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Major oil spill off California coast spurs calls for offshore drilling ban

A large oil spill has been reported off the Southern California coast, causing at least 126,000 gall...

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  • Environment
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U.S. gov’t preparing for latest Gulf of Mexico lease sale

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf o...

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MSC sued over (un)lawful Cuba dealings

Swiss container shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has become the latest carrier ta...

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BIMCO asks IMO MEPC to extend BWM experience-building phase

BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, has submitted a proposal to the International...

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  • Regulation & Policy
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Aker BP files development plan with fast-track solution for North Sea field

Aker BP has submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Frosk field to the country&...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Sentencing hearing in Petrofac bribery case delayed

Petrofac has reached a plea agreement with the UK Serious Fraud Office in relation to its investigat...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Neptune gains rig consent for Fenja production drilling

Neptune has received consent from a Norwegian offshore safety authority to use the Deepsea Yantai ri...

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  • Safety
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UK finds several ships in suspected breach of North Korean sanctions

The Royal Navy has captured evidence of ships of various nationalities apparently breaching United N...

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  • Rules & Regulation
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Cypriot shipping company to pay $2 million fine for illegal oily water discharge

Cyprus-based shipping company Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited (DWM) has been sentenced to pay a ...

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  • Rules & Regulation
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BW Offshore’s Barossa FPSO equity JV gets regulatory approval

BW Offshore has informed that a JV partnership for the equity financing of the Barossa FPSO has been...

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  • Authorities & Government
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EnQuest hands in decom plan for Thistle Alpha topsides

UK-based EnQuest has submitted its decommissioning plan for the Thistle Alpha platform topsides to t...

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  • Authorities & Government
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EMSA's drones discover possible sulphur emission violations

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has found 27 vessels sailing in the Strait of Gibraltar t...

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  • Rules & Regulation
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Polish and Danish regulators ink Baltic Pipe MoU

Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) and the Danish Utility Regulator (DUR) have signed a M...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Shell sanctions Norwegian subsea compression project

Shell has sanctioned its Ormen Lange wet gas subsea compression project in Norway and filed its deve...

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  • Project & Tenders
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IMO CCC 7 agrees on guidelines for ships using fuel cells

Draft interim guidelines aimed at providing international standard provisions for ships using fuel c...

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  • Regulation & Policy
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Aker BP secures drilling permit for North Sea well duo

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells in the...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Maersk CEO demands end date for fossil fuel use in shipping

Søren Skou, CEO of the world’s biggest container shipping company Maersk, has called on the UN...

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  • Regulation & Policy
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Liza Unity FPSO gets world’s first SUSTAIN notation

The ABS-classed and FPSO Liza Unity has been awarded the SUSTAIN-1 notation by ABS – the first FPSO ...

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  • Certification & Classification
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Regulator grants drilling permit to Ineos for Norwegian Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted INEOS E&P Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat ...

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  • Authorities & Government
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UK calls for zero global shipping emissions by 2050

The UK government has backed an absolute zero target for international shipping emissions by 2050, m...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Shell re-staffing four Gulf of Mexico assets

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Shell is redeploying its personnel to the Gulf of Mexico assets, ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Santos and Oil Search seal the deal to create ‘regional champion’

Santos and Oil Search have entered into a definitive agreement to merge the two companies in a deal ...

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  • Business & Finance
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Equinor gearing up for North Sea well duo

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat and an...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Giant heavy lift vessel removes North Sea platform for Ithaca

Ithaca Energy has started decommissioning operations at a field located in the UK sector of the Nort...

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  • Heavy lifting
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Petrobras puts two Santos Basin fields up for sale

Brazilian Petrobras has started the sales process for two of its operated fields located in the Sant...

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  • Business & Finance
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