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Flag of Ukraine waving in the wind on a clear day (© Shutterstock/rarrarorro)

Ukraine's Promising Future in Global Energy Markets

While predicting the end of a war is a dubious exercise, there are nonetheless rumblings in the United States and in Europe about a winding down of Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine and that closure may occur this year.

Pembina logo on the website (© Shutterstock/Pavel Kapysh)
Pembina logo on the website (© Shutterstock/Pavel Kapysh)

CNOOC Wins, Canada’s CER Directs Pembina Pipeline Corp to Negotiate Terms in Good Faith

Canada Energy Regulator (CER) ruled that Canada's Pembina Pipeline Corp unjustly discriminated against Chinese oil major CNOOC Ltd by denying the company access to storage facilities Edmonton, Alberta, Reuters reported.

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Kenya flag waving against clean blue sky (© Shutterstock/railway fx)

Kenya to Build a Gas Pipeline Linking Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam to Mombasa

Kenya is exploring the feasibility of constructing a gas pipeline linking Tanzania’s major coastal city of Dar es Salaam to Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa and later extending it to Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, Africanews reported in October 2022.

Headquarters of Wintershall DEA GnbH in Hamburg, Germany (© Shutterstock/nitpicker)
Headquarters of Wintershall DEA GnbH in Hamburg, Germany (© Shutterstock/nitpicker)

Wintershall Dea Withdraws From Its Business in Russia

Stating boldly that "Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine is incompatible with our values and has destroyed cooperation between Russia and Europe," CEO Mario Mehren of Wintershall Dea announced on Tuesday of this week the complete withdrawal of the company's business in Russia, causing a $8 billion loss at parent company BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

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Logo of DNV infront of the website (© Shutterstock/T. Schneider)

DNV Awards Energinet Certificates of Conformity (CoC) for Baltic Pipeline Project

The independent energy expert and assurance provider, DNV, awarded Certificates of Conformity (CoC) to the Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas, Energinet, for the operation of its section of the Baltic Pipe project, DNV announced on its website.

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Flags of Germany & Iraq (© Shutterstock/NINA IMAGES)

Germany Holds Talks with Iraq for Potential Gas Imports to Help Wean Off Russian Energy

Germany is engaging in bilateral talks with Iraq over potential gas imports to help Berlin diversify its energy sources, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday, January 13, 2023, the Middle East Eye reported.

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European Union flag infront of the European Commission (© Shutterstock/symbiot)

EU Innovation Fund Selects Four Belgian Companies for a Joint Decarbonization Project

The European innovation fund (Innovation Fund Small Scale) selected a consortium of four leading Belgian industrial players: Fluxys Belgium, Prefer, Orbix, and Lhoist to help decarbonize Belgian industry and offer a sustainable solution for the countries construction sector.

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Mediterranean sea map (© Shutterstock/Porcupen)

$435 Million Partnership Deal for Algeria-Italy Pipelines Finalised

Europe’s leading natural gas transmission operator, Snam, and a multinational energy company, Eni, have finalised an acquisition deal, transferring 49.9% of the equity interest held directly and indirectly by Eni in the two groups of companies that operate the Algeria- Italy gas pipelines, Snam announced on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.

Logos of RWE & Equinor (© RWE/Equinor)
Logos of RWE & Equinor (© RWE/Equinor)

RWE & Equinor Partner to Bolster Germany's Decarbonisation Efforts and Security of Supply

A German multinational energy corporation, RWE, and a Norwegian state-owned petroleum refining company, Equinor, on Thursday, January 5, 2022, entered a strategic partnership to develop a high-value supply chain for low-emission carbon to support Germany's decarbonization efforts while also bolstering the country's security of energy supply.

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Flag of Norway (© Shutterstock/Tatohra)

Norway Receives $30B Investment Pledge to Maintain High Gas Output for the Next 5 Years

Operators have pledged $30 Billion for developing new gas fields in Norway while extending the lifetimes of the actively producing fields, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Monday, January 9, 2023.

According to NPD, the investment pledge will help the country to sustain the current high volumes of gas production as it becomes Europe’s reliable gas supplier.

Challenges in Pipeline Industry and Possible Solutions - Pipeline Expert Mohd Nazmi
Challenges in Pipeline Industry and Possible Solutions - Pipeline Expert Mohd Nazmi

Challenges in Pipeline Industry and Possible Solutions - Pipeline Expert Mohd Nazmi

While the effects of climate change are a stark reminder of how reckless industrialisation can be detrimental to the universe, achieving efficiency, pipeline safety, and business productivity in an environmentally friendly manner remains a real-time challenge in the energy and pipeline sector.

First German LNG Terminal to Open in Wilhelmshaven. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Visits the Completed Facilities (© OGE)
First German LNG Terminal to Open in Wilhelmshaven. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Visits the Completed Facilities (© OGE)

Pleased To Meet You: Wilhelmshavener Anbindungsleitung WAL Open For Business

Last weld completed. All pipes are in the ground.  And the first German floating terminal for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) has officially been commissioned for service in the coastal city of Wilhelmshaven along the North Sea shore.

Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor (© Gasgrid Finland)
Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor (© Gasgrid Finland)

Dream to Reality: Rumblings of a Hydrogen Corridor In Europe

Against a backdrop of dynamic and far-reaching changes presently taking place in a global energy market (which itself is in the throes of transition to a hydrogen infrastructure as well as the decarbonization of national economies), gas transmission systems operators (TSOs) in six Baltic states are collaborating to make the European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) a reality.

Oil and gas exploration in the Permian Basin (© Shutterstock/G B Hart)
Oil and gas exploration in the Permian Basin (© Shutterstock/G B Hart)

Evolution Pipeline System To Recycle More Than 500,000 Barrels Per Day Of Produced Water

XRI, the leading full-cycle water management and produced water midstream company established in 2013 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, has begun construction of a new Permian Basin water pipeline system

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Map showing Barcelona and Marseille (© Shutterstock/Ulf Wittrock)

Spain Opts to Transport Hydrogen through the Barcelona-Marseille "H2Med" Subsea Pipeline

Spanish government has changed its plans for supplies flowing through the subsea pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille. Initially expected to transport gas in its first phase, the pipeline will only transport green hydrogen, giving it a new name, “H2Med”.

Battery of pumping trucks for hydraulic fracturing in Vaca Muerta, Argentina (© Shutterstock/Sobrevolando Patagonia)
Battery of pumping trucks for hydraulic fracturing in Vaca Muerta, Argentina (© Shutterstock/Sobrevolando Patagonia)

Argentina Secures Financing for Second Phase of Critical Natural Gas Pipeline System

Argentina secured financing for the second phase of the Néstor Kirchner natural gas pipeline system, the country's energy secretary Flavia Royon said during a conference held in Buenos Aires this week.

Fluxys headquarter in Brussels, Belgium (© Shutterstock/Werner Lerooy)
Fluxys headquarter in Brussels, Belgium (© Shutterstock/Werner Lerooy)

Belgium's Fluxys, North Sea Port and ArcelorMittal Bag EU Grant for Carbon Hub Project

EU Commission on December 8, announced it would be grand Fluxys Belgium, North Sea Port, and ArcelorMittal Belgium a whopping $10.2 million (€9.6 million) under the umbrella of Connecting Europe Facility for Energy (CEF-E) funding program.

Crude oil spill on sand (© Shutterstock/Pix One)
Crude oil spill on sand (© Shutterstock/Pix One)

Keystone Pipeline Remains Offline After Biggest Oil Spill In Operating History

With other pipelines between Canada and the United States at near capacity, there is no wiggle room to transport more oil to offset the approximately 600 000 barrels taken away by the rupture in the Keystone pipeline.

Dr. Kshama Roy
Dr. Kshama Roy

Pipeline People: Dr. Kshama Roy, Chair, YPI

Kshama is currently working as Principal, of Integrity Solutions and Compliance at the Energy Systems division of DNV. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, the University of Manitoba and a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Calgary. He is an industry renowned expert in pipe-soil interaction and pipeline integrity.

TC Energy logo at the head office in Calgary, Canada (© Shutterstock/Brett Holmes)
TC Energy logo at the head office in Calgary, Canada (© Shutterstock/Brett Holmes)

Tar Sands Oil Spill in the United States Shuts Down the Keystone Pipeline

Canada's TC Energy, a leading North American energy company based in Calgary, Canada and operator of the infamous Keystone Oil Pipeline, said over the weekend that it had shut the 622,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) pipeline because of a tar sands oil spill.

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Logo of Gasunie infront of the website (© Shutterstock/T. Schneider)

Gasunie To Bring Hydrogen To Shore With North Sea Pipeline Network

Dutch gas grid operator Gasunie will oversee development of a hydrogen network in the North Sea, noted the Netherlands Energy Minister Rob Jetten in a letter to parliament.

Part of the ambitious project is the conversion of much of the Netherlands' natural gas network to hydrogen over the coming decade.

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Logo of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) infront of the website (© Shutterstock/T. Schneider)

NNPC Seals Deal with other West-African Countries to Further Nigeria-Morocco Pipeline

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), on Tuesday, December 6, signed a separate MoU with West African countries to further the planned Nigeria-Morocco.

Terminal of Manchester International Airport with the reflection of an airplane (© Shutterstock/Skorzewiak)
Terminal of Manchester International Airport with the reflection of an airplane (© Shutterstock/Skorzewiak)

Manchester Airport to become UK's First Airport with a Hydrogen Fuel Pipeline

Manchester Airport could become the first airport in the UK to access the hydrogen fuel pipeline. The airport said  that hydrogen technology is expected to play a critical role in the decarbonization of the aviation sector as it inches closer to operating hydrogen-powered aircraft in the mid-2030s for short-haul journeys.

Hydrogen molecule (© Shutterstock/Corona Borealis Studio)
Hydrogen molecule (© Shutterstock/Corona Borealis Studio)

Germany Seeking "A Boom" in Hydrogen Energy

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action said in a strategy paper over the weekend that Germany plans to develop an 1800-km hydrogen energy pipeline by 2027.

The paper also envisages Germany fostering the use of blue hydrogen and importing it during a transition period towards green hydrogen.