Delve into the world of AI and robotics at StocExpo 2024

AI and robotics demos will dominate the show floor at StocExpo, the world-leading event for the tank storage and energy infrastructure industry, when it returns to the Rotterdam Ahoy on 12 & 13 March 2024. Reflecting the tank storage industry’s efforts to digitise and automate, StocExpo’s show floor will feature tech demos from AI and robotics specialists from all over the world. Delegates will have the opportunity to see live demos and learn more about cutting-edge equipment and software from the likes of Terra, Gerotto, Flyability, Square Robot, AIS, Voliro, and Cliin, and many more. The Terminal Operations & Safety […]
LBC announces expansion of Rotterdam terminal

LBC Tank Terminals has taken the final investment decision to expand its terminal in Rotterdam with 98,000 cubic meters, bringing the total storage capacity to 280,000 m3 by 2026. This […]
Linde announces new cryogenic plant in Costa Rica

Linde has announced the inauguration of its new cryogenic plant in Costa Rica. This startup expands the existing El Coyol plant in Alajuela, which serves more than 2,500 customers in […]
Woodside to sell 15.1% of Scarborough interest to JERA

Woodside has broadened its strategic relationship with JERA through a transaction that involves three core elements: equity in the Scarborough Joint Venture; LNG offtake; and collaboration on opportunities in new […]
Customer compliance team at Koole Terminals

For the past two years, Anton de Groot has been manager of the Customs Compliance team at Koole Terminals. He has also been chairman of VOTOB’s Customs Committee for a […]
Adriatic LNG Chooses Technip Energies for Offshore Solution

Adriatic LNG has become the world’s first offshore LNG regassification terminal to use Technip Energies’ Loading Systems loading arm, equipped with the Targeting System, designed to maximise the availability of […]
Serica Energy Acquires Buchan Field

Further to the RNS issued on 23 November 2023, Serica Energy has announced the completion of the acquisition of 30% non-operated interests in the P2498 and P2170 licences (together the […]
Vopak Sebarok Commissions Biofuels Blending

Vopak’s Sebarok terminal in Singapore has successfully commissioned 40,000 m3 of capacity for blending of biofuels into marine fuels. The existing pipeline system was also converted to a dedicated biofuel […]
Equinor signs a 15-year LNG agreement with Deepak Fertilisers

Equinor and the Indian fertiliser and petrochemical company Deepak Fertilisers have signed a 15-year agreement for supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with deliveries starting in 2026. Equinor’s growing global […]
QatarEnergy names LNG fleet carrier ‘Rex Tillerson’

QatarEnergy has announced that it has named the first LNG carrier to be delivered as part of its new LNG fleet expansion program the ‘Rex Tillerson’, in recognition of the […]
Shell Sells Stake in South Korean Wind Project

Hexicon has signed a sales and purchase agreement to take full ownership of its joint venture with Shell Overseas Investments, MunmuBaram Co. Under the agreement, Hexicon will increase its stake […]
Vitol and EOG Resources Sign Long-Term Gas Supply Agreement

Vitol has announced the execution of a natural gas sale and purchase agreement with EOG Resources. Under the agreement, EOG will supply 180,000 million British Thermal Units per day of […]
SAF One Partners with Kent

SAF One, a platform focused on the development of global sustainable aviation fuel solutions, has announced the appointment of Kent, a world-renowned engineering firm, to carry out a technology licensing […]
EU to Miss 2050 Climate Targets by a Decade, says Wood MacKenzie

Despite ambition across its members, the European Union (EU) won’t meet climate targets until well into the 2060s, as focus shifts to energy security and economic stability. Renewables and electrification uptake is due to progress steadily, but nascent technologies, such as hydrogen and carbon capture, need urgent action in the forms of investment, demand certainty, and policy commitment, according to new report from Wood Mackenzie. The report ‘EU27: Energy Transition Outlook’ is part of Wood Mackenzie’s ETO research series which maps three different routes through the global energy transition with increasing levels of ambition. On its current trajectory, the EU’s […]
Vitol Bunkers Takes Delivery of First Biofuel Barge in Asia

Vitol Bunkers has taken delivery of the Marine Future, its first specialised bunker barge in Singapore, strengthening its position in Asia’s expanding biofuel bunker market. The addition of this specialised […]
ExxonMobil announces agreement with Zeeco

ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions announces its recent agreement with Zeeco, makers of next-generation ultra-low NOx, for 100% hydrogen-ready industrial burners. As industrial manufacturers explore fuel switching from natural gas, Zeeco’s […]
TSA welcomes new associate member, CRN Services

The TSA is pleased to welcome CRN Services as a new associate member. The TSA announced on its LinkedIn page that it is looking forward to working with CRN Services. CRN Services is an independent consultancy providing a bespoke and cost-effective services to clients within the UK downstream energy sector. Support and advice is provided on both technical and non-technical activities of oil refining and oil product supply and distribution within the UK including energy resilience and future low carbon fuels. Core activities and support provided includes SHE (including clients interfaces with external bodies (UK HSE and environmental agencies etc), […]
TWTG and Aramco sign MoU aiming to accelerate digitalisation

Dutch pioneer in Industrial Internet of Things (I-IoT) solutions, TWTG, and integrated energy and chemical company, Aramco, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for advancing Aramco’s digital transformation of […]
Sullom Voe Oil Terminal Workers Celebrate Wage Win

Unite the union can confirm that its Equans FM members working at Sullom Voe oil terminal in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, have accepted an improved wage offer. Around 30 key […]
Women in Tanks: Catherine Dix

Head of mechanical and structures at Technodyne, Catherine Dix, tells Tank Storage Magazine about solving real world problems in her engineering role Catherine Dix, head of mechanical and structures at Technodyne, joined the industry when she was studying for her PhD at the University of Southampton, UK. ‘I wanted to get out of academia and work in the industrial world. I wanted to use my engineering and computational skills,’ Dix says. Dix wanted to be in a real-world setting, solving real-world problems. She came across smaller, local company, Technodyne and applied. ‘This was something completely different but great. I was […]
Asia Pacific could become a global leader in the energy transition says Wood Mackenzie

Home to half of the world’s population and contributing a third to the global GDP, the Asia Pacific region is expected to maintain a 50% share of global primary energy […]
Technip Energies Invests in United Airlines’ Sustainable Flight Fund

Technip Energies has announced a strategic investment in the United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund. This innovative fund is strategically designed to leverage cross-industry support, providing start-ups working on Sustainable […]
Varo Energy Partners with Orim Energy

Varo Energy and Orim Energy are partnering to provide shipping customers in the Port of Rotterdam – and wider Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region – with biofuels. The agreement supports the decarbonisation […]
Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela

Fuel from an overturned and abandoned barge continues to spill, staining Tobago’s coastline and now seeping into Grenada’s waters, with potential implications for neighbouring Venezuela. Despite efforts to contain the […]
Warwickshire Oil Storage joins EEMUA

EEMUA has welcomed Warwickshire Oil Storage Limited (WOSL) as its newest corporate member. WOSL is one of the main operators at the Kingsbury Oil complex, the largest inland oil storage […]
Global Energy Storage (GES) completes sale of Hamriyah Terminal, UAE

Provider of innovative energy storage solutions, Global Energy Storage Group (GES), has announced the successful sale by its subsidiary, GPS Innova Singapore Pte, of 100% of the issued share capital […]
Oil and gas industry shows resilience says GlobalData

Amidst shifting market dynamics, the oil and gas industry faced a significant quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline of 16% in disclosed contract volume from 1,401 in Q3 2023 to 1,172 in Q4 […]
Tellurian Secures Extension to complete Driftwood LNG Terminal

US LNG terminal developer Tellurian has secured more time from the US FERC to complete the construction of its Driftwood LNG project in Louisiana. In April 2019, the FERC authorised […]
Environment Officers Investigate River Stour Oil Leak

The UK’s Environment Agency (EA) is investigating the cause of an oil leak in the River Stour, England. The Environment Agency (EA) said on Saturday officers located the source of […]
Ammonia Gas Leak at Shah Alam Factory

10 factory workers have been rushed to hospital following an ammonia gas leak at a factory in Jalan Keluli 1 at the Bukit Raja Industrial Area, Malaysia. State Fire and […]
Australia to Develop Pilbara Hydrogen Hub

The Australian government has announced a AUD$140 million (€85 million) agreement with the Western Australian government to progress a hydrogen hub in the Pilbara region of western Australia. This is […]
Uniper has announced Connah’s Quay Low Carbon Power

Uniper is exploring the potential development of a new gas-fired power station with carbon capture technology at its Connah’s Quay site which would be capable of providing around 1.1GW of […]