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Blockchain

Bitcoin Miner Acquires Washington Hydro Plant

Global Bitcoin self-mining company Bitfarms Ltd has announced it is entering the hydropower arena having acquired a 24MW hydropower farm in Washington state, US

Crude Oil

Eni Plans First Oil and Gas from Giant Cote d'Ivoire Find as Early as 2023 as more Blocks put on Offer

Italian energy major Eni plans to start oil and gas production from the giant Baleine discovery offshore Cote d'Ivoire as early as 2023 as the country put 32 mo…

Oil Exploration

Empyrean Gearing up to Drill ‘First Exciting Exploration Well in China’

Oil and gas company Empyrean Energy has made significant operational progress towards spudding the LH 17-2-1 exploration well at the Jade prospect on Block 29/1…

Oil Refinery

Mexico’s Tula Refinery Halted Since Last Week

Mexico's 315,000 b/d Tula refinery in the state of Hidalgo stopped processing crude late last week because of full product stocks after a rail blockade choked i…

Crude Oil

ExxonMobil Increases Stabroek Resource Estimate to Approximately 10 Billion Barrels

ExxonMobil increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to approximately 10 billion oil-equivalent barre…

Crude Oil

Eni Adds New Field to Angola's Olombendo Crude Grade

Italian integrated oil firm Eni has started crude production from the Cabaca North project in Angola's deepwater block 15/06.

Oil&Gas Drilling

ExxonMobil makes 20th Discovery on Stabroek as New Liza FPSO Heads to Guyana

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has revealed a new discovery has been made at the Pinktail well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.

Oil Exploration

Indonesia Awards First Oil and Gas Blocks in Two Years

Indonesia has awarded oil and gas blocks to local upstream energy company Energi Mega Persada and Canada's Husky Energy Inc, a senior officialhas announced, in …

Oil&Gas Drilling

Democrats Close in on Drilling, Mining Bans for Biden’s $3.5T Infrastructure Scheme

Legislation to block oil drilling in most U.S. waters and Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge edged closer to passage Thursday

Oil Exploration

Shell Takes Operatorship in Blocks off South Africa

Impact Oil & Gas entered into the agreement with Shell for the farm-out of the South African exploration right back in November 2020.

Oil & Gas Trade

CNOOC Invites Foreign Firms to Bid for 19 Blocks of Offshore Oil and Gas

CNOOC had inked 228 contracts with 81 oil companies from 21 countries and regions by July, it said.

Oil Exploration

ADNOC Partners with Pakistani Companies for the First Time

As part of Abu Dhabi’s second competitive block bid round, ADNOC has signed a historic exploration concession agreement, awarding the exploration rights for Ab…

Nuclear Power Plant

Sweden’s Forsmark Block2 Nuclear Reactor Suffers Unexpected Outage

​Swedish nuclear power generator Forsmark Block2 suffered an unexpected outage on Monday

Solar Power Panel

Japan Demonstrates Blockchain System for Solar Panel Recycling

In a programme supported by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, solar PV manufacturer Next Energy and trading conglomerate Marubeni are to collaborate on used…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Blockchain Nickel Supply Agreement for Tesla Batteries

Tesla is partnering with Australian mining giant BHP on the nickel battery supply chain while also switching some production to iron.