.
Rotork supplies actuators for an automated ‘next-generation’ fully electrified offshore gas platform
Rotork has supplied > 200 actuators to ONE-Dyas for the N05-A upstream gas processing platform, located in the Dutch North Sea.
AFPM/API: President Trump officially overturns California (U.S.) gas car ban
Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson and American Petroleum Institute (API) President and CEO Mike Sommers have issued a statement on today’s signing of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution overturning EPA’s 2024 authorization of California’s ban on sales of new gas cars.
LightPath debuts first industrial-grade cooled optical gas imaging camera
LightPath Technologies Inc., a leading provider of next-generation optics and imaging systems for both defense and commercial applications, has announced that subsidiary G5 Infrared (G5) has launched its first industrial-grade MWIR optical gas imaging (OGI) camera alongside a successful test at a certified facility, validating its performance in-line with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Alternative Means of Emissions Limitation process for facilities within the Crude Oil and Natural Gas source category, as outlined in Subpart OOOOb.
- Egypt agrees to buy up to 160 LNG cargoes through 2026
- Shell to add up to 12 MMt of additional LNG capacity by 2030
- TotalEnergies CEO expects to restart Mozambique LNG project this summer
- TotalEnergies and CMA CGM to launch LNG bunkering logistics JV to accelerate maritime decarbonization
- Renergen awards EPCC contract for Tetra4 LNG and helium project
