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April 18, 2017
LUKOIL will spend more than 500 million rubles on environmental protection activities in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District in the next three years.
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March 02, 2017
A BP well on Alaska’s North Slope is no longer leaking crude oil or natural gas, a spokeswoman said Monday. Environmentalists, describing the well as "out of control,” called on the state to investigate.
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April 17, 2017
As President Donald Trump contemplates whether to make good on his campaign promise to yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord, an unlikely lobbying force is hoping to talk him out of it: oil and coal producers.
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April 17, 2017
A well operated by BP Exploration Alaska Inc. on Alaska’s frigid North Slope is no longer spraying crude oil after leaks were discovered Friday morning.
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April 12, 2017
Emerson Automation Solutions has donated licenses of its reservoir characterization and engineering software, Roxar RMS and Roxar Tempest, to two prominent Indian universities, the Graphic Era University (GEU) in Dehradun and the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) in Pune.
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April 12, 2017
Royal Dutch Shell has published its sustainability report for 2016, which describes how it is working responsibly to help meet the world’s growing demand for more and cleaner energy.
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March 29, 2017
LUKOIL has developed a new technique to respond to oil spills in the Arctic waters.
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March 20, 2017
Danos completed 2016 with a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.11, the lowest since the company began tracking the data in 1979. The company credits this record to its comprehensive safety management system and the dedication of employees at every level.
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March 16, 2017
A team of researchers funded by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement began testing new oil burning technology Wednesday at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Joint Maritime Test Facility on Little Sand Island off the coast of Mobile.
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March 15, 2017
President Donald Trump will find the job of reining in spending on climate initiatives made harder by Obama-era policies.
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March 03, 2017
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing its request that owners and operators in the oil and natural gas industry provide information on equipment and emissions at existing oil and gas operations. The withdrawal is effective immediately, meaning owners and operators, including those who have received an extension to their due dates for providing the information, are no longer required to respond.
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February 24, 2017
Colorado Petroleum Council Executive Director Tracee Bentley urged the U.S. Senate to follow the House and support a disapproval resolution on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Methane and Waste Prevention rule because the flawed rule doesn’t improve upon U.S. successes in methane emissions reductions and could negatively impact American consumers, local revenues and energy security.
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February 24, 2017
Offshore wind companies have spent years struggling to convince skeptics that the future of U.S. energy should include giant windmills at sea.
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February 21, 2017
In association with its ongoing “Be an Engineer” initiative, Exxon Mobil is inspiring girls to explore coursework and careers in engineering through its 14th annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day program.
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February 16, 2017
The Province of British Columbia and the Metlakatla First Nation have reached new agreements to ensure benefits accrue as a result of the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export industry in the Prince Rupert area on the country’s west coast.
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February 13, 2017
Statoil awards Simon Møkster Shipping AS contracts for three emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRV), and Havila Shipping ASA for one ERRV.
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February 10, 2017
Just three days before this week’s environment conference in Alaska, the top EPA official in Anchorage called the organizer with some news: The agency had been instructed by the White House to slash the number of EPA staffers who could attend.
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February 03, 2017
Today, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ action to reject the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule on waste prevention and resource conservation, commonly referred to as the BLM methane Venting and Flaring Rule.
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January 30, 2017
ABS, a provider of classification and technical services to the offshore industry, has published the ABS Guidance Notes on Subsea Hybrid Riser Systems, the first set of recommended practices for hybrid riser systems in the offshore industry.
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January 29, 2017
A U.S. energy regulator filed his letter of resignation on Thursday. And with that letter, he may have just brought federal decisions on multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipelines to a halt.
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January 25, 2017
ABS, the leading provider of classification and technical services to the offshore industry, has published the ABS Guide for Building and Classing Drilling Tender Barges. This new Guide outlines services and standards for the global drilling tender sector.
