~ Beckhoff’s latest innovation in automation without cabinets for food manufacturing ~

Beckhoff Automation UK has launched the AMP8000 servo system, the latest product in the company’s automation without cabinets range. The AMP8000 features a servomotor with a rear-mounted servo drive for a reduced size and can provide complex motion control with minimal cabling requirements.

Because many factories across the globe have temporarily closed, and many workers have been furloughed, industry is struggling to meet demand. As a result, manufacturers need compact, uncomplicated systems to help maximise productivity. The AMP8000 will find a home on food production lines, where its core technological advantages can help improve profits.

The AMP8000 comprises a servo drive directly mounted onto a servomotor, making the design compact and easier to integrate into complex automation machine designs. The rear-mounted drive means that the AMP8000 occupies a similar footprint to a standard servomotor, making it easy to fit into existing machines without modification. The design also improves heat dissipation and reduces motor derating compared to conventional, top-mounted designs.

By relocating the power electronics directly onto the servomotor, the control cabinet only needs to house a single coupling module to supply power to several servo systems. The AMP8000 also makes use of Beckhoff’s EtherCAT P cable technology, combining 24V power and EtherCAT communication into a single standard Ethernet cable.

“As food production lines become more densely packed with complex automated machinery, many businesses are encountering a problem in terms of available space,” explains Stephen Hayes, managing director of Beckhoff UK. “Most complex automation requires a vast amount of cabling, which in turn increases the size of control cabinets. These, alongside the growing footprint of automated machinery, occupies space and impacts on output per square metre.

“Now more than ever, the ability to maximise output is vital for industrial businesses. The AMP8000 is designed to help achieve this. In plants, it can significantly reduce cabling requirements due to its EtherCAT P technology and the use of coupling modules. For machine builders, it allows for the development of more complex machinery with smaller footprints and faster site installation time.”

Beckhoff has designed two types of coupling module to accompany the AMP8000. The AMP8620 is a power supply module that allows for safe and direct connection to the mains supply for the servo systems, reducing the footprint and cabling complexity of machinery. This module contains all required circuitry for safe connection and include two EtherCAT P outputs to connect to other modules.

The other module is the AMP8805 distribution module, which provides power and communication to up to five AMP8000 systems using a single EtherCAT P cable each. This allows even complex machines and lines to be connected with minimal cabling and a simple topology.

Engineers or plant managers interested in the AMP8000 or wanting to learn more about the technology can speak to the Beckhoff Automation UK team at 01491 410539

About Beckhoff: Beckhoff Automation implements open automation systems based on PC Control technology. The product range covers Industrial PCs, I/O and Fieldbus components, drive technology and automation software, and all products can be used as separate components or integrated into a complete and seamless control system are available for all industries. Its New Automation Technology philosophy represents universal and open control and automation solutions that are used worldwide in a wide variety of different applications, ranging from CNC-controlled machine tools to intelligent building automation.

Ref: BEC180/09/20

Innovative platform to be delivered across entire fleet of industry-leading vapor recovery, wellhead compression, and gas lift units

Flogistix, an oil and gas technology company, today announced a new collaboration with San Francisco-based UrsaLeo to develop and apply digital twin technology across its entire fleet of industry-leading vapor recovery, wellhead compression, and gas lift units. UrsaLeo is an enterprise software company that enables users to visualize operational data in a photorealistic 3D representation of their facility or product.

“Our collaboration with UrsaLeo will push our technology into the future and transform the way we deliver innovation,” said Mims Talton, President and CEO of Flogistix. “Software has played an ever-increasing role in delivering superior products and customer service. It is exciting to think of the ways we can impact operations with the use of digital twins.”

UrsaLeo and Flogistix are using Unity, a gaming development software, to create photorealistic virtual assets of their equipment. The virtual assets are then paired with supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) data and machine learning to predict equipment or part failures and perform remote repairs. Flogistix also plans to use the digital twin technology when testing new technology and training fuel technicians and mechanics.

The technology will be available for use on mobile iOS devices allowing for more transparency and collaboration between Flogistix and their customers.

“With this collaboration, our team will help Flogistix further monitor and evolve the way users interact with the data they collect,” said John Burton, CEO of UrsaLeo. “Flogistix’s enthusiastic adoption of Digital Twin technology improves operational performance, improves safety, provides an intuitive interface, and offers a digital command center for remote monitoring, sales and marketing, and also training.” 

For further information, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Drake Andarakes, VP of Sales and Marketing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

About Flogistix

Flogistix is an oil and gas technology company that utilizes an engineered approach to help customers with their wellhead compression, vapor recovery, and gas lift needs. With more than 17 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Flogistix operates throughout most of the onshore producing basins in the United States. From the company’s manufacturing facilities in Pampa, Texas and Gillette, Wyoming, Flogistix supports 12 strategically placed service centers. This expansive service facility network allows Flogistix to deliver superior customer service and well optimization strategies. For more information, visit https://flogistix.com/.

 About UrsaLeo

UrsaLeo is an enterprise software company that enables users to visualize operational data in a photorealistic 3D representation of their facility or product. Backed by a powerful end-to-end IoT platform, UrsaLeo displays data from multiple systems to create a digital command center for all facilities or product information. Pulling in data from sensors, assets and maintenance databases, and other IoT systems, the UrsaLeo 3D system displays mind blowing visualizations, directs users automatically to user defined events, allows recording and replaying of the entire system during failures, accelerates triage response time, allows remote collaboration, and eliminates training needs. UrsaLeo was founded by manufacturing and software engineering experts with more than 50 years of industry expertise. For more information visit https://www.ursaleo.com.

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won two orders to supply compact heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in China and a refinery in Mexico. The orders have a combined total value of approximately SEK 130 million and were booked late September in the Welded Heat Exchangers unit of the Energy Division. Deliveries are scheduled for 2021 and 2022.  

The orders comprise Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers which will be used in different heating and cooling applications in the refinery and petrochemical plant to enable energy-efficient processes.

“We had two more large orders booked late in September and they were related to our Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers,” says Susanne Pahlén Åklundh, President of the Energy Division. “When installed in our customers’ processes our energy efficient heat exchangers save energy and reduce CO₂ emissions. Thereby they contribute to more sustainable industrial processes which is good for both people and planet.”

Did you know that… an Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchanger is more efficient and compact than traditional technologies and one single unit can replace up to four shell-and-tube heat exchangers in refinery and petrochemical applications? 

This is Alfa Laval 

Alfa Laval is active in the areas of Energy, Marine, and Food & Water, offering its expertise, products, and service to a wide range of industries in some 100 countries. The company is committed to optimizing processes, creating responsible growth, and driving progress – always going the extra mile to support customers in achieving their business goals and sustainability targets.

Alfa Laval’s innovative technologies are dedicated to purifying, refining, and reusing materials, promoting more responsible use of natural resources. They contribute to improved energy efficiency and heat recovery, better water treatment, and reduced emissions. Thereby, Alfa Laval is not only accelerating success for its customers, but also for people and the planet. Making the world better, every day. It’s all about Advancing better™.

Alfa Laval has 17,500 employees. Annual sales in 2019 were SEK 46.5 billion (approx. EUR 4.4 billion). The company is listed on Nasdaq OMX.

www.alfalaval.com

Brenntag, the global market leader in chemical and ingredients distribution, is introducing a new operating model. As per January 2021, the company will be steered in two global divisions with strong focus on customer and supplier needs and derived from this, a distinct market approach: Brenntag Essentials and Brenntag Specialties. The new operating model is a core element of the company’s transformation program "Project Brenntag" that aims to set the base for sustainable organic earnings growth in a rapidly changing global market environment.

• As per January 1, 2021, Brenntag will operate with two global divisions: Brenntag Essentials and Brenntag Specialties 
• Based on its core as full-line distributor of chemicals and ingredients, Brenntag will gain a sharpened profile towards relevant industry segments
• Christian Kohlpaintner, CEO Brenntag Group: “The two Brenntag divisions with their clear focus, differentiated steering and distinct market approach will create even stronger partnerships with customers and suppliers.”

Full-line chemical and ingredients distribution will remain the core of Brenntag’s business model. Brenntag continues to offer the most comprehensive portfolio of chemical products, ingredients, and value-added services in the industry. With the two new divisions the company will better leverage on its strengths while sharpening its profile towards relevant industry segments.

Christian Kohlpaintner, Chief Executive Officer of Brenntag Group, said: “We are in a leading position globally and have a resilient business model. However, the requirements of our business partners and industry change. By setting up two global champions with a differentiated steering approach and addressing the diverse markets needs and expectations, we develop our company to lead our industry as preferred partner for customers and suppliers.”

Brenntag Essentials 

Brenntag Essentials will market a broad portfolio of process chemicals across a wide range of industries and applications. The division will leverage scale with flexible and cost-efficient delivery at competitive prices and a highly efficient business process backend. Brenntag Essentials builds on its global reach and comprehensive product portfolio and continues to follow a geographic and regional logic. “Brenntag Essentials will be the agile, lean, and efficient distribution partner of customers and suppliers in local geographies in a broad range of industries. It stands for superior customer proximity and local market know-how”, said Steven Terwindt, Member of the Management Board of Brenntag Group and future COO Brenntag Essentials.

Brenntag Specialties 

Brenntag Specialties will focus on ingredients and value-added services that are directly used in the production of the customers' end-products. The division will thus focus on selected industries: Nutrition, Pharma, Personal Care / HI&I (Home, Industrial & Institutional), Material Science (Coatings & Constructions, Polymers, Rubber), Water Treatment and Lubricants. These focus industries are large globally relevant industries with significant solutions potential and characterized by high regulatory requirements. “The division will more consequently leverage the full potential of our product and ingredients portfolio, which is the broadest in the market, and our unique technical and application expertise. Thus, we will capture untapped opportunities together with our business partners”, said Henri Nejade, Member of the Management Board of Brenntag Group and future COO Brenntag Specialties. 

Both Brenntag divisions will equally contribute to strengthening and expanding Brenntag’s global market leading position in specialties and full-line chemical distribution. Their differentiated market approach is backed by a globally consistent and advanced customer segmentation and a customized sales organization designed to reinforce Brenntag’s leadership in sales and customer service in the chemical distribution industry.

New Management Board responsibilities

In accordance with the new operating model, roles and responsibilities in the Management Board of Brenntag AG will partly change as per January 1, 2021. Besides CEO (Christian Kohlpaintner) and CFO (Georg Müller), the roles of two Chief Operating Officers (COO) are introduced: While Steven Terwindt will take over the responsibility for Brenntag Essentials as COO, Henri Nejade will lead Brenntag Specialties as COO. Furthermore, Brenntag will introduce the role of a Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) who has yet to be appointed. The CTO will be amongst others responsible for the overall transformation process initiated, drive functional excellence and the digital transformation of Brenntag, completing the future five-member Management Board. In addition, Brenntag has already appointed the new Level-1 Leadership Team members, who will drive the implementation and execution of the new operating model.

About Brenntag:

Brenntag is the global market leader in chemical and ingredients distribution. We connect our suppliers and customers in value-adding partnerships. Our almost 17,500 employees provide tailor-made application, marketing and supply chain solutions. Technical and formulation support, market, industry and regulatory expertise as well as advanced digital tools are just some examples of our services that are aiming to create an excellent customer experience. Our full-line portfolio comprises specialty and industrial chemicals and ingredients of a world-class supplier base. Building on its long-standing experience, unmatched global reach and local excellence, Brenntag works closely alongside its partners to make their business more successful. We are committed to contribute towards greater sustainability in our own business and the industries we serve, and to achieve sustainable profitable growth. Headquartered in Essen (Germany) and with regional headquarters in Philadelphia, Houston and Singapore, Brenntag operates a unique global network with more than 640 locations in 77 countries. The company generated sales of EUR 12.8 billion (USD 14.4 billion) in 2019. Brenntag shares are traded at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (BNR).

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Keppel Seghers to supply flue gas treatment systems for the IWMF Phase 1 WTE (Waste-to-Energy) facilities in Singapore.

IWMF and the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (Tuas WRP) – collectively known as the Tuas Nexus – will be the world’s first integrated waste and water treatment facility to be conceptualised and planned from the ground up. IWMF Phase 1 and the TWRP are scheduled for completion in 2025. Once completed, IWMF Phase 1 will be able to treat:

• 2,900 tons per day of incinerable waste;
• 250 tons per day of household recyclables collected under the National Recycling Programme;
• 400 tons per day of source-segregated food waste; and
• 800 tons per day of dewatered sludge from the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant

ntegrated waste and water treatment facility, Singapore. Copyright: NEA

ANDRITZ’s scope of supply for the four WTE lines in IWMF Phase 1 includes the design and supply of flue gas treatment equipment such as fabric filters, HCl and SO₂ scrubbers, ID fans, low-temperature economizers with steam gas reheaters, steel structures, flue gas ducts, tanks and silos, and advisory services.

Using ANDRITZ equipment at IWMF Phase 1 will help Singapore achieve its sustainability goals because it will be able to meet the highest environmental standards and reduce the emissions from incineration of 2,900 tons per day of incinerable waste.

A Keppel Seghers-led consortium was selected by Singapore’s National Environment Agency to develop and build (on EPC basis) the WTE and materials recovery facilities as part of the IWMF Phase 1 development for Singapore. ANDRITZ was chosen as the consortium’s key supplier for the flue gas treatment system due to its track record with dry, semi-dry and wet technologies for industrial flue gas cleaning as well as its advanced energy recovery solution using heat recovery from flue gas in the low temperature range.

ANDRITZ GROUP

International technology group ANDRITZ offers a broad portfolio of innovative plants, equipment, systems and services for the pulp and paper industry, the hydropower sector, the metals processing and forming industry, pumps, solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors, as well as animal feed and biomass pelleting. The global product and service portfolio is rounded off with plants for power generation, recycling, the production of nonwovens and panelboard, as well as automation and digital solutions offered under the brand name of Metris. The publicly listed group today has around 27,800 employees and more than 280 locations in over 40 countries.

The newly launched Renewable Carbon Initiative strives to herald the end of the fossil age for all organic chemicals and materials by 2050. Within the RCI Lenzing will especially focus on further greening up the textile and nonwoven businesses.

Lenzing – Eleven leading companies from six countries founded the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) in September 2020 under the leadership of nova-Institute (Germany). The aim of the initiative is to support and speed up the transition from fossil carbon to renewable carbon for all organic chemicals and materials.

Besides Lenzing, these ten companies are founding members of the RCI, which also form the Core Advisory Board: Beiersdorf (Germany), Cosun Beet Company (The Netherlands), Covestro (Germany), Henkel (Germany), LanzaTech (USA), NESTE (Finland), SHV Energy (The Netherlands), Stahl (The Netherlands), Unilever (UK) and UPM (Finland).

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) addresses the core problem of climate change, which is extracting and using additional fossil carbon from the ground. The vision is stated clearly: By 2050, fossil carbon shall be completely substituted by renewable carbon, which is carbon from alternative sources: biomass, direct CO2 utilisation and recycling. The founders are convinced that this is the only way for chemicals, plastics and other organic materials to become sustainable, climate-friendly and part of the circular economy – part of the future.

Robert van de Kerkhof, Chief Commercial Officer of the Lenzing Group

Robert van de Kerkhof, Chief Commercial Officer of the Lenzing Group: „We at Lenzing believe that we need to create strategic partnerships to implement systemic change. Therefore, we support the Renewable Carbon Initiative. First of all, because it is the right thing to do and, second, it is also fully aligned with our corporate strategy. Therefore, we are part of the RCI from the beginning and its commitment to start acting now.”

Michael Carus, CEO of nova-Institute and head of the Renewable Carbon Initiative: “This is about a fundamental change in the chemical industry. Just as the energy industry is being converted to renewable energies, so renewable carbon will become the new foundation of the future chemical and material industry. The initiative starts today and will be visibly present from now on. We want to accelerate the change.”

The main avenues on which the initiative wants to deliver change are threefold. One, the initiative strives to create cross-industry platforms that will demonstrate feasibility of renewable carbon in tangible activities. Two, one main target will be to advocate for legislation, taxation and regulation changes to give renewable carbon a level commercial playing field to play on. Finally, the third avenue will be to create a wider pull for sustainable options by raising awareness and understanding of renewable carbon level amongst the business community and the wider public.

The Renewable Carbon Initiative has made a powerful start with eleven international member companies and the personal support of more than 100 industry experts. The initiative hopes to gain many additional members and supporters in the upcoming months to keep the strong momentum of the initiative. Working together, RCI will support and accelerate the transition from fossil to renewable carbon for all organic chemicals and materials.

In the end, the aim is as complex as it is simple: renewable energy and renewable carbon for a sustainable future. Within the RCI Lenzing will especially focus on further greening up the textile and nonwoven businesses. Here we will promote this concept and encourage our partners to become a part of this vision.

More information about the Renewable Carbon Initiative can be found on www.renewable-carbon-initiative.com

About the Lenzing Group
The Lenzing Group stands for ecologically responsible production of specialty fibers made from the renewable raw material wood. As an innovation leader, Lenzing is a partner of global textile and nonwoven manufacturers and drives many new technological developments.
The Lenzing Group’s high-quality fibers form the basis for a variety of textile applications ranging from elegant ladies clothing to versatile denims and high-performance sports clothing. Due to their consistent high quality, their biodegradability and compostability Lenzing fibers are also highly suitable for hygiene products and agricultural applications.
The business model of the Lenzing Group goes far beyond that of a traditional fiber producer. Together with its customers and partners, Lenzing develops innovative products along the value chain, creating added value for consumers. The Lenzing Group strives for the efficient utilization and processing of all raw materials and offers solutions to help redirect the textile sector towards a closed-loop economy.

Emerson also joins the OPC Foundation Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative to drive a holistic approach to sensor and device level communications across process and factory automation industries.

The OPC Foundation is proud to announce Emerson (NYSE: EMR) has joined its Board of Directors  and sincerely welcomes Peter Zornio, Chief Technology Officer for Emerson Automation Solutions, as Emerson’s representative on the Board of Directors. Emerson is one of the world’s largest automation suppliers, providing engineering services and automation technologies to process and discrete manufacturing industries.

Emerson has a long history with the OPC Foundation. As one of its founding members, Emerson played an important role in the development and adoption of the first OPC data connectivity standard and contributed to the development of OPC UA, today’s open data interoperability standard. Emerson supports OPC UA initiatives by participating in OPC Foundation working groups and by adopting OPC UA in a wide variety of its family of products.

Peter Zornio, Chief Technology OfficerPeter Zornio says: “OPC technology is well established in the automation space as the de facto standard for application-level communications.  It also provides integration between operations technology (OT) and the IT world, including cloud-based environments.  We look forward to growing that role, as well as working with the OPC FLC initiative on expanding OPC technology into real-time communications between control and field-connected devices.  OPC is the best candidate to have a single communication standard cover the entire scope of automation architecture from intelligent field devices to the cloud.”

Peter Lutz, Director FLC Initiative: “Currently, the OPC Foundation is extending use of OPC UA down to the level of sensors and devices on the shop floor via its Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative. The value that a major player like Emerson brings to this initiative is important from both technical and market messaging perspectives. First, OPC Foundation Working Groups benefit from extensive Emerson field level expertise. Second, with its strong support for ongoing OPC UA standard development for use in both process and discrete industries, Emerson helps send a clear message to the market: OPC UA plays an equally important role in both verticals.

Stefan Hoppe, President and Executive Director, OPC Foundation commented “It is gratifying to welcome a company of Emerson’s stature to the OPC Foundation Board of Directors. Working together with Emerson and our other valued board members, the OPC Foundation is now better positioned to deliver on its directive to provide the world with the best single data connectivity and interoperability standard for use throughout the enterprise, regardless of the industry sector.”

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global technology and engineering company providing innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial and residential markets. Our Automation Solutions business helps process, hybrid and discrete manufacturers maximize production, protect personnel and the environment while optimizing their energy and operating costs. Our Commercial & Residential Solutions business helps ensure human comfort and health, protect food quality and safety, advance energy efficiency and create sustainable infrastructure.

For more information visit Emerson.com.

About the OPC Foundation

Since 1996, the OPC Foundation has facilitated the development and adoption of the OPC information exchange standards. As both advocate and custodian of these specifications, the Foundation’s mission is to help industry vendors, end-users, and software developers maintain interoperability in their manufacturing and automation assets. The OPC Foundation is dedicated to providing the best specifications, technology, process, and certification to achieve multivendor, multiplatform, secure, reliable, interoperability for moving data and information from the embedded world to the enterprise cloud. The Foundation serves over 780 members worldwide in the Industrial Automation, IT, IoT, IIoT, M2M, Industrie 4.0, Building Automation, machine tools, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and Smart Energy sectors.

For more information, please visit www.opcfoundation.org

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers to a gas compression plant in Algeria. The order has a value of approximately SEK 75 million and was booked late September in the Welded Heat Exchangers unit of the Energy Division. Delivery is scheduled for 2021.  

The order comprises Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers which will be used for natural gas cooling applications in different gas compression stations.

“I am very pleased to announce this order for our OLMI heat exchangers, booked late in September,” says Susanne Pahlén Åklundh, President of the Energy Division. “These heat exchangers which handle high pressure and temperatures are both reliable and efficient.”

Did you know that… Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers can weigh as much as 400 tons and handle pressure and temperatures up to 620 bar and 1000°C respectively? 

This is Alfa Laval 

Alfa Laval is active in the areas of Energy, Marine, and Food & Water, offering its expertise, products, and service to a wide range of industries in some 100 countries. The company is committed to optimizing processes, creating responsible growth, and driving progress – always going the extra mile to support customers in achieving their business goals and sustainability targets.

Alfa Laval’s innovative technologies are dedicated to purifying, refining, and reusing materials, promoting more responsible use of natural resources. They contribute to improved energy efficiency and heat recovery, better water treatment, and reduced emissions. Thereby, Alfa Laval is not only accelerating success for its customers, but also for people and the planet. Making the world better, every day. It’s all about Advancing better™.

Alfa Laval has 17,500 employees. Annual sales in 2019 were SEK 46.5 billion (approx. EUR 4.4 billion). The company is listed on Nasdaq OMX.

www.alfalaval.com

Stora Enso is introducing its new eco-friendly take-away bowls for food service packaging, PureFiber™ by Stora Enso. The products are free from plastic and PFAS and are designed to help customers replace plastic on-the-go food packaging. The bowls are being brought to market together with the wholesale company Tingstad. The PureFiber™ product range will expand to other food and consumer goods applications.

Stora Enso’s formed fiber products are designed for circularity, meaning that they are renewable, recyclable and biodegradable. The PureFiber™ product line enables a carbon footprint that is approximately 75% lower compared to alternative product materials such as plastic or bagasse. The unique formed fiber technology allows the products to be produced without plastic and PFAS, bringing a sustainable alternative with strong user-qualities to the market.

“Consumers are looking for products designed for more eco-friendly lives,” says Sohrab Kazemahvazi, Senior Vice President, Formed Fiber at Stora Enso. “They want to minimise waste and their carbon footprint and reduce their use of plastic. The formed fiber products we are bringing to market are game changing in the sense that they help strong brands achieve their ambitions in sustainability and the circular economy.”

Stora Enso sells its formed fiber products directly to brand owners and wholesalers. In the Nordic countries Stora Enso cooperates with wholesaler Tingstad, which sells PureFiber™ food bowls directly to customers in the fast-food industry. Tingstad is a family-owned company and the market-leading distributor of disposables and food service products to the HORECA sector in the Nordic countries.

“We strongly believe that PureFiber™ will play an important role in the market conversion from plastic to non-plastic food packaging. We are excited to bring a truly sustainable solution to the market together with Stora Enso,” says Johan Larsson, Purchasing Manager at Tingstad.

PureFiber™ products are produced in Stora Ensos Hylte Mill in Sweden and made of natural wood fibres from sustainably managed forests. Potential applications also include non-food items to replace plastic consumables in agriculture, electronics and consumer and industrial goods packaging.

For further information, please contact:
Eeva Taimisto
Head of Communications, Stora Enso Packaging Solutions
tel. +358401723832

Part of the bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. Stora Enso has some 25 000 employees in over 30 countries. Our sales in 2019 were EUR 10.1 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the USA as ADRs (SEOAY). storaenso.com

www.tingstad.com

Warrego Energy spuds second well on West Erregulla concession in the Perth Basin. 

Warrego Energy, along with its 50:50 joint venture partner, Strike Energy, has announced the spudding of its second well, West Erregulla 3 (WE3) on the EP469 concession in the Perth Basin, onshore West Australia. 

After a safe and successful mobilisation and third-party inspections, the joint venture’s Ensign Rig 970, began drilling on Monday 21st September 2020.  

This is the second well to be drilled by Warrego following its ground-breaking WE2 well drilled last year. WE3 is the first of a three well appraisal drilling campaign on the West Erregulla field located within exploration permit 469 which Warrego Energy acquired in 2007. The field forms part of a triangle between Mitsui’s Waitsia wells and Beach Energy’s Beharra Springs Deep, which has been claimed to have the potential to hold a world-class hydrocarbon deposition. 

West Erregulla-2 was spudded in June 2019 and drilled to a total depth of 5,100 metres, the deepest well drilled in onshore Australia, flow tests achieved a world class maximum flow rate of 69million standard cubic feet of gas per day.   

Dennis Donald (left) and Duncan NacNiven of Warrego Energy

This latest appraisal drilling campaign is one of a string of positive announcements for Warrego Energy, which was formed in late 2007 by Scots Dennis Donald and Duncan MacNiven. For thirteen years, the founders have battled to build a leading international  oil and gas company that will respect and tread lightly on the land. The company is managed by entrepreneurs and is committed to maximising stakeholder value through the application of new technologies and thinking.  

Chief executive, Dennis Donald, said: “Despite significant odds, we have taken the company to a point where Warrego Energy has the potential to become a formidable energy business. The major discoveries of the West Erregulla-2 well helped consolidate our position as a key player in the Perth Basin and has laid the foundation for exploration and appraisal success through our current campaign.  

“Warrego Energy truly is on the cusp of becoming a major, international onshore, conventional gas exploration and production company. Very few oil and gas businesses start with a bare exploration block and move through a ten-year plus work sequence to eventually take that block into production. We truly believe that we will achieve that distinction.  

“We share the widely held view that natural gas is a transition fuel – one which will enable future renewable energy solutions. Natural gas, the cleanest burning hydrocarbon source, will play an increasing role in addressing climate change. LNG terminals are being constructed around the world at pace, making gas easily transportable and competitive with oil and other energy sources. With a significant, readily accessible, unencumbered conventional gas resource, Warrego Energy intends to play its part in the energy transition in Western Australia and Europe. 

“With the advent of the 5-year delays to the offshore Browse and Scarborough projects the energy hungry Western Australian domestic market will be an even more receptive market for Warrego’s production gas.” 

Following the reverse take-over of Petrel Energy in 2019, Warrego Energy acquired a listing on the Australian ASX market and excellent prospective assets in Spain. Their Tesorillo onshore project is in the final stages of gaining government permit approval. The North African Maghreb-Europe gas trunkline which makes landfall within the permit area, will provide ready access to lucrative Spanish and Portuguese gas markets. 

Duncan MacNiven added: “It’s been a roller-coaster of a ride but we’re now well on our journey to realise the true underlying value of our total asset portfolio. 

“Our interests in two continents, Australia and Europe, mean that we can fast-track key learning and introduce enabling technologies between each.  

“Global political and economic conditions, which had deteriorated in 2019, have only worsened this year with the coronavirus pandemic. However, with our agile, responsive approach, free from the bureaucracy and overhead burden of many traditional oil and gas businesses, we are responding well. The skills and experience inherent in our lean team reduce technical and investment risk, ensure efficient execution and maximise the potential for all stakeholders. 

“We’re concentrating on our high-grade assets with above average geological and geophysical features, excellent proximity to pipelines, infrastructure and markets and low-cost development potential.  

“With David Biggs, a highly experienced and capable CEO, in place in Australia, Dennis and I are now focused on building out our European operations, engaging investors and maximising current appraisal and production projects in Spain.”