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GC Rieber Shipping named Christian Berg as its CEO. In addition to joining GC Rieber in this position, Berg’s newly established venture, Bech Offshore, will also become part of the company. He has more than 20 years’ experience in various management positions within the oil service industry. Before establishing Bech he spent 5 years in executive positions at Viking Su…

Gassnova has assigned Statoil to evaluate the development of carbon storage on the Norwegian continental shelf. This will be the first storage site in the world receiving carbon dioxide from several industrial sources.

A federal appeals court in Washington ruled on 3 July that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped his authority in trying to delay implementation of an Obama administration rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks.

"Today we know more about the surface of the Moon than our own seabed."—Sturla Henriksen, CEO of Norwegian Shipowners' Association

In the 4 months since he took office as the Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt has moved to undo, delay, or otherwise block more than 30 environmental rules.

Anadarko Petroleum said late on 30 June that it has tested more than 4,000 active oil and gas lines and plugged another 2,400 inactive ones per a state order issued after a fatal home explosion in Firestone, Colorado, in April.

The merger of industrial giant GE and oilfield services firm Baker Hughes closed on 3 July, creating the second-largest oil field services firm in the world.

Veolia's CoStrip is a system that provides pretreatment to reverse osmosis membrane systems. It removes benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and various other dissolved gases depending upon the application. It extends the life of reverse osmosis membranes due to the removal of volatile organics and eliminates the need for upstream treatmen…

As E&P companies slowly ramp up drilling and production activities while adjusting to a new period of “lower for longer” prices, the time is right for widespread adoption of the IoT.

Many cybersecurity experts think the global malware attack on 27 June may have been an initial test run of a hybrid creation. If the term “wiper” is unfamiliar, you need to read this.

Royal Dutch Shell welcomes the final recommendations set out in a report published on 29 June by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures.

Oil and gas might not seem like an industry that hackers would target. But they do—and the cybersecurity risks rise with every new data-based link between rigs, refineries, and headquarters. In an increasingly connected world, how can upstream oil and gas companies protect themselves?