The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 5 at the new Lufeng nuclear power plant, China General Nuclear (CGN) has announced. It marks the official start of construction of the first of two HPR1000 (Hualong One) pressurised water reactors planned at the site in China's Guangdong province, where the construction of four CAP1000s is also planned.
Uniper Global Commodities SE and the Dutch Vesta Terminals B.V. signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the feasibility of refurbishing and expanding an existing storage facility with the aim to create the first green ammonia hub ‘Greenpoint Valley’ in North-West Europe.
OMV, the international integrated oil, gas and chemicals company headquartered in Vienna and Lufthansa Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the supply of more than 800,000 tons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel for the years 2023 to 2030.
The EU is divided on how to tackle rising energy prices, with some countries opposed to a price cap on Russian gas. Draft regulation includes windfall tax on ‘surplus’ profits from oil and gas companies
The Tabgi-1 well spudding ceremony was held on Bhola Island in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the first well under a new agreement on three wells construction on the island). The Tabgi-1 well will be followed by the Bhola North-2 appraisal well and the Illisha-1 exploration well.
Representatives of the State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant visited Finland, where Onkalo deep radioactive waste repository project is being implemented.
The EBRD and donors are enabling Abou Ghaly Motors (AGM), a leading transport provider in Egypt, to purchase 250 range-extended electric vehicles (REEVs) for its taxi services, in a boost for the development of the country’s e-mobility sector.
Halliburton Company today announced it completed the sale of its Russia operations.
The EBRD has organised a financing package of US$ 74 million, provided as an A/B loan and a revolving facility, to Uzbekistan’s Shamol Zarafshan Energy Foreign Enterprise LLC for the development, construction and operation of a 500 MW greenfield wind power plant in the Navoi region of Uzbekistan – the largest renewable project in Central Asia to date.
Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB) (80%, Operator), a subsidiary of Shell plc, together with Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (20%), has taken a final investment decision (FID) to develop the Rosmari-Marjoram gas project.