After a new hydrocarbon discovery at a prospect off the coast of Norway, which was drilled with a semi-submersible rig owned by Odfjell Drilling, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has disclosed more information about the latest gas/condensate find in the Norwegian Sea.
Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has launched a new licensing round encompassing offshore and onshore blocks to attract investments in the country’s oil and gas production and exploration.
Given the worldwide spike in total demand for natural gas, Houston-headquartered NextDecade is contemplating further capacity expansion of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal at the Port of Brownsville, Texas.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is (re)gaining regulatory support in the United States, with the country’s Department of Energy (DOE) having removed the barriers standing in the way of using LNG as a marine fuel to power ships. As informed, the Department of Energy’s oversight was withdrawn under the Na
PRIO has received the go-ahead from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (Ibama) for its offshore drilling plans in the Campos Basin, Espírito Santo. A sixth-generation semi-submersible drilling rig will carry out the planned six-well drilling program off the co
A drillship from Ventura Offshore Midco, a subsidiary of the Brazilian deepwater offshore drilling contractor Ventura Offshore, has been cleared to carry on with activities off the coast of Brazil in the wake of a suspension.
NEO Energy and its partners, Serica Energy and Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), are still waiting for the fiscal and regulatory uncertainty surrounding the UK’s oil and gas scene to clear up, once the government wraps up its environmental guidance revamp for oil and gas projects, to move full steam ahead wit
ConocoPhillips has received a green light for its environment plan (EP), which sets a timeline for the start-up of its upcoming Otway exploration drilling program (OEDP) in 2025. The exploration campaign will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean.
The EU Ship Recycling Regulation (SRR), in place since 2018, has largely met its objectives, but its further progress hinges on responsible practices of shipowners, a ‘considerable’ number of whom have “actively undermined” the guideline’s success, a new evaluation by the European Commission argues.
UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has secured an extension of a sanction waiver from the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for its field in the UK sector of the North Sea.
India’s Chidambaranar Port Trust, said to be the ‘third largest’ container terminal in the country, has laid the first stone of India’s inaugural pilot-scale port decarbonization project centered around alternative fuel sources, Italian marine classification society RINA has shared. According to RIN
The Dutch Port of Rotterdam and Belgian Port of Antwerp-Bruges have welcomed the Clean Industrial Deal, through which the European Commission intends to strengthen the competitiveness of European industry, emphasizing that now is the time to concretize the announced measures.
Draft amendments to Bangladesh’s ship recycling and hazardous waste management legislation have been developed to align the shipbreaking industry with international environmental standards and safety regulations, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has revealed. According to IMO, the propo
The European Union has unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal, a transformational business plan outlining concrete actions to turn decarbonization into ‘a driver of growth‘ for European industries by supporting renewable energy sources. Specifically, the plan aims to lower energy prices, create ‘quality
