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ADIPEC 2024 returns with the theme Innovation, Action, Impact, as the EIC manages the UK Pavilion, attracting over 184,000 attendees. This year celebrates the 20th anniversary of our UAE office, showcasing over 100 companies and highlighting new energy opportunities. Be sure to check page 40 for the winners of the UK WESCA!

In this Edition

Spotilight on technology

Spotlight on technology

Saudi Arabia aims for net zero by 2060, leveraging Siemens Energy's gas-fired power plants with CO2 capture to generate nearly 4GW of power. Learn more about this transformative initiative in the full article

Member’s news

Member's news

AIS has acquired GAP Plastics to enhance its injection moulding capabilities, while ASCO has won a contract in Australia for offshore decommissioning. For more details on these developments and more, check out the full article

Sector analysis

The modernisation of thermal power plants is crucial for increasing efficiency and reducing emissions, in line with regulations in the Middle East. The Al-Mussaib power plant in Iraq exemplifies this by enhancing its capacity through upgrades. Check out the full analysis by EIC Energy Analyst Aqilah Shahruddin.

Events calendar

Stay informed about EIC events – see what’s coming up next

Survive & Thrive VIII 2024

Uncover how geopolitical and policy uncertainties are affecting the global energy supply chain and what companies are calling for – read the full report

Inside Energy

The EIC's Inside Energy is an online publication produced every month for members and industry contacts. As well as featuring regional news from all our offices, event reports and other stories, members also have an opportunity to submit their own articles.
Editions
January 2020
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis on South America's energy market and the year ahead
  • One-to-one with Colin Elcoate, the new CEO at Alderley
  • Spotlight on technology: Maritime Developments Ltd
February 2020
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis on the UK's commitment to its net-zero target
  • EICSupplyMap: The EIC's latest database mapping all UK supply chain companies in the energy sector
  • Spotlight on technology: Intertec
March 2020
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis. Shaping the energy transition in the GCC
  • One-to-one. Meet Aquaterra's managing director
  • Read the latest: Member news
April 2020
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis. Interconnection opportunities within the energy transition
  • Member news. Read all the latest news from our members
  • Guest editorial. Colin Lightbody from Proserv says producers need to address inadequate metering strategies
May 2020
This month’s edition features:
  • New EIC President. EIC welcomes Campbell Keir
  • Member news. Read all the latest news from our members
  • Sector analysis. The future of energy transition
June 2020
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis. Exploring the role of SMRs in the UK
  • Member news. Read all the latest news from our members
  • EIC Rio de Janeiro. Celebrating 20 years in Brazil
July 2020
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis. Opportunities for oil and gas diversification to offshore wind
  • Member news. Latest member news and EIC LIVE e-vents
  • Sector analysis. Opportunities for oil and gas diversification to offshore wind
August 2020
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Renewables - Is India ahead of the game?
  • One-to-one: EIC CEO interview with UnitBirwelco CEO ahead of vEEC
  • Save the date: 2020 Virtual Energy Exports Conference
September 2020
This month’s edition features:
  • vEEC Week: Attend FREE of charge for export support and project opportunities. Book now.
  • Spotlight on technology: Sanicro® 35, the latest addition to Sandvik's growing portfolio.
  • Guest editiorial: Evolution not revolution with Proserv's Product Manager - Renewables Paul Cook.
October 2020
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: The future of EOR in Oman
  • Member news: Read the latest news from EIC members
  • Spotlight on technology: ABB's analytics and AL software
November 2020
This month's edition features:
  • One-to-one with Guido van der Zwet, General Manager - Commerce, iPS- Powerful People
  • EICAssetMap: Track all major OPEX assets and facilities in key global markets, including Africa
  • Spotlight on technology: Penspen's digital, cloud-based integrity management solution THEIA
December 2020
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Vietnam forging forward, deeper into energy transition
  • EICAssetMap: The EIC's O&M database maps all major facilities across all energy sectors, now including Africa
  • Spotlight on technology: HMi Elements' latest model, the Zone 1 approved 1301
January 2021
This month’s edition features:
  • Spotlight on technology: Reflex Marine launches new offshore personnel transfer basket
  • One-to-one: Philippe Somers, CEO, ACE 54 offers shippers and consignees more options with a competitive edge
  • EIC Awards 2020: Congratulations to STATS Group for picking up the biggest award, EIC Company of the Year
February 2021
This month’s edition features:
  • Spotlight on technology: ABB and CORYS sign MoU for digital collaboration
  • One-to-one: Op-tec Systems offers control and automation technology to help you achieve your business objectives
  • Sector analysis: LNG key to Vietnam's power demand
March 2021
This month’s edition features:
  • EIC editorial: The 8x Cs of energy transition for supply chain success
  • Sector analysis: 15 year road to the end of natural gas in the US?
  • Spotlight on technology: Kloeckner's eProcurement solutions improve metal sourcing
April 2021
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: The Spanish solar PV market
  • Guest editorial by SafeLane Global's Åsa Gilbert on overcoming barriers in Mozambique's renewables market
  • Spotlight on Technology: Looking at Siemens Energy's BlueDrive DC-Grid Technology
May 2021
This month’s edition features:
  • Spotlight on technology: TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory launches its Data Analytics service
  • Sector analysis: Mind the gap - NOCs vs IOCs vs IECs in the race to Net Zero
  • EICAssetMap: Database with 1,000 operational assets for energy O&M opportunities launches in Australasia
June 2021
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Trying to make sense of the current opportunities in the energy sectors
  • Guest editorial by EthosEnergy's Fabrizio Fabbri on decarbonisation, without sacrificing reliability or efficiency
  • Spotlight on Technology: HVPD's Kronos monitoring solutions improve operational efficiency
July 2021
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: The Saudi Arabian solar PV market and the future of clean energy
  • Spotlight on Technology: Glacier Energy launches heat exchanger digital monitoring solution
  • EICDataStream highlights showing global opportunities in projects across the world
August 2021
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Hydrogen in Asia Pacific: where's the action?
  • Spotlight on technology: Unlocking the full potential of digitalisation by HMI Elements LTD
  • Speedy Networking EIC Members: Are you missing your fellow EIC members? Chance to meet them every Friday
September 2021
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: What does the future hold for oil and gas? Answer hazy, ask again later
  • EIC response to new UK hydrogen strategy by Stuart Broadley - CEO, Energy Industries Council
  • Guest editorial: ABB's Bernhard Loher on excitation systems simulated and validated by digital twins can help utilities and power generation companies comply with increasingly strict grid codes
October 2021
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Renovate, renew, repower or remove
  • Guest editorial: ExxonMobil LNG announces 2021 Power Play Awards winners
  • EIC Survive & Thrive V: See the latest case studies from EIC members
November 2021
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Nigeria’s energy transition
  • Spotlight on technology: FGD has new innovative solutions in flame detection and analysis
  • International trade: EIC returns to ADIPEC to host the UK national pavilion on 15-18 November 2021
December 2021
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: A tale of two COPs: Brazil and the US compared
  • One-to-one: Kiwa UK Group's CEO Paul Brown on business is changing to meet the needs of the energy transition
  • International trade: Join us at our exhibitions in 2022
January 2022
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: The acceleration of Scotland’s offshore wind scene
  • Spotlight on technology: New differential pressure transmitter with SIL-2 certification from WIKA
  • EIC Awards 2021: Congratulations to Re-Gen Robotics for picking up the biggest award, EIC Company of the Year
February 2022
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Pumped hydropower energy storage by Joanne Sivanathan
  • Spotlight on technology: Sonardyne’s Micro-Ranger 2 Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) System
  • One-to-one: Sustainability under the microscope with ChampionX's Regional Manager Mark Zijlstra and ChampionX's Marketing Analyst Charlotte McNamee
March 2022
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: The race for offshore wind in South America by Lucas Machado
  • EIC guest editorial by Atmos International's John Anderton on optimising the transition to hydrogen with pipeline simulation
  • EEC2022 has now launched! Save the date: 14-15 June 2022
April 2022
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Chile’s energy prospects under the Boric administration by Lucas Ramos
  • EIC guest editorial by OrionGroup's director Andy Christie on charting a path to carbon neutrality and net zero
  • Spotlight on technology: Proserv lands key Dogger Bank cable monitoring deal
May 2022
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Floating solar PV in the Asia Pacific region by Ainee Shah
  • Spotlight on technology: Wika’s new diaphragm seal for process temperatures up to 450°c
  • EIC guest editorial by Vysus Group's CEO David Clark on UK energy business leaders overwhelmingly question whether transition from fossil fuel energy to renewables is ‘moving too quickly’,
June 2022
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Will the UK energy security strategy give North Sea oil and gas a new lease of life? by George Blake
  • Spotlight on technology: Neles UK Ltd Introduces the Renewed Nelprof™ Selection Tool
  • EICAssetMap: Database with 4,300 operational assets for energy O&M opportunities in Asia and ISC
July 2022
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Navigating through SEA’s energy transition wave with carbon capture by Muhammad Arif Syafiq
  • Spotlight on technology: Proserv to Monitor Cables on Equinor’s Hywind Scotland Floating Wind Farm
  • EIC guest editorial by The Global Edge Consultants' CEO Kathy Eberwein: A case study on how gender-diverse leadership influences business success through DEI recruitment
August 2022
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Thailand – gas is crucial for long-term energy security by Hirzi Iskandar Mhd Rais
  • Spotlight on technology: New industrial high-speed pressure controller from Wika Instruments Limited
  • EIC guest editorial by Vysus Group CEO's David Clark: Let's talk about the energy 'elephant in the room'
September 2022
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Offshore wind, an energy transition catalyst for Asia by Nasheena Laing
  • Spotlight on technology: Teledyne increases gas detection capabilities with improved GT-Fire
  • EIC guest editorial by Petroplan CEO's Christopher Honeyman on the future of recruitment in a hybrid world
October 2022
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: LNG exports are unlikely to take off in Canada with hydrogen on the rise by Firdaus Azman
  • Spotlight on technology: Hydrogen valves go into production at Oliver Hydcovalves
  • One-to-one with Ashtead Technology's Regional General Manager Scott Stephen
November 2022
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Senegal’s path to energy security by Azzahrah Juraimi
  • Spotlight on technology: Meet the Next Generation of Flammable Gas Detection – Xgard Bright from Crowcon
  • One-to-one with Jonathan Brindley, Managing Consultant, JBPRM Ltd
December 2022
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Offshore wind, carbon capture, and hydrogen growth in the UK by Christopher Shirley
  • Spotlight on technology: Teledyne GMI adds gas detection capabilities to fire fighters
  • Members’ services: DNV on future-proofing our power grids – mass electrification only possible with heavy investment
January 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: The Inflation Reduction Act and its impact on the global supply chain by Gustavo Berlie
  • One-to-one: Bureau Veritas talks about new offshore wind services in Brazil, the sector’s prospects worldwide, and more
  • Guest editiorial: Navigating through the energy trilemma in uncertain times with David Clark, CEO, Vysus Group
February 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Egypt’s hydrogen hype by Wan Afiq
  • Inside Energy celebrating the EIC’s 80th anniversary
  • Members’ services with Modutec and Proserv
March 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: AssetMap operational additions in 2022 by Thomas Bacon
  • One-to-one: Continuing our celebrations of the EIC’s 80th anniversary
  • Guest editorial: Security of supply - navigating choppy waters with Chris Denton from Proserv
April 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Sustainable aviation fuel and the UK’s role by Nabil Ahmed
  • One-to-one: Continuing our celebrations of the EIC’s 80th anniversary
  • Spotlight on technology: Hitachi Energy has launched the next-generation TXpert Hub
May 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: A report from the Guianas: current opportunities in E&P and beyond by Pietro Ferreira
  • Members’ services: AIMS helps clients optimise their processes reduce costs and improve efficiency
  • Guest editorials with Atmos International and Vysus Group
June 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Is the UK being left behind? The current state of carbon capture policy by Fleur Pomeroy
  • Members’ services: Euro Mechanical takes steps to move beyond oil
  • Spotlight on technology: Magnetrol now offers the new Pulsar Model R80
July 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Vietnam’s Power Development Plan 8: An overview by Dr Madana Leela
  • Spotlight on technology: Kongsberg Digital improves quality of maritime navigation with cloud-based simulation
  • Members’ services: Glacier Energy to build hydrogen storage and distribution pressure vessel prototypes
August 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Qatar is driven by a strong ambition to strengthen and enhance its gas sector by Faiz Halim
  • Spotlight on technology: The Han S® connector range from HARTING offers secure connection technology
  • Member’s news: Actavo wins four awards from RoSPA
September 2023
This month's edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Will additionality rules hold back the European hydrogen revolution? by Aadam Suf
  • Spotlight on technology: Perlast® seal of approval for critical O&G applications from PPE
  • Member’s news: KODIAK selected as offshore client representative partner by RTE
October 2023
This month's edition features:
  • ADIPEC preview with Camilla Tew, EIC Director of International Trade
  • Member’s news with Mohammed Yousuf from Akram & Partner Co (MYA) LLC
  • EICDataStream project opportunities in the Middle East by Neil Golding, EIC Director of Market Intelligence
November 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: One year into the US Inflation Reduction Act: impact on the supply chain by Diana Obermuller
  • Member’s news: Ellis Patents’ cable cleats ensure safety and efficiency in offshore wind farm
  • Guest editorials with ModuSpec, a Vysus Group company and Sodexo Energy & Resources
December 2023
This month’s edition features:
  • Subtle winds of change: navigating through Taiwan's envolving offshore wind development landscape
  • Member’s news: HYFLEXPOWER consortium successfully operates a gas turbine with 100% renewable hydrogen
  • Guest editorials with Chris Moore Partner, Lynn Ammar Partner and Pablo Mateos Rodríguez Associate Cleary Gottlieb
January 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • Germany accelerates its offshore wind
  • Member’s news: Proserv technology helps accelerate Woodside’s Shenzi North first oil
  • Guest editorials with Azril Zainal, Malaysia Energy Leader
February 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • The return of nuclear power: why?
  • Member’s news: Bekaert, part of Bridon International Ltd, acquires majority shares of Flintstone Technology Ltd
  • Guest editorials with Peter Petyt CEO 4 Rivers Services
March 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • Unleashing the power of energy storage: energising the future
  • Member’s news: AspenTech introduces new software enabling advanced levels of operational excellence
  • Spotlight on technology: Kongsberg Digital’s cutting-edge K-Sim offshore simulator
April 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Decommissioning in the US: an overview across energy sectors
  • Member’s news: Ellis Patents welcomes Tom Rooney to drive growth in Asia Pacific
  • Spotlight on technology: ICR’s established technological solutions continue to play a significant part in its growth
May 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Brazil's offshore wind industry: current scenario and future prospects.
  • Member's news: Peregrine-X unites world-leading experts in science and engineering alongside advanced technologies.
  • Spotlight on technology: bp awards Kent five-year global commissioning framework agreement.
June 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: The rise of SMRs in Europe
  • Member's news: Alleima introduces new advanced super-duplex tube tailored for acids.
  • Spotlight on technology: Siemens launches new repairs partnership to support energy and telecoms providers across the UK
July 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Namibia - the African ‘Guyana’
  • Member's news: Levidian brings pioneering climate technology to Worthy Farm
  • Spotlight on technology: Kongsberg Digital to equip FAIMM with its K-sim simulators
August 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Petrobras impact on Brazil’s supply chain
  • Member's news: Gateway Group celebrates 10 years of business setup success in Abu Dhabi
  • Spotlight on technology: Siemens brings formal methods to high-level verification
September 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Norway prepares for a data-driven future with nuclear SMRs
  • Member's news: OGC Energy provides practical solutions for projects in various energy sectors
  • Spotlight on technology: Gigawatt scale flow won’t float without wet storage
October 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • Sector analysis: Brazil’s green hydrogen industry - evolution and challenges
  • Member's news: SUPPLY MARINE - from maintenance to engineering, offering integrated solutions in the marine sector
  • Spotlight on technology: Serimax - Saturnax 01 the future of welding
November 2024
This month’s edition features:
  • ADIPEC preview: The EIC is delighted to host the now very established UK Pavilion at ADIPEC 2024
  • Spotlight on technology: US$1.5bn order for Stemens Energy in Saudi Arabia
  • ElCDataStream: Special project opportunities in the GCC