Saipem and Norway s Elkem sign a feasibility study agreement for the decarbonisation business
02 Mar 2021
Saipem has signed a collaboration agreement with
Elkem to evaluate new opportunities in the entire CO2 capture and storage chain.
In particular, Saipem will collaborate with Elkem, a Norwegian company among the world leaders in the sustainable production of cutting-edge metals and materials, to assess and identify possible development plans and design solutions, based on the proprietary technology of the recently acquired Canadian CO2 Solutions, for a CO2 capture plant that is also equipped with liquefaction processes and facilities for cargo ship transport of the CO2 collected by the
US: 88 Energy provides operations update
02 Mar 2021
NPR-A region of the North Slope of Alaska.
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88 Energy reports that the mobilisation of Rig 111 to the
Merlin-1 location is progressing well, with only minor delays due to weather. The spud date is now scheduled for 8th March.
The Merlin-1 well will initially be drilled to 1,500 , then surface casing will be installed and the Blow Out Preventer system tested. This is expected take approx. one week to execute.
The well will then be deepened through the target horizons in the Nanushuk Formation to a maximum total depth of 6,000 . Logging while drilling and mudlogging will provide initial indications as to the prospectivity of the well during this part of the operation, which is expected take three to five days. A sophisticated wireline logging suite will then be run, including sidewall cores and downhole sampling. Wireline logging is expected to take five to seven days.
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EPA charges lead to $150k rehabilitation project by Coliban Water
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has successfully argued in a Kyneton Magistrates’ Court today (2 March) that Coliban Water must make a significant contribution to rehabilitating damage it caused to Snipes Creek when it discharged treated wastewater to the creek in breach of its EPA licence in 2019.
Coliban Water will pay $150,000 towards the rehabilitation project to the ecosystem of Snipes Creek, which is a tributary of the Campaspe River, and will also be placed on a two-year bond and pay costs of $10,000 to EPA.
In December 2020, at the Kyneton Magistrates Court, Coliban Water pleaded guilty to EPA charges of causing or permitting an environmental hazard and pollution of waters. The Court also recorded convictions on those charges.
AIM-listed PetroNeft, an oil & gas exploration and production company operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 50% owner and operator of Licences 61 and 67 has announced the results of a successful fracking program in Licence 61.