Norway

The Norwegian venture‐backed company GasSecure AS is sold to Dräger Holding International GmbH for approximately 500m NOK (£40.7m).

Air Products Norway CEO, Tom Cantero, has revealed plans for carbon capture while attending a regional oil conference in Kristiansand.

At an Extraordinary General Meeting on 15th January, REC’s shareholders approved to sell the business as the largest European supplier of solar panels worldwide and to combine with the Norway-based Elkem Group.

Shell Cansolv has commenced the testing of its advanced CO2 capture process at Norway’s CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM), the world’s largest carbon capture test facility.

Norwegian’s flight DY631 from Bergen to Oslo took off yesterday afternoon (November 12th) with almost 50% biofuel; a flight that emits over 40% less than an average flight with regular fuel.

Bestobell Marine, part of the President Engineering Group (PEGL), has announced that it is sponsoring the annual international Gas Fuelled Ships Conference for the second year running.

Wärtsilä and two Indonesian partners have today signed a joint development agreement with the intention of creating the first ever bio-LNG plant in Indonesia.

Norway based LNG Midstream company Liquiline has announced the appointment of Bjørn Aadland as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will take up the position on 1 September 2014.

The Norwegian Parliament has granted US$1m of funding to a pilot plant that will use CO2 captured at CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) to produce algae for the fish farming industry.

GasSecure has reached an agreement with Yokogawa on the distribution of GasSecure’s wireless gas detectors through Yokogawa’s global sales network.