Turkey has increased the levels of maritime pollution fines raising them by 9.11 %, according to the Standard Club. Environmental pollution fines are revised annually and declared in the Official Gazette for the respective year. The fines relate to pollution caused by cargo ships and other naval ves
Kwasi Kwarteng has been appointed as the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as part of a ministerial reorganization at the department.
Perth-based oil and exploration company Finder Energy has been awarded a 100 per cent interest in the exploration permit WA-547-P located near the massive Dorado discovery offshore Australia.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Chrysaor drilling permits for two wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
The Government of Norway has revealed plans to increase its national tax on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions more than threefold by 2030 to help it reach its climate goals.
The United States Department of Energy has issued a policy removing the requirement for separate short-term LNG export authorization.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has issued its most severe banning to date to the master and operator of the Marshall Islands-flagged livestock carrier, Barkly Pearl last night. As informed, the Barkly Pearl was initially spotted on November 3rd, 2020 travelling through Australia’s northern
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) issued its type approval for Alfa Laval PureBallast 2 ballast water treatment system. The system underwent some technical modifications in order to become compliant with the USCG’s testing regime. With the modifications in place, a PureBallast 2 system with a Boll & Kirsc
A federal judge in Alaska ruled that the Trump administration’s planned auction of oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could proceed as planned.
ConocoPhillips has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety watchdog for remote operation of a North Sea platform.
Although the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has committed to cutting operational emissions in half by 2030 and achieving net-zero production by 2050, operators will have to make leaps forward in technology, policy, and investment to reach these goals, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Ship classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) said that the installation deadlines based on the BWMS Convention for many of its registered ships are still concentrated in the year 2022. As of the end of November 2020, 7,220 of the 9,159 ships registered with ClassNK are obligated to inst
Iran has seized a South Korean chemical tanker Hankuk Chemi citing oil pollution in the Persian Gulf. The tanker was reportedly underway to Fujairah, in the UAE, from the Saudi city of Al-Jubail on Monday when it got detained. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the reason behind the detainment was st
i3 Energy has relinquished its UK North Sea licence which contains the Liberator field, after determining that its development would not be commercially viable.
