All articles by Elliot Gardner

Innovations extending the life, and worth, of offshore oil projects

Decommissioning can be an extremely unattractive prospect to offshore operators and platform holders. The process can be extremely risky, especially…
Aberdeen University: cornering the market on decommissioning training

All around the world, offshore oil and gas facilities are coming to the end of their lives. In the North…
IGP methanol and NW Innovation lead global methanol capacity additions

GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Global Methanol Capacity and Capital Expenditure Outlook, 2018 – IGP Methanol and NW Innovation Lead Global Capacity…
Tracking the world’s biggest upcoming offshore gas projects

According to GlobalData statistics, capital expenditure of $186bn is expected to be spent across the lifetime of the top ten…
Dismantling offshore: will a new consortium reduce the burden of decommissioning?

Decommissioning of oil and gas installations is a tricky process for offshore operators, and it often offers little or no…

International Petroleum to acquire assets in Canada for $414.72m

A subsidiary of International Petroleum (IPC) has signed an agreement to acquire Cenovus Energy’s interests in the oil and natural…
China places limits on oil exports to North Korea

China has curbed oil exports to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to the recently imposed UN…
ExxonMobil to reduce methane emissions from operations across US

ExxonMobil has rolled out an expanded programme to cut methane gas emissions from its shale oil and gas operations in…
Veresen submits applications for energy projects in US

Veresen has submitted applications with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in connection with Jordan Cove energy project and…
BP’s Khazzan gas field in Oman starts production

Oil major BP has started production from the Khazzan gas field, which is operated by the company in partnership with…