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MET, has acquired 100% of KGE, a natural gas storage operator based in Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With this acquisition MET is further strengthening its commitment to investing in natural gas infrastructure in Germany.
Founded in 2007, KGE operates an H-gas cavern storage facility in Gronau-Epe with a total working gas volume of 179 million m3. It has a maximum injection capacity…
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EET Hydrogen and ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. have officially commenced ground investigation works at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port — the home of the UK’s first large-scale low carbon hydrogen production plant, HPP1.
In a post on LinkedIn, EET Hydrogen announced that the work is located at the heart of the HyNet industrial decarbonisation cluster, HPP1 will have a…
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The Port of Gothenburg has signed new agreements with one of its largest customers in the energy sector, Inter Terminals Sweden. The agreements benefit both parties by providing increased predictability and long-term stability, creating favourable conditions for further investments in the ongoing energy transition of their respective operations.
The parties signed both lease agreements covering…
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Marathon Petroleum has demonstrated its commitment to environmental stewardship by earning the 2024 Port of Long Beach Green Flag Award. This recognition is part of a voluntary vessel speed reduction initiative that encourages ship operators to reduce their speed to 12 knots (just under 14 miles per hour) within 40 nautical miles (equal to 46 miles on land) of the port. The goal is to…
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Coastal Bend LNG has initiated development of a 22.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa) natural gas liquefaction and export facility on the Texas Gulf Coast, US. Coastal Bend LNG’s planned development will include up to five 4.5 mtpa liquefaction trains, cogeneration, LNG storage tanks, and export facilities for shipping, bunkering, and ISO containers. Carbon capture, transport, and storage will be…
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Hartree Partners, a global energy and commodities trading company, has closed its acquisition of ED&F Man Commodities’ four core business units: Volcafe (coffee), ED&F Man Liquid Products (molasses, animal feeds, and fish oil), ED&F Man Sugar, and ED&F Man Cotton. The closing follows the acquisition of the majority of ED&F Man’s outstanding A2 and B1 Senior Secured Legacy…
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BWC Terminals' board has elected Georganne Hodges as its next chair, effective July 1, 2025. Hodges has served as a member of BWC Terminals’ board since 2022 and will succeed Randy Daniels, who is retiring from the board at the end of his term June 30, 2025.
Hodges has more than 35 years of experience providing financial, commercial, and operational leadership and governance across the energy…
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Shell Canada Energy has announced that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has left the LNG Canada facility on the west coast of Canada. At 40%, Shell has the largest working interest in the LNG Canada joint venture. Located in Kitimat, British Columbia, the facility will export LNG from two processing units or ‘trains’ with total capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum…
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has officially become the 100% shareholder of LBC Tank Terminals, following the successful completion of the acquisition on June 30, 2025. This follows the initial announcement in March 2025 and marks the beginning of a new chapter for LBC.
This next phase positions LBC to grow with greater scale and ambition, aligned with MOL Group’s BLUE ACTION 2035 management plan,…
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The owner of the Lindsey oil refinery at Immingham, UK, has crashed into insolvency, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. Prax Group's parent company, Sate Oil, has called in administrators amid mounting losses at the refinery. 420 employees at the refinery are at risk, though Unite the Union said this figure could be up to 1,000 when taking into account contractors and the wider supply chain.
'The…
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The UK’s Tank Storage Association shares its reaction to the government’s Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan and what it means for storage terminals
On 23 June 2025, the UK government launched its long-awaited and wide-ranging industrial strategy, outlining its plans to drive industrial competitiveness and support innovation over the next decade. The publication follows a…
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Solvay and Enagás have signed an agreement to develop a hydrogen storage hub in Polanco, Cantabria, Spain. The project will leverage Solvay's proven expertise in developing salt caverns infrastructure - originally created for soda ash production operations and repurposed into storage under the coordination of Enagás, which brings its expertise in energy transport and hydrogen infrastructure to…
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Centrica and PTT have signed a heads of agreement for a long-term LNG supply deal. Under the agreement, PTT will supply LNG to Centrica for a 10-year period across a range of destinations in Asia, with deliveries expected to begin in 2028.
This agreement marks a significant step forward in Centrica’s strategic efforts to grow its LNG portfolio. The agreement provides access to diverse markets…
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The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has expressed deep disappointment over the exclusion of the chemical supply chain and the wider chemical sector from the Government’s newly announced Industrial Strategy, despite the essential role the sector plays in UK industry and, indeed, the wider economy.
The Industrial Strategy, which is a 10-year plan aimed at driving growth in eight key sectors,…
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ADNOC has signed an agreement with Revterra to trial a novel kinetic battery technology to support ADNOC’s efforts to advance climate technology solutions. The first-of-its-kind unit will be piloted at ADNOC Distribution's E2GO EV charging hub in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, and used for electric vehicle charging, reinforcing our commitment to building sustainable infrastructure, powering the future…
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Storengy Germany will receive EU funding of up to €4.5 million from the European Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) fund for the implementation of studies. This is intended to advance the further development of the SaltHy hydrogen storage project in Harsefeld in the Stade region of Lower Saxony.
CEF is a funding instrument that aims to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness in Europe through…
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SNOC and Emerge, a joint venture between Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) and the EDF Middle East have inaugurated Sharjah’s first utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, ‘Sana’. This new facility covers a large area of 850,000 square meters and can produce 60 megawatts of energy. It is located next to the Sajaa Gas Plant.
The 60MWp ground-mounted solar PV plant is also one of…
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Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) has confirmed it intends to close the Olefins 6 facility in Teeside, UK.
The cracker plant has been a staple of Teeside's chemical industry for 46 years, though the plant has been offline since the end of 2020 awaiting conversion projects to enable it to run entirely on gas feedstocks. Since it has been down, workers have been paid to keep the plant…
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EEMUA has released EEMUA 249 (Edition 1) which brings together guidance for operators to consider when managing the risk posed by piping dead-legs in all types of process plants and storage facilities. It supplements existing guidance by challenging assumptions, highlighting specific learning points identified by members of EEMUA and providing examples of inspection needs.
EEMUA 249 has been…
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Greenergy, a leading UK supplier and distributor of transportation fuels, has reached an agreement to increase its capacity at the Exolum terminal in Grangemouth, Scotland. The deal will allow Greenergy to significantly expand its ability to supply across Scotland.
Caroline Lumbard, UK managing director at Greenergy, says: 'We’re strengthening our supply infrastructure in Scotland and this…
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