Norwegian offshore safety body has found non-conformities and improvement points during an audit of Aker BP-operated Ivar Aasen project off Norway.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood advised China Development Bank on the $1.6 billion financing of six Arc7 LNG carrier newbuildings for a joint venture between Teekay LNG Partners and China LNG Shipping.
The Northern Sea Route handled a record volume of 9.7 million tons of cargo in 2017.
Japan’s Tokyo Gas decided to cut down on LNG imports from Malaysia once the long-term contract runs out this year.
U.S.-based oil company LLOG Exploration has started development drilling operations at the Buckskin project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
The Petroleum Safety Authority has found two non-conformities and six improvement points during an audit of Johan Sverdrup.
Norway’s oil production in December 2017 was lower than expected by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), a government agency in charge of regulating the petroleum resources in the country.
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, and Yamal LNG project operator, Novatek, said that an independent appraisal of its hydrocarbon reserves as of December 31, 2017, has been completed.
Oil major ExxonMobil has been named the 2017 Explorer of the Year by the World Oil and Gas Council.
Russian giant Gazprom informed it has received the construction permit from the Turkish authorities for the second string of the TurkStream gas pipeline’s offshore section stretching to the Turkish coast.
HRAS and BHRRC have launched a platform for recording cases of maritime human rights abuses.
Australia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has on January 2, received a Minister request to investigate the adequacy of condition monitoring GHG emissions from Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project.
Myanmar has ratified International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (BUNKER).
Two large oil spills and four medium spills from tankers were recorded in 2017.
