The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a well located in the Barents Sea off Norway.
Karoon Gas has received approval from a Brazilian regulator to take over the Baúna field offshore Brazil with completion expected at the end of the month.
United States President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden locked up horns in the final presidential debate over completely different visions on the future of the country’s fossil fuels industry.
BW Offshore has decided to place its subsidiary which owns the FPSO Umoroa in New Zealand in liquidation to avoid further accumulation of losses following the permit operator’s insolvency.
Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP), a Danish-Swedish joint venture port operator, revealed it would join the application for the EU funding for CO2 capture project on Amager Bakke.
Japanese-owned car import vessel Metis Leader has been arrested in Australia on the grounds of overdue crew changes. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said a number of seafarers on the Panamanian-flagged vessel had been working aboard the vessel in excess of the 11 months, the ma
In September, China’s President Xi Jinping pledged before the UN General Assembly to make China carbon neutral by 2060. This is a bold goal for the world’s largest polluter at a time when the nation is planning to develop nearly 150 gigawatts worth of coal power plants. The momentum is building for
The investigation into the fire on board Maersk Honam boxship by the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) of Singapore has shown that it is highly likely that the fire originated from the decomposition of dangerous cargo generating intense heat. Maersk Honam was hit by a major fire in March
Norwegian authorities have issued consent to Wintershall Dea for the start-up of the Dvalin field located in the Norwegian Sea.
London-listed oil and gas firm Europa Oil & Gas has been granted a one-year extension for the initial phase of the Inezgane exploration permit in the Agadir Basin, offshore Morocco.
The United States is sanctioning six Chinese entities and two individuals over business relations with Iranian shipping company IRISL and its subsidiary Hafez Darya Arya Shipping Company (HDASCO). The State Department designated IRISL and IRISL’s Shanghai-based subsidiary, E-Sail Shipping Company Lt
Maritime safety authority Maritime NZ has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from one of New Zealand’s biggest stevedoring companies, ISO Limited, after a near-fatal incident involving one of their workers in December 2017.
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has begun an investigation of the incident on the West Bollsta rig when a length of riser fell from the handling equipment during lifting.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has visited the Fatih drillship to announce an increase in discovered resources at the Tuna-1 (Danube-1) offshore well in the Black Sea.
