
Shell and TotalEnergies have sealed multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) deals with the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAŞ).

The September 7 explosion on the oil tanker MT Suvarna Swarajya in Bangladesh—which claimed the lives of six people with four still in critical condition—has brought to light the lack of adequate international and national regulations, oversight and labor rights protections in the shipbreaking indus