TotalEnergies SE has announced an investment outlay of EUR 160 million ($172.34 million) for 6 battery energy storage system projects under construction in Germany. The projects have a combined capacity of 221 megawatts (MW). They are being developed by Kyon Energy, acquired by the French energy major last year. Construction started at the end of 2024 and commissioning is planned for early 2026, according to TotalEnergies. “The launch of these projects marks a major milestone in TotalEnergies’ development of battery energy storage capacity in Germany, where the Company has operations in the production, trading, aggregation and commercialization of clean firm power”, TotalEnergies said in a press release. “This storage capacity will allow TotalEnergies to contribute to the resilience of the German power system, by reducing congestion and adding flexibility in order to quickly boost the country’s renewables sector”. TotalEnergies said it has 2 gigawatts of storage capacity under development and 321 MW under construction in Germany. “The implementation and integration of all these battery projects will allow us to supply our customers with clean firm power, contributing directly to our targeted 12 percent profitability in this activity”, commented chair and chief executive Patrick Pouyanné. In Germany, TotalEnergies expects to have 7 GW of onshore wind and solar in development and 200 MW of installed or under construction after the completion of its acquisition of VSB Group. Announcing the EUR 1.57 billion purchase from Swiss asset manager Partners Group on December 4, 2024, TotalEnergies noted, “VSB has over 475 MW of renewable capacity in operation or under construction mainly in Germany and France, and a pipeline of 18 GW of wind, solar and battery storage technologies mainly across Germany, Poland and France”. “This transaction will strengthen TotalEnergies Integrated Power value chain in Germany, which represents half of VSB’s portfolio”, TotalEnergies said then.

Leading services company Reservoir Group has found an innovative solution during coil tubing operations that promises to save operators time and money. For decades, gathering critical data during coil tubing deployment involved separate logging runs, adding time and cost to well monitoring. That’s because traditional methods required wireline or slickline deployment of gauges, forcing operators to interrupt operations to retrieve vital information. Recognising the inefficiencies of this approach, Reservoir Group developed a system of gauges mounted directly on coil tubing. This breakthrough technology allows operators to collect pressure and temperature data, assess wellbore integrity, and detect leaks during the drilling process itself. An early deployment of the system saved one company $65,000. How groundbreaking technology works Reservoir Group’s flow-through gauge carrier is a non-magnetic, 718 nickel alloy tool that seamlessly integrates with coil tubing operations. The carrier can be equipped with a range of memory tools, including: Dual pressure and temperature gauges Acoustic logging tools Gamma ray/CCL (casing collar locator) Electromagnetic logging tools By deploying these gauges on coil tubing, operators can simultaneously conduct standard well interventions, such as jetting cleanouts, while collecting essential well data. This eliminates the downtime typically associated with logging runs and ensures that valuable insights are gathered without disrupting the workflow. Key benefits of Reservoir Group’s solution Compared to traditional logging methods, Reservoir Group’s coil tubing solution offers several distinct advantages: Efficiency Gains: Since the gauges are deployed on coil tubing during existing operations, there’s no need for an additional logging run, significantly reducing rig time. Cost Savings: Eliminating separate wireline or slickline runs results in substantial cost reductions. A recent case study demonstrated savings of $65,000 for a single well intervention. Versatility: The technology supports a wide range of well environments, from pressures of 150 psi to 30,000 psi and temperatures between -20°C and

“Uncertainty” was highlighted several times by exploration and production companies in the ‘comments’ section of the first quarter 2025 Dallas Fed Energy Survey, which was released this week. “The key word to describe 2025 so far is ‘uncertainty’, and, as a public company, our investors hate uncertainty,” one exploration and production company noted in an exploration and production firm segment of the comments section, which the survey outlined showed comments from respondents’ completed surveys that had been edited for publication. “This has led to a marked increase in the implied cost of capital of our business, with public energy stocks down significantly more than oil prices over the last two months,” the company added. “This uncertainty is being caused by the conflicting messages coming from the new administration,” it continued. The company went on to state that “there cannot be ‘U.S. energy dominance’ and $50 per barrel oil”. “Those two statements are contradictory. At $50 per barrel oil, we will see U.S. oil production start to decline immediately and likely significantly (one million barrels per day plus within a couple quarters),” the company added. “This is not ‘energy dominance’. The U.S. oil cost curve is in a different place than it was five years ago; $70 per barrel is the new $50 per barrel,” it went on to note. Another exploration and production company stated in the comments section that “trade and tariff uncertainty are making planning difficult”. A separate exploration and production firm noted that “the administration’s chaos is a disaster for the commodity markets”. “‘Drill, baby, drill’ is nothing short of a myth and populist rallying cry. Tariff policy is impossible for us to predict and doesn’t have a clear goal. We want more stability,” that company added. One more exploration and production company representative said, “I have

A Uganda-Tanzania petroleum pipeline project majority-owned by TotalEnergies SE has secured the first tranche of external syndicated financing. The group of backers include regional banks African Export Import Bank, Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd., Stanbic Bank Uganda Ltd., KCB Bank Uganda and Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the project joint venture EACOP Ltd. said in an online statement. EACOP did not disclose any amount. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline will transport up to 246,000 barrels a day from the Lake Albert oilfields in Uganda to the port of Tanga, Tanzania, for export to the global market, according to EACOP. The funding “demonstrates the support of financial institutions on this transformative regional infrastructure”, it said. Construction was more than 50 percent complete at the end of last year, EACOP said, noting over 8,000 Ugandan and Tanzanian citizens are employed for the project. Construction started last year and is expected to take 2 years to complete, according to EACOP. Besides a 1,443-kilometer (896.63 miles), 24-inch buried pipeline, the project will also install 6 pumping stations, 2 pressure reduction stations and a marine export terminal with a 3-megawatt solar plant, according to EACOP. Early last year TotalEnergies, which owns 62 percent of EACOP, said it had commissioned an assessment of its land acquisition process for the pipeline project and an associated oil development project, following allegations by an interfaith organization that the French energy giant failed to protect hundreds of graves. “As the land acquisition process draws to a close, this mission will evaluate the land acquisition procedures implemented, the conditions for consultation, compensation and relocation of the populations concerned, and the grievance handling mechanism”, TotalEnergies said in a press release January 4, 2024. “It will also assess the actions taken by TotalEnergies EP Uganda and

LISTEN: EVOL X Scottish Enterprise: It’s high tide time for Scotland’s energy mix  Scotland is currently leading the world in the development and testing of tidal stream and wave energy technologies. Two of the world’s first tidal stream arrays have been built and operated in Scotland since 2016. Excitement for the sector is also growing since a number of projects have won support through the UK’s contracts for difference (CfD) scheme in recent years. Tune in to hear Energy Voice news editor Erikka Askeland  speak to Johanna Money, energy transition specialist at Scottish Enterprise, about the vast economic and environmental potential for Scotland underneath the water as it develops energy generation technology that is clean and comes from consistent and predictable tides. We also take a trip up to Orkney to speak with Eileen Linklater, corporate affairs director of European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), where conditions are ideal to prove why the tide will wait for no one.

A new podcast looks at how tidal energy can power Scotland’s future, strengthen its economy, and lead the way in renewable innovation. The talk features Johanna Money, an energy transition specialist at Scottish Enterprise, who outlines the extent of the opportunity and how Scottish Enterprise will support businesses. A new podcast looks at how tidal energy can power Scotland’s future, strengthen its economy, and lead the way in renewable innovation. The talk features Johanna Money, an energy transition specialist at Scottish Enterprise, who outlines the extent of the opportunity and how Scottish Enterprise can  support businesses. Scotland is at the forefront of the tidal energy revolution, with its powerful coastal waters providing an outstanding opportunity to harness this clean, predictable energy. Johanna said: “The marine renewable energy sector   has a huge role to play in Scotland’s journey to net zero. We’re looking at how we can support Scottish companies to  engage with tidal energy and how it can contribute to economic growth in Scotland.” £4.5bn of potential © Supplied by Scottish EnterpriseJohanna Money is a specialist in the energy transition. A recent report commissioned by Scottish Enterprise and authored by the University of Edinburgh’s Policy and Innovation Group, highlights the economic potential of tidal energy. The report estimates that by 2050, Scotland could be home to 4.3 gigawatts of tidal energy, and from those and a further 1.9 GW of other UK projects generate a GVA benefit to Scotland of £4.5bn, as well as creating almost 6,000 jobs from this domestic market. One of the key factors setting tidal energy apart from other renewables is its predictability. “Unlike wind or solar, tidal energy is entirely predictable,” said Johanna. “We know exactly when the tide will go in and out for centuries to come. That kind of reliability provides significant energy