Energy News and Jobs - Weekly Roundup - 23rd February 2024
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURED RECRUITER:
Kintec Global Recruitment - HIRING IN THE UK
Kintec Recruitment Ltd is a specialist recruitment company supplying technical personnel within the Oil and Gas, Rail, Life Sciences, Power, Chemicals and Infrastructure industries, to a host of countries around the globe.
We established our processes early on; building lasting relationships with clients and candidates, ensuring we have the expertise and industry knowledge to succeed.
Kintec has continued to develop and push forward – thanks largely to our team and their ability to source the best candidates for every project.
KINTEC UK JOBS INCLUDE:
Commercial Coordinator - Aberdeen
E&I Engineer - Remote
Technical Safety Engineer - London
Lead Electrical Engineer - Remote
Lead Instrument Engineer - Remote
Subsea Project Engineer - London
HSE Manager - Cheshire
Mechanical Engineer - Coventry
Electrical Technician - Basingstoke
Subcontract Manager - London
Operations Manager ( Drilling ) - Aberdeen
Estimator - London
Financial Accountant - Waterford (Ireland)
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OIL AND GAS NEWS
Tumbling US natural gas prices prove unstoppable, hurting producers
For nearly a year, U.S. natural gas producers have slammed the brakes on production as prices fall. But relentless output gains including from oil companies that pump gas as an oil byproduct have unleashed record supplies.
In the oil versus gas contest, gas producers are losing out. Some are shutting in wells, canceling projects or selling themselves to rivals to avoid losses. Natural gas prices this month fell to an inflation-adjusted 30-year low of $1.59 per thousand cubic feet, benefiting consumers of the fuel like utilities, but hurting producers who are selling at nominal prices as low as they were in the depths of the COVID-19 downturn.
Nowhere is the pain of cheap gas as evident as Denver-based BKV Corporation . In the last five years, it spent $2.7 billion to acquire 4,000 gas wells and two gas-fired power plants. It also pledged $250 million to build a dozen underground carbon capture and storage sites to make its gas more climate friendly.
The nosedive in U.S. gas prices has stalled BKV's plans for an initial public offering and scuttled the carbon joint venture with Verde CO2 to couple its gas and power plants with carbon sequestration. BKV last year narrowly avoided loan defaults with a $150 million bailout by its parent.
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ReGenerateNZ Ltd are HIRING !
Senior Mechanical Engineer - consulting role
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7,400 ENERGY JOBS IN SAUDI ARABIA
Tax-free salaries, high wages, and generous benefits make Saudi Arabia an invaluable place for those looking to maximise their earning potential.?
Many are attracted to the career prospects that Saudi Arabia can offer. Working in Saudi Arabia provides the chance to work in a globally renowned market, with high-quality jobs across many different industries.
It also presents the opportunity to gain valuable international experience and employment credentials that can open doors for advancement into more senior roles.?
Working in Saudi Arabia provides the chance to work in a globally renowned market, with high-quality jobs across many different industries.
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Oil giant fined just $780,000 after ‘one of world’s biggest ever’ methane leaks
The authorities in Kazakhstan have imposed a fine of $780,000 on an oil company responsible for one of the worst methane leaks ever recorded following a prolonged fire at one of its fields last year.
Buzachi Neft, a private oil company, saw a months-long fire at its Karaturun field in southwestern Kazakhstan during drilling at an exploration well in 2023.
The fire lasted from 9 June to 25 December and caused one of the largest emissions of methane in history, with concentrations exceeding permissible levels by 480 times, findings from the ecology department of the Mangystau regional government confirmed on Monday.
The leak was comparable to that of driving more than 717,000 petrol cars for a year
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?? 25 HOT JOBS THIS WEEK ??
Senior Mechanical Engineer - New Zealand, from ReGenerateNZ Ltd
Project Water Engineer - Canada, from ULTEAM
Senior Construction Planning specialist - Netherlands, from Vink Recruitment & TAU Engineering
Process Engineer - UK, from BOSS Energy Consulting
Plasma Physicist - Ph.D - France, from BOSS Energy Consulting
Senior Principal Engineer - PA, USA, from 空气化工产品公司
Chemical Process Engineer - MO, USA, from 空气化工产品公司
Tool Specialist - Saudi Arabia, from Energy Jobline
Tool Specialist - Saudi Arabia, from Energy Jobline
Field Engineer - Saudi Arabia, from Energy Jobline
Field Supervisor - Saudi Arabia, from Energy Jobline
H2S Engineer / H2S Technician - India, from REACH Employment Services
Electrical Installation Engineer - Sweden, from ULTEAM
Senior Cost Controller - Canada, from ULTEAM
Tension Machine Operator - Senegal, from iPS Powerful People
Third Engineer - UK, from iPS Powerful People
Winch Operator - Netherlands, from iPS Powerful People
WIND SALES TECHNICIAN MIDWEST US - USA, from Mersen
Camp Maintenance Supervisor - UAE, from REACH Employment Services
Design Manager - Paris France, from Energy Jobline
Lead Mechanical Engineer - UK, from inhouserecruiter
Mechanical Engineer - MO, USA, from Airswift
Senior Cost Engineer - Sweden, from @ULTEAM
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RENEWABLE ENERGY NEWS
New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm Completed
The twelfth and final wind turbine has been installed at South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm.
A couple of days ago, South Fork Wind, Llc , the joint venture between ?rsted and Eversource Energy , said via social media that the final wind turbine set sail to the project site from the State Pier?Terminal in?New London, Connecticut, over the weekend.
According to social media posts from ?rsted ’s team on 21 February, the final wind turbine was installed on 20 February.The 132 MW South Fork Wind, located some 56 kilometres east of Montauk Point, comprises twelve Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations.
All?monopile foundations?and the project’s?offshore substation?were installed in Summer 2023, and the wind turbine components started arriving in New London around the same time.
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel?Aeolus?installed the first turbine at the end of November 2023 and shortly after this, in early December 2023, the offshore wind farm delivered its first power to the grid.
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90,000 USA ENERGY JOBS
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India looks to rooftop solar to provide ‘free electricity’ for up to 10 million homes
India last year became the world's most populous nation, with 1.4 billion people and a hunger for energy that is rising fast.
Just a few years ago, someone who wanted to install a rooftop solar connection in India faced getting multiple approvals, finding a reliable company to install the panels and heavy expenses before seeing the first surge of clean energy.
But that's changing. The government has streamlined the approvals process, made it easier for people to claim subsidies and pushed mountains of cash - including $9 billion (€8.3 billion) announced this month - to encourage faster adoption of technology that's seen as critical for India to reach its clean-energy goals.
“We had to get 45 signatures to set up a small rooftop solar connection in 2021,” said Shreya Mishra , CEO of Mumbai-based SolarSquare Energy , one of India’s largest rooftop solar companies. “Today it's almost instantaneous.”
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NUCLEAR & POWER NEWS
Europe’s largest nuclear plant is ‘extremely volatile,’ watchdog warns
Sitting on the front line of the war between Russia and Ukraine, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is near the brink of a disaster that could imperil the Continent, according to international monitors and Ukrainian officials.?
The situation is “extremely volatile,” said Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) , which closely monitors the Zaporizhzhia facility in?the southeast Ukrainian town of Enerhodar. Ukraine’s national energy company and former employees at the plant are also sounding the alarm.????
“It is the most dangerous situation that we have,” Grossi told NBC News in an interview last week. “It’s my job not to sow panic, but at the same time I have to tell the truth about what is happening.”
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EV and BATTERY NEWS
Plummeting Battery Prices Will Make EV Costs Equal ICE Cars By 2029
Lithium is a key ingredient in EV batteries. Currently, it is in limited supply. However, countries around the world are scrambling to increase their extraction and refining capacities to drive down the costs of batteries, and hence EVs.
And now, we have some numbers to showcase just how impactful boosting local lithium production would likely be. The impact of increasingly lower raw material prices is expected to truly materialize by the end of the decade, new research by the The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)has revealed.
One of ICCT’s estimates suggests that the U.S. would require about 340 kilotons per annum (ktpa) of lithium carbonate equivalent by 2032 for light-duty EVs.
What the U.S. and its trade partners are expected to produce is several times more than that. By 2025, extraction and refining capacities are projected to be at 1,310 ktpa and 1,030 ktpa, respectively. By 2032, both these capacities would increase to over 2,000 ktpa.
This means an average new EV with 300 miles of range would cost the same as an equivalent gas-powered car by 2028-2029
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