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Gas turbine engine

EGA, Mubadala and Dubal Holding Fire up Siemens Gas Turbine at Jebel Ali Power Plant

New power block at EGA in Jebel Ali is under development by JA Power & Water Company, a joint venture between Mubadala and Dubal Holding

Blockchain

Germany Launches Blockchain Energy Trading Project

Germany has launched a state-subsidised research project that will look at how to make use of blockchain technology in adapting power trading to the growing sha…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Egypt Awards Red Sea Oil and Gas Exploration Concession to Mubadala Petroleum

New agreement adds to Mubadala Petroleum's Egypt portfolio that includes Shorouk and Noor exploration concessions

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell Joins Equinor and YPF in Argentina Block

Norway’s oil and gas giant Equinor and Argentina’s YPF have entered into an agreement with Shell to jointly farm-down a 30 per cent non-operated interests in …

Oil&Gas Drilling

Total Logs Fourth Significant Oil and Gas Discovery Offshore Suriname

Total and Apache Corporation have made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1 well, in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname.

Blockchain

Three Novel Blockchain Projects in the Energy Sector

An auditing system, clean energy loan fraud and biomass traceability are among the novel blockchain use cases currently emerging.

United States

Biden to Rescind Trump's Last-Minute Rulemaking

President-elect Joe Biden plans to act quickly upon taking office to block pending regulations issued by his predecessor and to rescind executive orders issued …

Oil Field

KrisEnergy Starts up Cambodia’s First Offshore Oil Field

KrisEnergy started producing oil from Cambodia’s first oil field in the offshore Block A concession on 28 December 2020.

Oil&Gas Drilling

The ANH Approved the Assignment of Ecopetrol's 50% Interest to Shell

The ANH approved the assignment of Ecopetrol's 50% interest to Shell and the operation by the latter in 3 blocks off the Colombian Caribbean coast

Rooftop PV System

Blockchain Peer-to-Peer Rooftop Solar Trading Pilot Launched in India

The India Smart Grid Forum has launched a blockchain peer-to-peer trading pilot with Australian tech pioneer Power Ledger.

Blockchain

Blockchain Renewables Tracking APP to be Commercialised

Energy Web has received a Good Energies Foundation grant to commercialise the EW Zero blockchain renewables procurement marketplace.

Wind Power Project

Morocco to be Home to a 900 MW Wind Energy Plant in Dakhla

Morocco is set to be home to a 900 MW wind power plant in Dakhla courtesy of Soluna Technologies Ltd, a newly-founded company powering the blockchain-economy wi…

Energy Saving

Funding Energy Efficiency on the Blockchain

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has launched Efforce, a blockchain-based energy efficiency crowdfunding platform.

Blockchain

Blockchain, Cybersecurity Focus in NAESB Digital Technology Standards

The North American Energy Standards Boards is to continue to focus on standards development to support blockchain and more generally cybersecurity.

Oil&Gas Drilling

ONGC Gains 5% As Overseas Arm Discovers Oil in Colombia

In a BSE filing, the company said that OVL struck oil while drilling an appraisal well 'Indico-2' in CPO-5 block in Llanos Basin of Colombia.