Energy business journalist, copywriter & consultant.
Nicholas Newman Afrelec October 2017 Since taking office in January 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo, alarmed that Ghana’s dash for electricity risked swinging from power shortages to a power glut — and paying too much in the process – has applied the brakes on the power procurement process. Renewable power projects, […]
Nicholas Newman AFROIL October 2017 To meet increasing global demand for cleaner energy from industry and the power sector, BP is shifting its product portfolio towards gas. By 2025 the company expects 60 percent of its production to be gas compared with 50 percent today. 75 percent of BP’s planned start-ups […]
Nicholas Newman eniday October 2017 Hybrid cars and buses are growing in importance in the transportation sector. Still in the pioneering stage are hybrid power plants, which utilize several different power generation technologies, such as diesel, biogas, gas, solar and wind, often integrated or combined with some form of energy storage… A hybrid power plant can […]
Yesterday I participated in the Future Oil & Gas 2017 in London at the Strand Palace Hotel London. Here I met some interesting people including: Cédric Morel, Managing Director, Sensile Technologies SA Dave Fitch, Head of Operations, The Data Lab Julian Pickering, CEO, Geologix Systems Integrations Michael Jones, Sr Director Strategy […]
Nicholas Newman Pipeline Gas Journal September 2017 Turkey’s close proximity to over 75% of the world’s proven oil and gas reserves makes it a vital conduit for piped oil and gas from Russia, central Asia and the Middle East to European countries. Oil and gas from Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq and […]
Nicholas Newman Flame September 2017 The last decade has seen dramatic changes in the global gas market, because of the arrival of new supplies, challenges, and technological solutions. For instance, the global gas glut has encouraged new opportunities to occur in the transport, petrochemical and power generation sectors. In addition, […]
Nicholas Newman Eniday La tecnologia per trasformare il gas in un liquido, trasportarlo per nave, ferrovia o camion e poi riconvertirlo in gas è una sorta di magia. Come tutte le innovazioni industriali, ha una paternità umana e può essere accreditata a due scienziati: Godfrey Cabot, che brevettò nel 1915 […]
By Nicholas Newman July 2017 In June 2008, the total worldwide rig count was 3269 and in June 2017 it was 2,135. There are several reasons oil and gas drilling activity has declined since 2008, these include the problem of demand and supply being out of balance. There are too much supply and […]
July 2017, Vol. 244, No. 7 By Nicholas Newman, Contributing Editor Pipeline Gas Journal July 2017 Virtual pipelines are scheduled shipments of natural gas between two points – from A to B – by road, rail or sea without a fixed pipeline. Virtual pipeline operations are usually to be found […]
Nicholas Newman Eniday July 2017 Rising market penetration and increasing supplies of gas are making development of new gas storage facilities a priority for many companies… Gas storage ensures availability, irrespective of the season. It enables ExxonMobil in Texas and OMV in Austria to provide additional gas to meet peak […]