10/09/2020 – News / Business / Cyber-Security / Online / Remote Working / Skills Gap / HR / UK / Infosec

A new study suggests that half of UK companies do not have adequate cyber-security provision to allow for 100-per-cent remote working. And in Europe as a whole, the situation is even more concerning.

28/08/2020 – News / Technology / 3D / Simulation / Visualisation / Digital Twin / Lanner / Virtalis

Lanner, a company of Royal HaskoningDHV, and Virtalis have announced they are further strengthening their partnership to deliver the value of integrated predictive simulation and visualisation capabilities for digital twin environments.

27/08/2020 – News / Event / Exhibition / Gas / Technology / Croatia

For the 35th time, Croatia will host southeast Europe’s leading international gas conference and expo, with professionals set to explore key trends, challenges and technologies emerging across the entire natural gas chain.

04/08/2020 – News / Energy / Power Utilities / Saudi Electricity Company / SEC / Saudi Arabia

Covid-19 has negatively impacted firms across all industries, yet power utilities have been quick to adapt to the situation and ensure business continuity. Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) – the Kingdom’s state-owned utility – has launched numerous measures designed to support its industrial customers and boost the economy.

17/07/2020 – News / Environment / Technology / Sustainability / Event / Tradeshow / IE Expo / China

IE Expo China – Asia’s leading trade fair for environmental technology solutions – returns to Shanghai from 13–15 August, opening its doors following the Chinese government’s announcement of a new 15-year ecological protection and recovery plan aimed at building a “Beautiful China” by 2035.

13/07/2020 – News / Technology / Service App / Digital / Maritime / Cranes / Liebherr

Liebherr has expanded its digital product portfolio for crawler cranes, deep foundation equipment and maritime cranes with the development of a Remote Service tool. The technology is proving particularly advantageous during the current Covid-19-related restrictions.

07/07/2020 – News / Oil & Gas / Energy / Pipelines / Technology / Innovation / Exhibition / TOGC / Italy

From 16–17 November 2020 in Milan, Italy, the closed-door Transportation Oil & Gas Congress 2020 (TOGC 2020) will see midstream industry experts gather to explore cutting-edge technologies and solutions for the pipeline industry, with groundbreaking products and services set to be presented within the TOGC focus exhibition area.

01/07/2020 – News / Minerals / Metals / Aggregates / Metso / Outotec / Finland

Finnish industrial rivals Metso and Outotec have jointly announced the combination of Metso Minerals and Outotec to create a leading company in process technology, equipment and services serving the minerals, metals and aggregates industries. Meanwhile, Metso Flow Control will become a separately-listed, independent flow control equipment and services company under the name of Neles Corporation.

22/06/2020 – News / Science & Technology / Engineering / R&D / SR-TEK / CT Series / Pressure / Tanks

A newly launched series of clear pressure tanks from SR-TEK is reducing research and development time by allowing engineers and scientists to observe reactions and make changes in real-time.

06/06/2020 – News / Maritime / Shipping / Tankers / Emissions / CO2 / Wärtsilä

A new contract will see Wärtsilä Corporation’s deliver advanced emissions abatement technology to be utilised in new generation of shuttle tankers, driving down these vessels’ CO2 equivalents (CO2e) emissions by as much as 35 per cent.

21/05/2020 – News / Technology / Bio-products / Pulp / Electrification / ABB / Metsä / Finland

ABB has signed a preliminary, binding agreement that would see the technology leader deliver approximately €40 million worth of electrification and drive technology solutions to a planned bio-product mill in Kemi, northern Finland owned by Metsä Fibre – the world’s largest producer of softwood pulp.

13/05/2020 – News / Power / Equipment / Technology / Utilities / OEM / China / Asia / GlobalData

The diversification of power equipment suppliers from China is likely to intensify as firms increasingly look to new markets in South East Asia for their supply chain needs, according to GlobalData.

01/05/2020 – News / Shipping / Container Terminal / BOT / Saudi Ports Authority / Saudi Global Ports

Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) and Saudi Global Ports (SGP) have signed a new Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement for the Container Terminals in the King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam over a virtual signing ceremony. Representing an investment of over seven billion Saudi riyals, the new deal represents the largest BOT agreement in the Kingdom’s history.

29/04/2020 – News / Utilities / Water / SUEZ / Covid-19 / Donations / CSR / Leadership

France-headquartered water utilities giant SUEZ is reinforcing its support measures to provide additional financial resources to fight Covid-19 impacts. These include compensating workers placed on partial unemployment, reducing the Group’s dividend, and its executive committee members donating one-quarter of their salaries to finance research and provide support for healthcare workers during the lockdown period.

22/04/2020 – News / Technology / Data / InfinityQS / Enact / Quality / Intelligence / Platform / QC / QA

InfinityQS, a leading player in data-driven enterprise quality, is supporting the manufacturing community during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering free use of its Quality Intelligence platform, Enact®, for three months – at no charge and with no commitment required.

20/04/2020 – News / Business / Chemical Sector / Oil / Global

The global chemical sector should prepare for an extended downturn along with lower-for-longer oil prices, both of which will have big implications for profitability and investments, according to Joseph Chang, Global Editor of Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) – Chemical Business.

17/04/2020 – News / Manufacturing / 3d printers / Covid-19 / Ventilators / Pulsar Fusion

Business owners with additive manufacturing and 3D printing capabilities are calling on the UK government to tell them how they can best help the effort to build more ventilators for the NHS.

14/04/2020 – News / Shipping / Marine / Fuel Cell / Technology / Hydrogen / PowerCell / Volvo / Sweden

PowerCell Sweden AB – an industrial spinout from the Volvo Group, established in 2008 – has signed a contract with a leading European shipyard regarding the development and delivery of a three-megawatt marine fuel cell system.

02/04/2020 – News / Business / Webinar / Covid-19 / Frost & Sullivan / Strategy / Crisis Response

Leading consultancy and research firm Frost & Sullivan will be sharing its research and strategy expertise in a webinar next week (Thursday 9th April) designed to help businesses identify an actionable framework for overcoming the market fall-out from the coronavirus crisis.

26/03/2020 – News / Technology / Apps / Cloud / COVID-19 / Eka Software Solutions

Eka Software Solutions, the number-one cloud platform for commodity management, has announced the release of its COVID-19 Risk Monitoring – a free app designed to help customers and prospects quickly gain visibility into supply chain risks in order to better assess and mitigate risk.

17/03/2020 – News / Technology / Autonomous / Drones / Business / Coronavirus / Percepto

The coronavirus has exposed the soft underbelly of critical infrastructure and industrial sites worldwide – workforce availability. However, autonomous technology can mitigate such business impacts, according to Ariel Avitan, Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer at Percepto.

17/03/2020 – News / Remote Working / Audio-Visual / Teleconferencing / Telecommuting / Technology / Aver

In times of crisis, for a business to continue to function through remote working is increasingly important – and with it, advancements in the communications technology that makes it work, says Rene Buhay of AV manufacturer AVer Europe.

16/03/2020 – News / Utilities / Water / Event / Spain

Global Water Intelligence (GWI) hosts the Global Water Summit each year in the spring. This year’s edition was slated to take place 29th–31st March in Madrid. However, due to the ongoing disruption and newly imposed travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, the Summit has been postponed. Organisers have announced it will now take place on 30th August – 1st September.

12/03/2020 – News / Petrochemicals / Crude / Price / Industry / US / Coronavirus / Petrochem

The collapse in crude oil prices is wiping out much of the US petrochemical competitive advantage, while global demand is being slammed by the continuing spread of the coronavirus, reports Joseph Chang, Global Editor, ICIS Chemical Business.

12/03/2020 – News / Construction / Building / Sustainability / Big 5 / Qatar / Tradeshow / DMG

International construction show The Big 5 Construct Qatar, which is gearing up for its third edition later this year, has taken the prize for ‘Green Corporate Event’ at the fourth annual Qatar Sustainability Awards.

10/03/2020 – News / Oil & Gas / Saudi Arabia / OPEC / Russia

The credit outlook for the integrated oil and gas sector in 2020 has worsened to negative from stable, with oil prices set to average well below US$50 a barrel this year – even if Russia and Saudi Arabia ultimately agree to extend their oil output deal.

05/03/2020 – News / Transportation / Saudi Arabia / KSA / Investment / Business / Transport / Germany

The Saudi Minister of Transport, H.E. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, has met with an official delegation of German business leaders to explore the most promising opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s transport sector. The meeting took place at the received at the Ministry’s headquarters in Riyadh.

05/03/2020 – News / Metso / India / Vadodara / Foundry / Manufacturing / Metals

In 2018, Finland-headquartered industrial solutions giant Metso announced a greenfield foundry project in Vadodara, in India’s Gujarat state, with a target to increase the casting wears capacity for the mining and aggregate industries. The ‘First Pour’ event of the new project was recently celebrated in India – and the foundry is expected to start production for customer deliveries for local and global markets this month.

02/03/2020 – News / Energy / Saudi Aramco / Event / Saudi Arabia / iCCUS 2020 / CO2

Last month, KSA’s energy giant Saudi Aramco hosted the international Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage conference 2020 (iCCUS 2020) in Riyadh, as the region’s industrial community explores one of the major solutions for limiting CO2 emissions.

18/02/2020 – News / Construction / Infrastructure / Heavy Machinery / DMG Events / The Big 5 Saudi

Organiser of The Big 5 Saudi, dmg events LLC, has announced the addition of a new outdoor area to facilitate the increased presence of PMV and heavy machinery exhibitors at the premier event, which returns to Jeddah in March for its 10th edition.

18/02/2020 – News / Renewables / Orsted / Denmark / Sustainability / Energy / Decarbonisation

Danish energy firm Ørsted is the world's most sustainable company, according to the recently announced Global 100 ranking. Having completed a fundamental business transformation from fossil fuels to renewables over the past decade, Ørsted is now urging all countries and companies to reduce their carbon emissions to help limit global warming to 1.5ºC.

18/02/2020 – News / Energy / Petroleum / Oil / Gas / Show / Exhibition / Conference / Canada / Calgary

Global Petroleum Show – North America's leading energy event – has announced a complete rebrand to ‘Global Energy Show’ to reflect the industry's continued evolution, as the show builds upon significant technological and sustainable achievements driven by oil & gas and moves to also encompass alternative energy sources. The rebrand comes in advance of the 54th edition of the annual show, taking place in Calgary this June (9th–11th).

13/02/2020 – News / GCC / Smart Cities / Technology / 5G / Dhabi / WFES / Transportation

Increased adoption of automation will play a crucial role in boosting the global smart cities market to US$1.7 trillion by 2023, according to industry experts – and developments in the Middle East are helping to drive smart city innovation – from the UAE’s Masdar City, Bee’ah headquarters, and hyperloop connecting Abu Dhabi to Dubai, to Saudi Arabia’s NEOM smart city, and Egypt’s New Administrative Capital in East Cairo.

13/02/2020 – News / Energy / Renewables / Technology / Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV), the corporate venture capital arm of KSA’s state-owned oil giant, is planning to set up a US$500m fund to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions.

13/02/2020 – News / Technology / Trends / ABI Research / Global

As with every new year, predictions on technology advancements are in abundance. After a tumultuous 2019 beset by many challenges – both integral to technology markets and derived from global market dynamics – 2020 looks set to be equally challenging, according to ABI Research, which has outlined a number of tech trends that it predicts are unlikely to come to fruition this year.

11/02/2020 – News / Chemicals / Trade / Iran / Supply / Industry / Risk / Middle East / ICIS

Military action leading to closure of the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Saudi Arabia could seriously disrupt global trade in chemicals and oil products, says Will Beacham, Deputy Editor of ICIS Chemical Business – with a knock-on effect for the world’s already fragile manufacturing economy.

11/02/2020 – News / Coal / India / Power / Renewables / Carbon / Tax / Waiver / Energy

With India’s coal power sector struggling over the past few years, the Indian government has proposed a carbon tax waiver on coal – one that may pose significant risk to the country’s renewable energy sector growth, according to analytics firm GlobalData.

05/02/2020 – News / Oil & Gas / Event / Europe / Croatia

It is our pleasure to invite you to register for the JUBILEE 35th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC & EXPERT MEETING OF GAS PROFESSIONALS which will be held from 6–8 May, 2020 in the Congress Centre of Grand Hotel Adriatic in Opatija, Croatia.

24/01/2020 – News / Environment / Industry / Global Investment / deVere Group / Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg is not just helping to save the planet – the high-profile environmental campaigner is also reshaping the global investment industry, according to the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.

22/01/2020 – News / Maritime / Construction / Cruise Terminal / YIT / Finland / Port of Tallinn / Estonia

YIT – Finland’s largest construction company – has signed a contract with Port of Tallinn for the construction of a new cruise terminal at the port in Estonia’s capital. The €13-million contract will be entered in the order backlog for Q1 2020. The project will commence this month and is slated for completion in summer 2021.

21/01/2020 – News / Oil & Gas / GlobalData / US / Iran / Global

Following the increased tensions between the US and Iran caused by the assassination of Qassem Suleimani, Will Scargill – Managing Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData – has offered a view on how this will impact the global oil market, noting that wider market context will limit a negative effect on supply.

21/01/2020 – News / Cash / Contactless Cards / eWallets / CO2 Emissions / Global

Switching cash for contactless cards would almost halve the CO2 emissions resulting from the manufacture of polymer, paper and PVC plastic, new research reveals.

20/01/2020 – News / Technology / Robotics / Innovation / Pipeline Technology / Forth Engineering / UK

With the potential to revolutionise performance and safety in industries around the world, a world-first in pipeline technology is set to feature at a leading robotics conference in the UK city of Manchester later this month.

15/01/2020 – News / Oil & Gas / Pipeline / Marjan / Saudi Arabia / GPC / Aramco

Global Pipe Company (GPC), Saudi Arabia’s leading LSAW pipe manufacturer, has received a major purchase order from EPCI company McDermott for the supply of approximately 200km of pipe material – destined for the Kingdom’s mighty Marjan offshore oilfield development.

09/01/2020 – News / Innovation / Hybrid Battery / Electric / E-bike / Nawa Technologies / CES 2020 / USA

NAWA Technologies, maker of next-generation ultra-fast energy storage systems, has revealed its NAWA Racer – a zero-emission motorbike concept featuring a world-first in electric powertrains: a ‘hybrid’ battery.a

09/01/2020 – News / Oil & Gas / GlobalData / Natural Gas / Electric Vehicles / Technology

As 2019 draws to a close, Anna Belova – Senior Oil & Gas Analyst at data and analytics company GlobalData – explores the key trends set to shape the industry in 2020, ranging from a stronger focus on gas developments to a push for shorter-cycle investments.

08/01/2020 – News / Yogogawa Electric Corp / Japan / SABIC / Petrochemicals / Saudi Arabia

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has entered into a strategic alliance framework agreement to accelerate collaboration with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) – ranked amongst the world’s largest petrochemical manufacturers.

18/12/2019 – News / Innovation / Environment / Leather / Fungal Mycelium / Finland

VTT has produced an alternative to leather – composed from fungal mycelium. Now, the Finnish research institute is looking to scale up its manufacturing process of the durable and sustainable material.

18/12/2019 – News / Energy / Power Generation / Coal / Climate / Sustainability / China

As the world turns attention to the UN climate meetings this week, news from China has captured global headlines: From January 2018 to June 2019, the country added 443 gigawatts (GW) of net new coal power capacity to its existing 1,000GW coal fleet, while the rest of the world collectively reduced coal capacity by 8GW.

13/12/2019 – News / Machinery / Germany / VDMA / Export

The country’s industry body, VDMA, says that while exports in the first nine months of 2019 remain positive at 0.6 per cent, exports are down 1.1 per cent in Q3 2019, with France a bright spot for German machinery exports.

13/12/2019 – News / Business / Sustainability / Environment / ESG / HSBC

Sustainability is now firmly on the agenda for management teams of businesses of all sizes, yet only a minority have a clear understanding of how they are performing or how Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics might apply to them, according to a new survey from banking giant HSBC.

11/12/2019 – News / Environment / Innovation / Climate / AC / AirCon / Global Cooling Prize / India

A global coalition led by the Government of India along with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has announced the finalists of the Global Cooling Prize, an international innovation competition to develop super-efficient and climate-friendly residential cooling solutions for homes. The competitors showcased technologies that reduce or eliminate refrigerants linked to climate change, advances that will be vital as the number of room air conditioners nearly quadruples by 2050.

09/12/2019 – News / Transportation / Electric / Trucks / Volvo / Emobility / Europe

Volvo Trucks has announced the start of sales of its Volvo FL and Volvo FE electric trucks in selected markets within Europe, meeting the increasing demand for sustainable transport solutions in city environments.

09/12/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Aramco / Saudi / ADNOC / EPC

The global oil & gas industry has witnessed a substantial boost from contracts activity in the Middle East – led by state-owned firms Saudi Aramco and ADNOC – resulting in a contract value of US$44.4bn in Q3 2019, according to GlobalData.

09/12/2019 – News / Renewables / Sustainable / Innovation / Solar Photovoltaic / Floating Solar Energy

Large-scale floating solar photovoltaic (PV) plants could be one of the solutions for a sustainable energy supply. A new EU project will help to advance this technology and make it more cost-efficient.

28/11/2019 – News / Real Estate / Shopping Centre / Al Akaria / Triple Five Worldwide / Saudi Arabia

Al Akaria Saudi Real Estate Company (SRECO) – one of the largest publicly listed real estate developers on the Saudi stock exchange (Tadawul) – has announced an initial collaboration with Arabian Dream (owned by developer Triple Five Worldwide) to develop a multi-billion-dollar mixed-use entertainment and shopping centre project in Akaria’s Al Widyan site in Riyadh’s northern growth corridor.

22/11/2019 – News / Transportation / Technology / Electric / Sustainability / Hyperloop TT / Gaussin

Elon Musk’s vision of a system that moves people and goods at unprecedented speeds safely, efficiently, and sustainably has itself moved closer to reality with the announcement of a new strategic partnership between Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) and leading French transport and logistics engineering corporation Gaussin.

22/11/2019 – News / Energy / Renewables / Wind Farm / Fu-Gen AG / Abraxas Capital Management / Vestas

Swiss energy company Fu-Gen AG has partnered with British asset manager Abraxas Capital Management to construct a wind farm outside Skellefteå for a total investment of €56 million.

21/11/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / MOL Group / Hungary

Budapest-headquartered international oil & gas company MOL Group has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2019. Despite a weaker macro environment and much lower oil and gas prices, strong Q3 EBITDA allows MOL Group to raise 2019 full year guidance to “around US$2.4bn” from US$2.3bn.

12/11/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / ADIPEC / SPX Flow / US

When a bolt has seized or a flange gasket requires inspection, Bolting Systems tools from SPX® FLOW have long set the standard in the oil & gas industry. This week at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, the US-headquartered firm is showcasing its range of flange spreaders, hydraulic nut splitters and hydraulic nuts – utilised the world over to help increase operational efficiency, safety and maintenance.

12/11/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / ADIPEC / Nidec ASI / Italy

Italian multinational Nidec ASI is presenting its new range of medium-voltage variable frequency drives this week at ADIPEC – one of the leading oil & gas industry events, held annually in Abu Dhabi. The new innovative range focuses on a high level of energy efficiency, low environmental impact and greater useability.

11/11/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Technology / Virtual Reality / VR Tech / GlobalData

Following the rapid adoption of virtual reality (VR) technology in consumer markets, the oil & gas industry is witnessing wide-scale deployment of this technology across its value chain, according to GlobalData, which reports that such tech is supporting plant simulation and skill development.

11/11/2019 – News / Energy / Nuclear / Cumbria Nuclear Solutions / UK

A consortium has become the first to reach one million hours of safe working on a nuclear programme.

04/11/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Technology / 3D Printing / Manufacturing / GlobalData

The use of additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is gradually increasing in the oil & gas industry. Currently accounting for less than 0.1 per cent of the overall global manufacturing market, it is estimated that the 3D printing market will be worth US$32bn by 2025 and over US$60bn by 2030, according to GlobalData.

04/11/2019 – News / Crude Oil / FPSO / Floating Production Storage & Offloading Vessels / Brazil

Brazil continues to drive global deployment of floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs), with 21 planned and announced FPSOs during the outlook period 2019 to 2025, according to GlobalData.

04/11/2019 – News / Energy / Storage / Innovation / Africa / Azelio / Sweden

Azelio – a public Swedish  firm specialising in thermal energy storage – has agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Swedish sustainable energy solutions company STELLA Futura, to work together on setting up a small-scale commercial project in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim is to demonstrate Azelio’s technology in a real-world commercial set-up, paving the way for broader regional implementation together with STELLA Futura.

17/10/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Event / Automation / Technology / Innovation / AUTOMA / Switzerland

AUTOMA 2019 – the Oil & Gas Automation and Digitalisation Congress – concluded earlier this week in Zurich, Switzerland, having explored the latest trends, projects, innovations and technologies in the increasingly vital spheres of automation and digitalisation.

16/10/2019 – News / Utilities / Environment / SUEZ / Global

French utilities giant SUEZ has announced a comprehensive strategic plan to position the Group now for the opportunities and the challenges of the next decade.

07/10/2019 – News / Power Utilities / Technology / Robots / Drones / GlobalData

Robots and drones now play a crucial role in the power utilities space as companies are increasingly using robotics to handle the inspection of risky, time-consuming, and hard-to-reach assets, as well as for improving maintainance and operation activities, according to GlobalData.

07/10/2019 – News / Energy / Environment / Fossil Fuel / IFC

Fossil fuel burning back-up generators in developing countries produce as much power as 700-1,000 coal-fired power stations, consume up to US$50 billion in fuel costs annually, and emit dangerous chemicals into homes and businesses, according to a new report by the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.

27/09/2019 – News / Environment / Sustainability / Climate Change / Warwick Business School / UK

A new study by Warwick Business School suggests that recalling previous green behaviour better motivates us to make green choices in the future.

25/09/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Oil Markets / Saudi Arabia

Oil markets stand exposed to price shocks after the crippling attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities slashed more than half its total production. If the country uses its own oil stocks to make up for the shortage, this gives the market just over a month until the inventories run dry, writes Richard Price, Global Crude Oil Deputy Editor at ICIS.

24/09/2019 – News / Aviation / The Single European Sky / Air Traffic Management / Europe

Representatives of 21 EU aviation and workers associations have signed a joint declaration committing to a set of concrete actions to implement the vision of a Single European Sky (SES) to enhance Europe’s airspace.

24/09/2019 – News / Science & Technology / Flexible displays / Screens / Smartphones

In the wake of Apple's unveiling of a new iPhone at their most recent hardware event last week, ABI Research forecasts that smartphone shipments with some type of foldable, flexible, or rollable display will start picking up steam as early as 2020, with growth to reach 228 million in 2028. Tablets are likewise in line for this enhancement, which will bring the total number of devices impacted to 240 million over that timeframe.

19/09/2019 – News / Energy / Electric Vehicles / Sustainability / Utilities / Oil & Gas

Europe’s energy sector is bracing itself for the impact of the electro-transformation of the auto industry, set to usher forth multiple new challenges – and opportunities. Scope Ratings analysts Sebastian Zank and Marlen Shokhitbayev take a closer look at how the EU’s push toward zero-emission vehicles is altering the outlook for utilities and oil & gas companies.

19/09/2019 – News / Environment / Sustainability / Concrete / EP Henry / Solidia Technologies / US

US firm EP Henry – the leading manufacturer of unit concrete products in North America – in collaboration with cement and concrete tech start-up Solidia Technologies, has introduced the world’s first products made with low-carbon Solidia Concrete. The sustainable products boast up to a 70-per-cent reduced carbon footprint while also saving water, energy and manufacturing time.

11/09/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Crude Distillation / Asia / GlobalData

Asia is expected to drive new-build crude distillation unit (CDU) capacity growth in the global refinery industry from planned and announced (new-build) projects between 2019 and 2023, contributing around 36 per cent of global CDU capacity growth by 2023, according to GlobalData.

11/09/2019 – News / Renewables / Energy / Subsidy-Free / RECAI / Global

The renewable energy sector is entering a new phase of subsidy-free growth across the world, according to the 53rd EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI).

06/09/2019 – News / Energy / Climate Change / Environment / Sustainability / Tata Power

‘Club Enerji’, Tata Power's nationwide resource and energy conservation initiative with a strategic focus on nation-building, has reported it has sensitised over 23.8 million people across seven cities – New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Ajmer – and saved around four million units (MUs) of electricity across 533 schools in 2018-19.

22/08/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Digital Technology / Event / AUTOMA / Switzerland

AUTOMA 2019, the congress dedicated to automation and digitalisation in the oil & gas industry, will be held from 14–15 October in Zurich, Switzerland, gathering key players from the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream segments to discuss the efficiency of using digital technologies throughout the sector.

22/08/2019 – News / Security / Training / Virtual, Online / PerpetuityARC Training / UK

UK-based PerpetuityARC Training, part of Linx International Group, has launched a new interactive and virtual online learning platform – Linxville – that’s visually reminiscent of classic computer games such as The Sims and Sim City, with ‘Perimeter Security’ being the firm’s first bitesize course to launch.

02/08/2019 – News / Energy / Renewables / E.ON / GlobalData / UK

Major power utility E.ON’s move to supply its residential customers with 100-per-cent renewable electricity could potentially influence the Big Six to move towards renewable energy, and signals a changing trend in the UK power market, according to leading analytics firm GlobalData.

02/08/2019 – News / Aerospace / Boeing / Kitty Hawk Corporation / Flying Taxi / USA

Aerospace giant Boeing and flying taxi start-up Kitty Hawk Corporation have announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on future efforts to advance safe urban air mobility.

02/08/2019 – News / Energy / Oil & Gas / Guyana / GlobalData

Guyana’s Department of Energy has announced that it plans to increase the government take by raising royalties payable on oil and gas production in the future licensing round in Q3 2020, Alessandro Bacci, Upstream Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData, offers his view on what this means for the country’s future competitiveness in this field.

22/07/2019 – News / Energy / Renewables / Solar / Abu Dhabi Fund for Development / Cuba

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for international development aid, together with the Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), has inaugurated a new 10 megawatt (MW) solar PV project. The grid-connected project was financed by ADFD with US$15 million under the IRENA/ADFD Project Facility and will deliver enough electricity to power the equivalent of nearly 7,000 Cuban homes.

16/07/2019 – News / Event / Energy / Offshore / Baltic Sea / Polish Electricity Association

Discussion of issues related to the development of the offshore in the Baltic Sea were the main goal of the second edition of the Summer Day event organised by the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE). A meeting with EU officials, new members of the European Parliament, heads of companies, and representatives of accredited organisations took place in Brussels on Wednesday (10th July 2019.

16/07/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Total / Congo / Weltec / Cementless / Technology / Africa

The technology of Welltec, a world leader in the development of innovative well intervention and well construction solutions, has played a crucial role in delivering the world’s first deployment of a truly cementless completion. The potentially game-changing technology was deployed in the Republic of Congo at oil major Total E&P’s Moho North Albian field development project.

04/07/2019 – News / Sustainability / Plastic / Green Events / Glastonbury / Bureau Veritas

With Glastonbury festival-goers urged to ditch the plastic at last weekend’s event, Bureau Veritas is encouraging event organisers to ‘up their game’ on sustainability, adding that more needs to be done to speed up the transition to a greener events industry.

26/06/2019 – News / Event / Oil & Gas / Innovation / ADIPEC / UAE

The ninth edition of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) Awards – hosted by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) – is now open for submissions.

24/06/2019 – News / Business / SMEs / Employment / OECD / Global

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have proved to be a significant driver of employment growth in recent years, mainly via the creation of new firms, including in high-growth sectors such as ICT. However, a new study issued by the OECD – ‘SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook’, which encompasses 36 country profiles – highlights how most SME job creation has been in sectors with below average productivity levels, and that SMEs typically paid employees around 20 per cent less than large firms.

24/06/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Event / AUTOMA 2019 / Automation / Digitalisation

On 14-15 October 2019, major upstream and downstream oil & gas companies will gather in Zurich, Switzerland, for this year’s AUTOMA congress, to discuss automation and digitalisation from a variety of angles, and to showcase their experience in these increasingly crucial areas of transformation for the energy sector.

19/06/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Technology / Robotics / GlobalData / Global

The oil & gas industry is gearing up to deploy robotics across a wide range of applications in the upstream, midstream and downstream segments, primarily to drive productivity and efficiency amid volatility in crude prices, according to a new GlobalData study.

19/06/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Economy / International Energy Agency / Global

World trade growth has fallen back to its slowest pace since the financial crisis ten years ago, and the consequences for oil demand are becoming apparent, says the International Energy Agency (IEA), which has just published its first oil & gas outlook for 2019.

13/06/2019 – News / Metals / Iron Ore / S&P Global Market Intelligence / Global

With total year-over-year losses of 5 per cent recorded among global iron ore producers in Q1 2019, the seaborne iron ore market is expected to fall into a larger deficit this year than previously anticipated.

07/06/2019 – News / Cyber Security / Sepio Systems / Johnson Controls / US

Cybersecurity expert Sepio Systems is gaining momentum in the US after adding an important new customer and channel partner – the Integrated Security Solutions business unit of Johnson Controls. The company has also recently strengthened its advisory board.

06/06/2019 – News / Energy / Electricity / Renewables / IRENA

Renewable power is the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world already today, the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. The report contributes to the international discussion on raising climate action worldwide, ahead of Abu Dhabi’s global preparatory meeting for the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September.

06/06/2019 – News / Chemicals / Purified Terephthalic Acid / PTA / India / GlobalData

India is set to become a net exporter of Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) – used in the manufacture of both polyester fibre and PET – over the next four years, with exports expected to rise at a dramatic 48.9-per-cent CAGR from 2017–2022, to 1.552 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), according to a new report from GlobalData.

30/05/2019 – News / Energy / Renewables / Wind / Solar / Vietnam

In the decades ahead, Vietnam willl see deployment of non-hydro renewables expanding at the fastest rate – registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.4 per cent. Both government policies and the significant untapped renewable potential in the country will be major drivers of this dynamic, according to a new study by Global Data.

30/05/2019 – News / Technology / 3D Printing / Industrial Additive Manufacturing / Siemens / HP

HP and Siemens have announced an expansion of their strategic alliance to help customers transform their businesses with industrial additive manufacturing (AM).

22/05/2019 – News / Construction / Elevators / Escalators / KGX1 / KONE Corporation / Google / UK

KONE Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has won an order to equip Google's new UK headquarters building, KGX1. The 11-story-tall and 312-metre-long ‘landscraper’ will run parallel to the platforms of London's King's Cross railway station in England and will sit at the heart of a campus for 7,000 Google employees.

22/05/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Offshore / Innovation / Upwing Energy / Mitsubishi Heavy Ind / DeepStar

California-headquartered Upwing Energy, an artificial lift technology company, together with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), one of the world’s leading industrial firms, have been selected by global offshore research and development consortium DeepStar to perform a feasibility and conceptual study of Upwing’s Magnetic Drive System (MDS) for Electric Submersible Pumps (ESPs).

15/05/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / LNG / Liquefied Natural Gas / BloombergNEF

The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is set to see sharp shifts between excess supply and excess demand from 2019–2023, according to research firm BNEF, which say that the effect on prices may hinge on weather patterns.

15/05/2019 – News / Automotive / Logistics / Blockchain / Europe

Vinturas, a consortium of leading Automotive logistics service providers in Europe, has announced that it will operate a digital, blockchain-based platform, in order to provide end-to-end visibility in the supply chain of finished vehicles.

15/05/2019 – News / Power / Energy / Thermal Power / GlobalData

Following the recent announcement by Siemens to spin off its Power and Gas business, Harminder Singh – Director of Power at GlobalData – offers his view on the implications of this move for the industry, in which investment is set to shrink significantly in the years ahead as countries strive to decarbonise their economies.

10/05/2019 – News / Maritime / Shipping / Customs / Technology / Maersk / Europe

Maersk has launched Customs Clearance online shipping management platform in seven European countries – Germany, France, Denmark, The Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and Spain – with the goal of expanding this offering across the world by the end of 2019.

08/05/2019 – News / Sustainability / Renewable Energy / Offshore / India / Denmark

Following recent news that the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India (MNRE) and Denmark’s Ministry for Energy, Utilities, and Climate have signed a co-operation agreement in the field of renewable energy with a special focus on offshore wind, Ankit Mathur, Practice Head of Power at GlobalData, offers some valuable insights.

08/05/2019 – News / Event / Expo 2020 Dubai / Thailand / Digital Innovation

Thailand is a step closer to showcasing its new age of digital innovation in a floral-inspired pavilion, after becoming the first South East Asian nation to begin construction on its Expo 2020 Dubai plot.

08/05/2019 – News / Business / Economics / Oil & Gas / Sanctions / US / Iran

On Monday (22nd April) the White House announced that it is preparing to start imposing sanctions on key US allies unless they stop buying oil from Iran. Nelson Dong – senior partner at law firm Dorsey & Whitney, member of the Board of Directors for both the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) and also the Washington State China Relations Council (WSCRC) – says the ending of sanctions waivers on the purchase of Iranian oil is a “logical and not-unexpected escalation” of America’s economic pressure on the Middle Eastern country.

03/05/2019 – News / Business / Cambodia / Asia / InvestAsia

Cambodia is the most attractive destination for investment in Asia, according to extensive research conducted by asset management and consultancy firm InvestAsian.

01/05/2019 – News / Event / Water / Global Water Intelligence / GWI

Global Water Intelligence (GWI) has announced the winners of the 2019 Global Water Awards – presented at the Natural History Museum, London as part of the Global Water Summit 2019. The coveted awards recognise the industry’s greatest achievements over the previous year, rewarding initiatives and companies in the water, wastewater and desalination sectors that are moving the industry forward through improved operating performance, innovative technology adoption and sustainable financial models.

01/05/2019 – News / Sustainability / Renewables / EVs / Fastned / Technology / UK

Fastned – the charging company currently building a network of fast charging stations across Europe – has today opened its first fast-charging station in the United Kingdom.

16/04/2019 – News / Maritime / Shipping / Piracy / IMB

The International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) report for Q1 2019 reveals fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships than the first three months of 2018.

16/04/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / LNG / LNG-to-Power / IFC / Gás Natural Açu / Brazil

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a US$288 million, 15-year loan to UTE GNA I Geração de Energia (GNA I) for the development, construction and operation of an integrated liquefied natural gas to power (LNG-to-power) facility in Porto de Açu, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The project is being developed by GNA (Gás Natural Açu) – a joint venture between Prumo Logística, BP and Siemens focused on structuring, implementing and operating sustainable energy and gas projects.

12/04/2019 – News / Business / SMEs / UK / EU / Brexit

The decision to delay Brexit by another six months (until 31st October) will have major implications for both British and European politics, with the UK possibly facing a new prime minister, a general election, or a second referendum, within the coming months. However, extending Britain’s membership of the EU could also have huge ramifications for Britain’s small and medium sized businesses (SMEs).

10/04/2019 – News / Science & Technology / Event / Electric Vehicles / Innovation / France

From 19–22 May, the 32nd Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS32) will be held in the French city of Lyon, gathering leading scientific researchers, tech innovators and major businesses from across the world – all focused on the pursuit of advancing electro-mobility – for the event’s 50th anniversary edition.

10/04/2019 – News / Environment / Sustainability / Waste / Plastic / Fuel / Quantafuel / Norway

Energy company Quantafuel and resource management firm Geminor have entered a co-operation agreement to secure deliveries of plastic waste to Quantafuel's plants for low-emission fuel production.

10/04/2019 – News / Environment / Climate Change / Criminal Trade / Refrigerant Gas / Europe

A key initiative in Europe’s strategy to fight climate change is being undermined by an escalating trade in climate-harming refrigerant gases, reveals the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)’s new report.

08/04/2019 – News / Business / Investment / Sustainability

‘Impact Investing’ is gaining ground – and fast. High-profile investors have long extolled what has today become an almost universally recognised trend: that investors are increasingly seeking out rewarding opportunities that also improve the world. Supporting this assertion is Dalma Capital’s forecast that the alternative investments asset class will be worth US$14 trillion by 2023.

08/04/2019 – News / Utilities / Water / Appointment / CEO / SUEZ / France

French utility giant SUEZ has announced the appointment of Yuvbir Singh as CEO of its Water Technologies & Solutions (WTS) Division. Mr Singh will take up his position on 8th April, succeeding Heiner Markhoff.

25/03/2019 – News / Business / Economy / OECD / Global

The global economy is slowing and major risks persist, with growth weakening much more than expected in Europe, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Report.

25/03/2019 – News / Sustainability / Recycling / Waste / Fuels / Geminor / Germany

The so-called ‘Gewerbeabfallverordnung’ (commercial waste ordinance) regulation, which makes Germany the first country in the EU to strengthen laws on recycling of waste, is already having positive effects on the export of secondary fuels from Germany.

20/03/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Crude Oil / North Sea / Norway / GlobalData

Among the countries in the North Sea, Norway is expected to spend the highest new-build capital expenditure (capex) of US$21.2bn on the development of the planned and announced projects from 2019–2025, according to analysts at GlobalData.

20/03/2019 – News / Maritime / Innovation / ICT / Technology / Stena Line / Sweden

During Innovation Day on 7th March in Karlskrona, Sweden, this year’s winners of the Stena Line Propeller Prize 2019 were announced. The SEK 100,000 (US$10,560) award was handed out in two categories, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Marine technology, where the first international company was awarded since the Prize was first held in 2015.

18/03/2019 – News / Automotive / EV / Energy Storage / Renewables / Tesla / Maxwell Technologies

One of the biggest game-changing news stories in the electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage space is the impending acquisition by Tesla of Maxwell Technologies – for a reported US$218 million with the all-stock-deal expected to be finalised in Q2 2019. Analysts at Frost & Sullivan examine the impact on Tesla and the wider industry.

18/03/2019 – News / Aviation / Fuel / Emissions / Sustainability / Renewables / Neste / GHG / Sweden

Sweden has an ambitious target of being fossil-free by 2045. As a part of the initiative, a proposal for decarbonising aviation in Sweden was announced this week.

15/03/2019 – News / Construction / The Big 5 / Event / Nigeria / Africa

With the government’s capital expenditure on construction reaching US$2.2bn in 2018, Nigeria is of huge interest to the international business community today, given the impressive pipeline of construction projects in Africa’s most populous country today.

14/03/2019 – News / Energy / Renewables / Innovation / Solar / Irrigation / Azuri Technologies / Africa

GrowFast – the pay-as-you-go solar irrigation solution from Azuri Technologies – has been named a winner of the Uganda renewable energy fund, launched by the UN CleanStart programme and Embassy of Sweden.

13/03/2019 – News / HSE / Health / Safety / Environment / Event / Dubai / Conference / UAE / 2019 / April

With just one month to go until the much-awaited World HSE Week, the event’s organisers – Verve Management – are excited to be ramping up preparations for the show, scheduled to run from 7th–11th April 2019 at the Roda Al Murooj, Dubai, UAE.

13/03/2019 – News / Metals / Welding Fumes / Health / Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas has applauded the Health & Safety Executive (HSE)’s action to increase awareness of the hazards posed by welding fume, following its recent safety alert enforcing greater restrictions and protection against exposure.

13/03/2019 – News / Business / Cyber Security / Infrastructure / Infosecurity Europe

Convergence between physical and cyber environments is leaving businesses exposed, with a new poll conducted by Infosecurity Europe – – Europe’s number one information security event – finding that 59 per cent of the ICT security professionals surveyed believe that an attack on the UK’s critical national infrastructure is likely this year.

13/03/2019 – News / Engineering / Leisure / Surfing / Artificial Lagoons / SENER / WAVEGARDEN

Engineering and technology group SENER and the company WAVEGARDEN® – the market leader in the design, manufacture and supply of wave generation systems and surfing lagoons – have established a strategic alliance to construct and deliver turnkey WAVEGARDEN surfing facilities throughout the world.

05/03/2019 – News / Industry / Business / Forum / Exhibition / Environmental / MIECF / Macao

The ‘2019 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition’ (2019MIECF) will be held from 28th–30th March under the theme ‘Promoting Ecological Civilization and Green Development’.

01/03/2019 – News / Energy / Renewables / Wind Turbines / Vestas / Denmark

Just four wind turbine manufacturers accounted for more than half (57 per cent) of the machines deployed in 2018 – Denmark’s Vestas, China’s Goldwind, GE Renewable Energy of the US, and Spain’s Siemens Gamesa, with Vestas leading the pack. Developers commissioned a little over 45GW of onshore wind turbines globally in 2018 – a three-per-cent year-on-year decline, partly due to a slowdown in India and Germany – yet BloombergNEF (BNEF) expects growth to bounce back by 32 per cent in 2019, with a 32-per-cent jump to 60GW.

01/03/2019 – News / Environment / Technology / Innovation / eMobility / Eleqtec / The Netherlands

Australian-Israeli company Electriq~Global (www.Electriq.com) and Dutch startup Eleqtec (www.eleqtec.com) have entered into an agreement to launch the former’s water-based fuel technology in the Netherlands. Together, they plan to launch Electriq~Fuel’s recycling plants, and to introduce eMobility applications for trucks, barges and mobile generators in 2020.

01/03/2019 – News / Environment / Clean-tech / Emissions / Drones / Aeromon / Finland

Aeromon – the Finnish company behind the emissions measurement devices that can be used in drone-mounted, hand-held and fixed configurations to reveal hidden industrial emissions – has just launched its first commercially available product. With the new device, the clean-tech firm aims to help industrial operators in maritime, oil & gas, waste & recycling, and pulp & paper mitigate environmental harm and meet emissions regulations both efficiently and safely.

22/02/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Upstream Projects / Royal Dutch Shell Plc / GlobalData

A total new-build capital expenditure (capex) of US$846 billion is forecast to be spent globally on planned and announced upstream projects from 2019 to 2025. Royal Dutch Shell Plc leads among all oil & gas companies, and is expected to spend US$54.6bn on upcoming upstream projects during the forecast period, according to data and analytics firm GlobalData.

22/02/2019 – News / Maritime / Refining / Shipping / International Maritime Organization / IMO

IMO fuel regulations will roil markets, creating uncertainty and higher costs in markets far beyond oil, says a new IHS Markit report. 

22/02/2019 – News / Business / Appointments / Precision Global / Aerosol Valve / USA

Precision Global – the company behind the modern aerosol valve – has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Godsey as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of its global Group.

27/01/2019 – News / Business / Economics / World Economic Forum / Global

The world’s ability to foster collective action in the face of urgent major crises has eroded considerably over the past year, with worsening international relations hindering action across a growing array of serious challenges, finds the World Economic Forum’s just-released Global Risks Report 2019. Meanwhile, a darkening economic outlook – in part caused by geopolitical tensions – looks set to further reduce the potential for international co-operation in 2019, the report’s authors warn.

27/01/2019 – News / Business / Acquisitions / Group Duval / Africa Global Recycling

French family-owned real estate player Groupe Duval has acquired a 20-per-cent equity holding in Africa Global Recycling (AGR) – a key player of the green economy and waste-recycling sector in sub-Saharan Africa

27/01/2019 – News / Oil & Gas / Eni SpA / Middle East / GlobalData

Following recent announcements of Eni S.p.A.’s acquisition of new exploration acreage in Bahrain, the UAE and Oman, Will Scargill – Senior Oil & Gas Analyst at analytics firm GlobalData – offers his view on these assets’ place within the oil supermajor’s wider strategy.

17/01/2019 – News / Environment / Sustainability / Emissions / Technology / Biomass / RJM International

RJM International – an award-winning provider of emissions reduction technology and equipment – has announced two new contract wins in Europe. Both projects will require RJM to apply its expertise in resolving complex emissions and combustion challenges that can arise when firing biomass or when plants introduce new fuels to their fuel diet.

17/01/2019 – News / Business / Legislation / Security / Cyber Threat / Brexit / UK

Cyber threats and changes in legislation and regulation, including concerns around Brexit, are considered the biggest risks by UK risk experts (joint #1 with 48 per cent of responses), according to the newly released Allianz Risk Barometer 2019. Meanwhile, cyber incidents (37 per cent of responses) are neck-and-neck with ‘business interruption’ (37 per cent of responses) as the top business risks globally.