Drilling & production

At the second time of asking, the European Parliament has approved a measure intended to reduce the number of surplus carbon credits on the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Australian company signs binding term sheet with Regius Coal, will acquire interest in licenses located in Zambezi basin.

Continental Coal’s Vlakvarkfontein coal mine is set to achieve its 3rd year of record thermal coal production.

Woodside has lowered its LNG production targets for 2013 due to an unplanned shutdown at Pluto LNG.

Australian coal company, New Age Exploration, announce positive test results at the company’s flagship project.

Cloud Peak Energy’s Antelope coal mine has won this year’s State of Wyoming Reclamation Award for restoring areas of cheatgrass-dominated land.

Teekay’s two new LNG carriers will be equipped with a combined inert gas generator and combustion unit

A new report of the IEA Clean Coal Centre discusses developments in circulating fluidised bed combustion.

Nigeria LNG has declared a force majeure as it’s LNG export terminal has been blockaded by two Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) boats for two weeks.

Algae.Tec to build algae carbon capture and biofuels facility alongside Macquarie Generation plant in New South Wales.

Shell highlights the economic benefits of the Prelude FLNG project.

Thunder Basin Coal Company mine receives the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute’s 2013 safety award.

2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has recently been awarded a contract by Total for the delivery management of the TLP top tensioned riser (TTR) systems for its Moho Nord field development, offshore Congo.

Nigeria’s Nestoil Plc, has won a multi billion Naira pipeline construction contract from oil giant Shell Nigeria Petroleum Development Company.

An important milestone in the development of the Kashagan field has been reached with production facilities coming online after start-up preparations, which began last year, reached their conclusion.