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PTTEP warns Chevron handover at Erawan a key risk

Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) reported it is having difficulty accessing the Chevron-operated Erawan gas field to install production facilities as planned, ahead of a handover next year.

Repsol’s Indonesian wildcat targeting 4 Tcf of gas

Analysts at IHS Market report that Repsol’s highly anticipated Rencong-1X wildcat in the frontier deep waters of Indonesia’s North Sumatra basin is targeting prospective gas resources of 4 trillion cubic feet (cf).

What would Scottish thermodynamic giants have thought of our hydrogen future?

I watched a Scottish Energy Forum’s webinar – The Future of Hydrogen in Scotland – presented by Stuart Mckay, the Scottish Government’s head of hydrogen policy.

Developing a high-tech catalyst production industry in Russia: challenges and opportunities

Environmental requirements around petroleum products are becoming increasingly stringent, and the share of heavy oil in the refining process is rising. In response to these challenges, Russia has undertaken large-scale modernisation of its oil refineries. Deep conversion of raw hydrocarbons is becoming essential. Catalyst processes are key to facilitating this, and, as such, now account for more than 80% of all secondary oil-refining processes.

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