bp helps Formula 1 team with net zero journey
bp has signed an agreement with BWT Alpine F1 Team to support its net zero journey at its site in Enstone, Oxfordshire, where the team designs, develops, manufactures, and builds parts and systems for its Formula 1 cars. The agreement will see bp deploy its state-of-the-art data measurement and analysis tools to comprehensively assess power […]
Plane flies across the Atlantic on sustainable aviation fuel
From the dawn of flight, almost all planes have been powered by fossil fuels. A landmark flight has shown how that could change. On 28 November 2023, a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from London’s Heathrow Airport to JFK Airport in New York. In almost every way it was similar to the tens […]
Obituaries
We are sorry to record the following deaths of society members, and offer our condolences to their families and friends. Mr John Adams (86) of EdinburghMr David Anderson (91) of BrightonsMr John Attwood (91) of TauntonMr Norman Baker (91) of ColchesterDr Derek Banks (79) of BearsdenMr Cecil Birch (93) of FalmouthMr David Bird (88) of […]
United Kingdom: Production begins from North Sea Seagull field
Clever engineering has helped bp to access new resources under the sea and breathe new life into an existing oil and gas facility. In November bp successfully started production from the Seagull oil and gas field in the UK North Sea, boosting energy supplies, supporting the supply chain and underpinning continued production from an offshore […]
US: bp boosts EV charging network in US
In October bp announced a deal in which bp pulse, bp’s EV charging business, will acquire ultra-fast charging hardware units from Tesla for $100 million. The investment will facilitate the expansion of the bp pulse public network across the US, while also enabling support for EV fleet customers by deploying chargers at their private depots. […]
Helping Seagull to soar
From the outset, the plan to access the Seagull field’s estimated 50 million barrels of oil and gas was ambitious: connect four new wells to the 25-year-old central processing facility (CPF) of the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) hub located 140 miles east of Aberdeen. As an added challenge, the Seagull project team was tasked […]
Indonesia: bp ships first cargo from expanded Tangguh LNG facility
bp, on behalf of the Tangguh production sharing contract partners, announced on 18 October that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced by the new third liquefaction train at the Tangguh LNG facility, in Papua Barat, Indonesia, had safely been loaded and sailed, to be delivered to Indonesia’s state-owned power generator PT PLN […]
Das at Christmas
I’m grateful to Steve Elms for his email regarding the November bps news. Steve writes: ‘The archive tales section – Das Island Christmas Show 1973 – was very interesting for me. While I was not present in 1973, I was in the audience in 1975, 76, 77 and 81. As we all used to say: […]