A new guide that aims to provide both port and shipping sectors with practical guidance on how to facilitate Just In Time Arrivals (JIT) has been released.
Equinor has received safety consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Deepsea Atlantic rig on the Gullfaks field located offshore Norway.
Bahamas Petroleum Company has been granted an interim force majeure extension to the second exploration period for its southern licences in The Bahamas
Hermitage Offshore and 28 subsidiaries have filed for voluntary Chapter 11 petitions amid global oil slump and coronavirus pandemic.
Germany’s customs and police officers have seized around 1.5 tonnes of cocaine discovered on board a container vessel at the Port of Hamburg, a spokesperson for the Customs Office in Hamburg confirmed to Offshore Energy.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.
Mauritius’ Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after Wakashio, a Japanese bulker that ran aground off the coast of the island nation, began spilling oil.
The Federal Court of Australia has handed a major legal victory to ten Australian seafarers who undertook a two-month sit-in to prevent their vessel, the MV Portland, from being replaced by foreign flag-of-convenience ships crewed by exploited workers.
If the approval of the U.S. Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm is further delayed, or if the project’s permitting process ends up with a rejection, the industry could take it as a signal to pour its offshore wind money in Europe and Asia, according to comments submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean E
The integration of offshore energy systems, including oil and gas, renewables, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage, could deliver around 30 per cent of the UK’s total carbon reduction requirements needed to meet the 2050 net-zero target, the OGA said.
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bipartisan bill which would use royalties from offshore oil and gas drilling operations to fund maintenance of public lands, national parks and Native American schools.
Somalia will reportedly announce the winners of its first oil and gas licensing round in early 2021 and use its proceeds to rebuild the country’s economy.
Oil and gas company Spirit Energy has hit a duster near the Ivar Aasen field in the central part of the North Sea.
A green energy transition will require the industry to make real progress in reducing its carbon footprint.
