Republican senators from oil-producing states, led by Senator Bill Cassidy from Louisiana, introduced legislation that would block the Biden administration’s order pausing new oil and gas leasing on federal lands.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
SEA Europe, a shipyards and maritime equipment association, supports the inclusion of shipping into the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) as part of the EU Green Deal. However, the association said that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions should be incentivised by internalising the external cos
Negative reactions to U.S. President Biden’s executive order to halt new oil and natural gas leasing on public lands and offshore waters are still coming in as the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) was next in line to give its view on the matter.
Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and LNG operator, signed an agreement on the environmental monitoring of the water area of Kamchatka Peninsula.
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to halt new oil and gas leasing but which the Department of the Interior (DOI) claims will “help restore balance on public lands and waters”.
Houston-based oil and gas company Marathon Oil has been able to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity in 2020 when compared to the previous year.
The U.S. President Joseph R. Biden, who took office just a week ago, is powering through very busy first days of presidency reversing multiple policies implemented by the previous administration. On Monday, January 25, Biden signed an executive order on strengthening American manufacturing which is
Aker BP has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use the Maersk Integrator rig for production drilling on the Tambar field.
With the increasing pressure for shipowners to sharpen their environmental performance, driven by IMO 2050, regional regulations and market pull from charterers, banks and investors, the decarbonization challenge is here to stay. “This represents a whole new ball game for the industry. Optimisation
Italy’s Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of Grande Texas, the sixth in a series of seven pure car & truck carriers (PCTCs) the company ordered from the Chinese shipyard Yangfan.
Santos has filed an environmental plan for exploration drilling of the Dancer-1 well, located offshore Australia, to Australian authorities.
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a shipbuilding holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, has extended the deadline for the acquisition of shares in compatriot Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) amid regulatory delays. The mega-merger deadline has been extend
Over 300 maritime industry and human rights leaders have signed a new global pledge urging for industry accountability and finally ending the deepening crew change crisis. The signatories of the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change vowed to deliver on a shared responsibility to
