A survey made by the Norwegian statistics bureau SSB revealed that oil and gas investment in Norway will rise more this year and decline less in 2021 than predicted a few months ago.
Saudi Ports Authority is the latest port to prohibit discharges of exhaust wash water in its waters from ships fitted with open-loop scrubbers, one of the alternative measures of being compliant with the IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap. The port authority is acting on instructions received from the General Aut
Norwegian shipping and tank terminal company Odfjell SE has appointed Øistein Jensen as the company’s first Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO). Jensen, currently Chief of Staff, will lead Odfjell SE’s company-wide work on environmental, social and governance matters (ESG). “Our appointment of a Chie
The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) for continued cooperation in the areas of offshore oil and gas, offshore wind energy, and seabed minerals.
Environmental group Greenpeace has located two large methane leaks at an old offshore well site in the UK North Sea.
Four Greenpeace activists have occupied the Dan Bravo oil platform which is located on the Dan field in the Danish North Sea.
The U.S. government is considering changes to policies for oil companies operating in the offshore Gulf of Mexico that might allow existing platforms to lengthen extensions to remote wells, Reuters claimed.
A Panama-flagged bulk carrier collided with a Philippine-flagged tanker off Luzon Point, Mariveles, Bataan, on 15 August 2020, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.
The main fears around the use of the low sulphur fuel as mandated by the IMO 2020 sulphur cap that entered into force in January 2020, such as lack of availability and poor quality of new fuels did not materialize paving the way for a much smoother transition than expected. Availability concerns wer
Wakashio, a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef off the coast of Mauritius in late July, has split in two on 15 August.
The share of the containership fleet fitted with scrubbers exceeded that of the crude oil tanker fleet by the start of July 2020, data from BIMCO shows. The world’s largest shipowner association said that containerships with a collective cargo-carrying capacity of 5.3 million TEU are now fitted with
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
