Drilling & production

Rosneft and Vitol have signed a Heads of Agremnt for future cooperation in an LNG supply deal from Rosneft’s proposed LNG facility in Russia’s Far East.

A bill that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agecy regulating coal ash as hazardous waste has passed through the House Energy & Commerce Committee and will now go to a vote in the full House of Representatives.

David Stokes and Oliver Spinks, Timera Energy, UK, examine European LNG dynamics in the context of the global gas market.

Coalspur Mine’s board of directors approves C$ 458 million development of Vista Coal project.

Link Energy and LLR YakutMinerals have agreed to investigate underground coal gasification prospects in northeast Russia.

The Energy Information Administration has reported record monthly US coal exports in March as exports remains on track to break 100 million t for the third year running.

A survey of offshore oil and gas workers has found that Health and Safety Executive inspectors are spread too thin and not enough offshore checks are being made.

DSME has cut first steel on the hull of the FPS for the Icthys LNG prject, which will be operated by Inpex.

Coal of Africa Ltd. announce results of DFS conducted at company’s flagship coal project.

Port of Newcastle could be privatised under plans announced in the New South Wales budget.

World Coal Association claims report is “ideologically driven” and “unscientific”.

The IMO has chosen DNV to look into the potential of LNG as a shipping ferl in North America

Coal India Ltd. hopes to acquire a majority stake in two undisclosed Australian mining companies for a combined total of US$ 4 billion.

Loren Padleford discusses ways of identifying risk connections, which go beyond current approaches to risk management.

How a mine operating system (MOS) can help tackle the challenges of declining margins, rising costs and a lack of skilled workers in the mining industry.