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Stolthaven Terminals sparked the interest of onlookers and local media in New Zealand when it floated two 225 tonne tanks down the coast of the North Island to its storage terminal at Mount Manganui.
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The empty tanks – measuring 25 m in diameter and 16 m in height – were hard to miss. Built…
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TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with CapeOmega Carbon Storage AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of CapeOmega AS, to acquire the 40% participating interest held by CapeOmega in the CO2 storage exploration license ExL004 (the ‘Luna’ project).
Located 120 km offshore Bergen, Norway, in 200 m water depth, ExL004 covers an area of 453 km². It is adjacent to the license where the Northern…
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Technology group Wärtsilä has completed construction at the Torren Islands Grid Scale battery energy storage system (ESS) with AGL Energy Limited, one of Australia’s leading integrated energy companies.
The 250-megawatt (MW) / 250 megawatt-hour (MWh) ESS installed at Torrens Island in South Australia is the second-largest operational battery in the country.
The project delivers a major step…
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Marathon Petroleum’s former refinery in Martinez, California, USA has been repurposed to produce renewable diesel through the company’s joint venture with Neste.
The Martinez Renewable Fuels Facility is currently operating with a capacity of 260 million gallons per year. Additional…
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Climate technologies are driving down emissions, safeguarding future energy supplies, and advancing the cause of a just energy transition in the developing world. According to estimates from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, they could reduce global CO₂ emissions by 40%. Climate technology is a critical component of the world’s decarbonisation efforts and, in recognition of…
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Understanding the environment and working with it are part of everyday operations for Circor. Its award-winning Houttin Energy Recovery Valve (ERVC) controls flow in an accurate, fast and stable way, without being influenced by fluid densities and pressures. It also recovers the hydraulic energy wasted by conventional control valves, producing electrical energy in the process. This kind of…
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Gate Terminal and its shareholders Gasunie and Vopak, have announced that the final investment decision has been taken to expand Gate Terminal’s storage and regasification capacity in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The expansion consists of a new LNG storage tank of 180,000 m³ and an…
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Molasses marketing and trading, UM Group has announced that two companies with the group have taken steps towards becoming more sustainable.
UM Argos Feed in Hungary and UM Tameco in Belgium have installed solar panel arrays at their respective facilities.
The solar panel projects form an important part of UM Group’s sustainability strategy which was launched earlier this year.
The 44 kWp…
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Stolthaven Terminals has announced that its terminal in Dagenham, UK has achieved the ISCC - International Sustainability and Carbon Certification, an internationally recognised standard in the biofuels and energy industry that demonstrates the fuel, bio-based feedstocks and renewables stored on site meet defined sustainability criteria.
Gary St Pier, Stolthaven Dagenham's operations excellence…
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Exolum continues to strengthen its actions in sustainability, decarbonisation and care for the environment, based on the roadmap marked by its recently published ESG Master Plan. The plan brings Exolum’s goal to be a net-zero company forward by 10 years.
The group is currently implementing a strategy covering two main lines of action for the reduction of its carbon footprint:
Constructing new…
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Steam Traps, common yet essential components in the process industry, are too often prone to failure, leading to wasted energy and increased costs. To prevent these issues, steam traps must be monitored regularly to detect and address malfunctions. Traditional steam trap monitoring methods involve manual inspection and testing, which can be time-consuming, labour-intensive, and, unfortunately,…
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Wolftank Group has announced that the company is rolling out its industrial coating solutions in Brazil following the first successfully implemented tank coating projects for a leading South-American energy company.
Wolftank’s patented technology can convert single-walled tanks used for the storage of potentially hazardous liquids such as fuels or chemicals into double-walled tanks. A leakage…
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Natural gas transmission system operator, GaZ-System and multinational oil refiner and petrol retailer, Orlen have signed an agreement for the provision of regasification services at the FSRU Terminal in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Poland.
This will constitute an important element of the gas import infrastructure for Poland and the entire CEE region.
The FSRU Terminal project assumes the construction…
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Independent UK company, Carbon Catalyst and independent hydrocarbon producer Perenco UK (PUK) has announced it has been the awarded of two carbon storage licences by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) to progress the Orion carbon storage project in the Southern North Sea sector of the UK Continental Shelf.
The two carbon storage licenses cover the PUK-operated and decommissioned Amethyst…
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A fire broke out in a chemical storage facility in the Homagama Industrial Zone (Katuwana, Sri Lanka) on 17 August.
Seven fire trucks attended the scene, in an attempt to douse the flames at the chemical factory.
A special team of Sri Lanka army personnel was also called to…
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UK port operator, Peel Ports Group, has appointed Turner & Townsend to provide project and cost management for the regeneration of its Greenock Ocean Terminal at Clydeport, Scotland, UK.
As part of improvement works to the Greenock Ocean Terminal, Turner & Townsend project and cost management teams across Scotland will support Clydeport Operations with the replacement of two…
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INOXPA has announced the launch of the Dinamix SMX side-entry agitator range. It offers an adaptable system using standard components to produce many different configurations, avoiding the need to manufacture made-to-measure agitators.
The concept’s success is based on adaptability, responsiveness and efficiency. Products are configured using a system of modules, interfaces and structural…
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Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) and Oman LNG have signed a binding term-sheet agreement.
Under the agreement, SEFE will receive 0.4 MTPA from Oman LNG. The agreement is based on a 4-year contract, starting in 2026.
The signing of agreement between SEFE and Oman LNG marks a milestone as SEFE becomes the first German firm to receive Omani LNG in the partnership between Oman LNG and…
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HF Sinclair and Holly Energy Partners has announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for HF Sinclair to acquire all of the outstanding common units.
HF Sinclair’s CEO and president, Tim Go say: ‘We are pleased to announce this strategic transaction which we believe simplifies our corporate structure, reduces costs and further supports the integration and…
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The Port of Rotterdam has announced that the first major project for CO2 transport and storage in the Netherlands can go ahead, now that the Council of State has given a positive opinion on the ecological assessment of the Porthos project.
The Council of State concluded today that the ecological research has shown that the nitrogen deposition of Porthos has no significant effects on nearby…
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