
S&P Global Platts Analytics expects the Middle East to struggle to reach net-zero targets as emissions from oil & gas are expected to rise.

A case involving a Swiss tanker previously detained by Nigeria has been removed from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’s (ITLOS) list of cases.

On Tuesday, the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda ordered Shell to immediately halt seismic survey activities along South Africa’s Wild Coast. Also, Shell and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy were ordered to pay the costs of the application for the interim interdict.

Havila Shipping has secured a new contract for one of its platform supply vessels with Amilcar Petroleum for operations in Tunisia.

The UK-based Xlinks has opened a tender for marine geophysical and geotechnical surveys to be performed on the interconnector cable route between Morocco and the UK.

A court in Mauritius has handed a 20-month prison sentence to the captain and first officer of Wakashio, a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground off the Mauritian coast in 2020, causing a massive oil spill.

An analysis of oil and gas discoveries in 2021 by Rystad has revealed that discovered volumes are on track to hit lowest level in 75 years.

FAR is encouraged by oil shows and potential reservoirs encountered in its well off The Gambia despite no live oil columns being present.

Boskalis has just signed a contract with the Beninese and Togolese governments to respond to the advance of coastal erosion, AFRIK 21 reports. The value of this contract is 41.6 billion CFA francs, nearly EUR 63.5 million. Under the contract, the Dutch giant will protect the segment (180 km) of the

Vantage Drilling and ADES are taking their relationship to the next level following an agreement under which Vantage will sell three of its jack-ups to ADES.

Island Drilling has secured two new contracts, one with Petrofac in the UK North Sea and another with Maersk Decom for work in Mauritania.

Suez Canal Authority has issued a new circular informing on the reduction of rebates on tolls for LNG carriers passing Egypt’s canal from January until June 2022.