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Posted: 3 months ago

Noble Corp. making a comeback to NYSE

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has received approval for listing its ordinary shares...

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  • Business & Finance
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OMV gearing up for North Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted OMV a drilling permit for a well in the North ...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Biden’s move to suspend oil and gas leases in Arctic Refuge labelled ‘outrageous’

U.S. President Joe Biden has suspended oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, re...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Equinor gets nod to use Floatel unit on Martin Linge

Norway’s PSA has given Equinor consent to use a Floatel International-owned accommodation rig ...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Swire Shipping to ink construction deal for sail-assisted cargo vessel shortly

Swire Shipping plans to sign the building contract for the first pilot vessel of the Project Cerulea...

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  • Vessels
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Repairs on Johan Castberg FPSO hull to delay completion by a year

Due to challenges faced in constructing the hull and equipment for the Johan Castberg FPSO, the proj...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Pakistani workers injured while scrapping mercury-laden FSO

Scrapping of the Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) tanker J. NAT in Gadani, Pakistan, has been s...

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  • Human Capital
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Equinor bites dust in Barents Sea well

Oil and gas giant Equinor has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well in the Barents Sea, but the w...

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  • Exploration & Production
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IMO agrees new EEXI, CII guidelines

IMO’s working group has agreed on a set of draft guidelines to support mandatory measures appr...

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  • Authorities & Government
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AMSA imposes record ban on Aswan Shipping's bulker

Australian authorities have issued a record ban to Aswan Shipping, the owners of Panama-flagged bulk...

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  • Vessels
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Industry heavyweights call for net-zero shipping by 2050

The shipping industry must reach zero emissions by 2050, and to get there zero-emission ships must b...

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  • Regulation & policy
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Long Beach port rewards eco ships with world's highest bonus

California’s Port of Long Beach, the second-busiest container port in the United States, has a...

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  • Business developments & projects
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Carbon pricing: Have we reached the tipping point?

The discussion on carbon pricing in the maritime industry is heating up, as industry stakeholders ur...

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  • Business & Finance
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Talos and Pemex don’t see eye to eye on Zama field unitisation

Talos Energy believes it is best positioned to operate the giant Zama field discovery located offsho...

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  • Business & Finance
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Regulator to probe fatal Gulf of Mexico incident

U.S. offshore safety authority has launched an investigation into a fatal incident on a Fieldwood En...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Norwegian unions and offshore drillers going to mediation as wage talks fail

Three Norwegian unions broke off negotiations with the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and w...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Safety order for Equinor after two cases of possible asbestos exposure

Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given Equinor a notice of an order after two cases of exposur...

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  • Safety
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12 major shipowners to boost responsible ship recycling

On May 18, Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) hosted by the Sustainable Shipping Initiati...

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  • Outlook & strategy
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Posted: 4 months ago
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ExxonMobil hopes to repair faulty Guyana FPSO parts before mid-2021

ExxonMobil is working to resolve technical challenges and design issues on its Liza Destiny FPSO as ...

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  • Vessels
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Shipping industry signs declaration to curb piracy in GoG

After more than 95% of sea kidnappings happened in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020, almost 100 shipping c...

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  • Regulation & policy
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Offshore worker injured in serious Johan Sverdrup incident

An investigation has been launched into a serious lifting incident with a personal injury on Equinor...

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  • Safety
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ITF: Emissions set to rise as transport activity doubles

Global transport activity will more than double by 2050, and traffic emissions will rise by 16% comp...

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  • Outlook & strategy
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Offshore safety regulator inspects BP’s Argos platform

BSEE has conducted a pre-production inspection of BP’s Argos platform slated for operation in ...

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  • Safety
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Hibernia platform: Investigation launched after near-miss incident

A near-miss incident with the potential for fatality has happened on the HMDC-operated Hibernia plat...

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  • Safety
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LSF, VLSF add $20,000 to annual ship operation costs

The introduction of the IMO rules last year to reduce ship sulphur emissions has resulted in a signi...

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  • Infrastructure
Posted: 4 months ago