A greenhouse gas

Singapore (VNA) – Royal Dutch Shell PLC is considering to install solar panels to power its Pulau Bukom refinery site in Singapore, according to the company. The Pulau Bukom site includes a 500,000 barrels-per-day refinery, which is Shell’s largest wholly owned refinery. The oil and gas company has been exploring solar installations for its other sites in Singapore as part of its plans to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprint, Shell said in a statement. The firm is installing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roofs of seven lubricant manufacturing plants in China, India, Italy, Singapore and Switzerland, the firm noted. It has so far identified three manufacturing and logistics sites in Singapore’s Tuas, Jurong Island and Pandan to install a solar PV power generation system, with a combined capacity of about three megawatts. The first and largest of the three Shell solar farms, which will go live next month, will have more than 6,500 panels … [Read more...] about Shell considers installing solar panels at its plants in Singapore

US voices concern about China’s interference in Vietnam’s oil and gas activities The United States Department of State said on August 22 that it is deeply concerned about China’s interference in Vietnam’s longstanding oil and gas activities in Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claim.   … [Read more...] about Vietnam-Russia cooperation in oil and gas: great opportunities ahead

Bac Lieu (VNA) – The People’s Committee of Bac Lieu province on January 21 granted an investment decision to Singapore’s Delta Offshore Energy Pte.Ltd (DOE) to build a 3,200MW liquefied natural gas-fired power plant. The project, worth approximately 4 billion USD, is the biggest foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the Mekong Delta region. According to DOE Singapore, the project will comprise of a power plant built on 40 hectares in Vinh Hau A commune (Hoa Binh district), a floating station to receive and store 150,000-174,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG), a gas recycling station, and a 35km high pressure gas pipeline. By the end of 2020, the investor said it will complete the preparation of the project investment and in the next three years, it will deploy the construction of the LNG receiving and storage area and the gas recycling station as well as bring the gas pipeline ashore and operate the first-phase gas turbine with a designed … [Read more...] about Liquefied natural gas-fired power plant to be built in Bac Lieu

Noteworthy projects in the period included the smart city project in Dong Anh district which costs more than 4.2 billion USD, invested by a joint venture between BRG Group and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan. Hong Kong’s BeerCo Limited spent 3.85 billion USD on acquiring a stake in Vietnam Beverage Co., Ltd, a local unit of Thai Beverage Public Co., Ltd. Meanwhile, Japan’s Meiko Electronics added 200 million USD to its facility. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s FDI inflow up in ten months

Anti-government protesters attend a rally to call for democratic reforms in Hong Kong, China January 19, 2020 – PHOTO: REUTERS HONG KONG (REUTERS) - A prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was arrested by police, his organisation said on Monday, after a protest he helped organise in the financial district a day earlier turned violent with officers firing tear gas to disperse the crowds. … [Read more...] about Police arrest organiser of Hong Kong protest after rally turns violent