Photo: think4photop/Shutterstock By Rachel Graham and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) -- The coronavirus pandemic is delaying vital maintenance across the oil and natural gas industries in Europe and North America. Restrictions on the numbers of contractors on rigs, pipelines and production sites are forcing companies to delay work that’s been planned for years. For … [Read more...]
Equinor Orders Longer Shifts for Offshore Staff Due to Coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Equinor platforms in the Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea, Norway, December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, March 16 (Reuters) - Equinor will extend its employees' shifts at offshore platforms to 21 days from 14 days to reduce the risk of coronavirus spread, the oil company said on Monday, as oil … [Read more...]
Equinor Confirms Coronavirus Case on North Sea Oil Platform
The Martin Linge platform in the North Sea. Photo: Jan Arne Wold / Woldcam - Equinor ASA By Stephen Treloar and Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) -- Equinor ASA reported the first case of coronavirus among employees on oil and gas installations offshore Norway and is testing more workers on several platforms. The positive test at the Martin Linge field, due to start output at the … [Read more...]
North Sea Oil Producers Face Demanding Near-Term Carbon Target
Photo: corlaffra / Shutterstock By Mathew Carr (Bloomberg) -- A group of U.K. North Sea oil and natural gas producers face an ambitious government-mandated target to cut their emissions as soon as 2025 as the nation seeks to make more real its ambition for net-zero fossil fuel pollution by the middle of the century. The U.K. government has set a goal of zeroing out net … [Read more...]
Jury Opposes Felony Charges for Protesters Who Shut Houston Ship Channel
Greenpeace activists form a blockade on the Fred Hartman Bridge, shutting down the Houston Ship Channel near Baytown, Texas, September 12, 2019. ©Anonymous/Greenpeace USA/via REUTERS By Liz Hampton March 4 (Reuters) - A Texas grand jury on Wednesday declined to issue felony indictments against a group of Greenpeace USA activists who closed a key oil export waterway for … [Read more...]