
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) has voted to adopt the European Commission’s proposal to include shipping in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), surpassing the (in)activity of the UN maritime body, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to introduce a similar system

The European Commission has presented a plan on how the EU can rapidly reduce its dependence on Russian fossil fuels and fast forward the green transition.

Inpex has submitted an environment plan to the country’s regulator for exploration drilling in Commonwealth waters, offshore Australia.

The UK regulator has awarded two carbon storage licences in the North Sea – to store up to 23 Mtpa of CO2 by 2038 – to BP and Equinor.

SFL has inked a new deal with Odfjell Drilling, enabling the latter to replace Seadrill as the manager of another drilling rig.

Ofgem has approved National Grid’s request to make early payments to consumers of £200 million over the next two years as part of the regulatory regime for electricity interconnections. National Grid has offered to pay interconnector revenues ahead of schedule rather than at the end of the standard

DNV, an independent energy expert and assurance provider, has introduced two joint industry projects aiming to create comprehensive standardization guides for the floating solar industry.

BHP has secured acceptance from the country’s offshore regulator for its infill development drilling programme offshore Western Australia.

ConocoPhillips and its partners have submitted a PDO for a project in the Greater Ekofisk Area with investments totalling around $1.2 bln.

The UK’s competition regulator might accept a remedy proposal, submitted in response to its concerns about the proposed Noble-Maersk merger.

Trident and JV partners for Block G – located offshore Equatorial Guinea – have agreed to extend their Production Sharing Contract (PSC).

Equinor and Aker BP have inked a deal for the transfer of operatorship, allowing the latter to take the operator helm in the NOAKA area.

The European Union has proposed a ban on all Russian oil imports, aiming to phase out Russian crude oil within six months and refined products by year-end.

BP intends to invest up to £18 billion (about $22.5 billion) in the UK’s energy system by the end of 2030.