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STATS Group (STATS), the pipeline isolation and intervention technology specialist, has appointed Angus Bowie to the new position of Chief Technology Officer. In this global role, Angus will spearhead innovation and product development initiatives across the company and will collaborate closely with Engineering Director Doug Krokosz to leverage STATS’ deep pool of technical talent and …

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Texaco Lubricants has announced the introduction of a premium performance dispersant and detergent-type extended drain gas engine oil, HDAX 8200 SAE 40.  The product has been designed for the latest generation of high output, turbocharged, low emission 4-cycle engines and is recommended for natural gas applications, particularly those in cogeneration environments. HDAX 8200 SAE 40 …

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TotalEnergies, along with its Block 20/11 partners, Petronas and Sonangol  has announced the Final Investment Decision of the Kaminho project to develop the Cameia and Golfinho fields, located 100 km off the coast of Angola, by 1,700 m water-depth. This FID has been made possible thanks to a close collaboration with the concessionaire Agencia Nacional …

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Halliburton has added the SentinelCem™ Pro cement system to its lost circulation solutions portfolio. The single-sack packaging enables proactive storage in offshore and remote locations. SentinelCem Pro cement, built upon its predecessor, simplifies mixing operations as it eliminates the need for pre-hydration of the slurry design and access to high-purity water sources. This feature facilitates …

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UK-based Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) and German-based Cruh21 have launched a report that will help unlock the full potential of a green hydrogen collaboration between Scotland and Germany. The ‘Enabling Green Hydrogen Exports: Matching Scottish Production to German Demand’ report analyses Scottish hydrogen production and German demand. It does this by creating matching scenarios …

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Linde has signed a long-term agreement with H2 Green Steel for the supply of industrial gases to the world’s first large-scale green steel production plant. Linde will invest approximately $150 million to build, own and operate an on-site air separation unit (ASU) in Boden, northern Sweden. Linde will supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to H2 …

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STATS Group and National Gas have been awarded the prestigious IGEM/EUA Gas Industry Award for Product of the Year for their collaborative work on substantially reducing emissions on a strategically important pipeline replacement project. This award recognises their pioneering use of STATS’ Remote Tecno Plug® (RTP) during the Lochside IJ Replacement Project at St Cyrus, …

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Seadrill Limited has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell three jack-up rigs—the West Castor, the West Telesto and the West Tucana (the ‘Qatar Jack-Up Fleet’) and its 50% equity interest in the joint venture that operates these rigs offshore Qatar to Seadrill’s joint venture partner Gulf Drilling International (GDI) for …

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The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has launched a call to find innovations enabling rigless plug and abandonment, in partnership with the “Go Radical P&A” project managed by Energy Transition Norway (ETN), the Danish Offshore Technology Centre (DOTC), the Centre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA) and the Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC). Solutions for rigless plug …

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James Fisher Decommissioning, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, extended its contract with a major offshore engineering, preparations, removal and disposal (EPRD) operator, making the project the largest to date for the offshore decommissioning specialist. The multi-million-pound offshore decommissioning project utilised real time cutting verification technology to remove 25 dormant gas platforms in support …

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