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Drilling permit to Equinor for North Sea wells

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

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  • Exploration & Production
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Norway launches 25th licensing round, focus on Barents Sea

Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy launched the 25th licensing round, encompassing 136 ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor set to drill North Sea well duo

Equinor is ready to drill two wells in the North Sea offshore Norway following the receipt of approv...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Gulf of Mexico lease sale attracts over $120M in high bids

The U.S. government agency Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has held a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas l...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Equinor faces safety order after serious lifting incident

Equinor has been served with a notice of order from the country’s offshore safety agency follo...

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  • Safety
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Ithaca moves forward with plans to develop UK field

Ithaca Energy is moving forward with its plans to develop the Abigail field, located in the UK North...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Report confirms progress in safety of offshore ops in EU

The European Commission has seen progress in the safety of offshore oil and gas operations following...

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  • Regulation & Policy
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Environmentalists blast IMO's lack of ambition

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved a number of measures aimed at cutting the...

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  • Regulation & Policy
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First guide for safer subsea mining

Classification and technical advisory body ABS has recently published the ‘Guide for Subsea Mi...

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  • Certification & Classification
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EU adds 4 more ship-recycling facilities to its list

The European Commission has added new yards to the European List of ship recycling facilities suitab...

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  • Business & Finance
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AMSA: Serving on ships beyond 11 months won’t be permitted from February 2021

The interim COVID arrangements which have permitted seafarers to serve longer than 11 months on-boar...

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  • Vessels
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Ghana orders Eni & Springfield to combine offshore fields

Ghana has imposed its terms and conditions for the Italian oil major Eni and domestic explorer Sprin...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Trillions of dollars to be stranded without global R&D fund

Trillions of dollars could be misallocated if member states of the International Maritime Organizati...

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  • Research & Development
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Moray East, Triton Knoll OFTO licences set to be tendered

Ofgem will open a tender round for the offshore transmission licences for the Moray East and Triton ...

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  • Rules & Regulation
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Safe Bulkers starts gradual fleet renewal focusing on green ships

Dry bulk shipping company Safe Bulkers wants to gradually renew its fleet with modern designs compli...

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  • Vessels
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Full-flow electro-chlorination BWM systems hands-down winner

Full-flow electro-chlorination ballast water management technology is more effective than ultra-viol...

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  • Equipment
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Jadestone ends Vietnam dispute with Inpex unit

Jadestone Energy has settled a dispute with Teikoku Oil, a subsidiary of Japan’s Inpex Corpora...

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  • Business & Finance
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Pacific Drilling to delist from NYSE following Chapter 11

Trading of Pacific Drilling’s shares on the NYSE has been suspended and the contractor is faci...

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  • Business & Finance
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Subsea Expo rescheduled due to Covid-19 restrictions

Subsea UK has decided to postpone its underwater engineering event Subsea Expo due to the current co...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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ClassNK releases guidelines for LNG carrier membrane systems

Classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has released its guidelines for membrane system...

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  • Regulation & Policy
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Premier Oil gets support from creditors for Chrysaor merger

UK oil and gas company Premier Oil has received creditor support for the proposed merger with Chrysa...

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  • Business & Finance
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CDC: US cruise ships can resume sailing with phased approach

On 30 October, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Framework for Condit...

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  • Safety
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Pacific Drilling files for Chapter 11 to eliminate debt

Pacific Drilling has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to eliminate $1.1 billion of bond debt amid sig...

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  • Business & Finance
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US blacklists Iran's oil and tanker companies

On 26 October, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imp...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to research clean energy tech

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s nuclear science and technology organization, has won a...

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  • Research & Development
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