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New Cabotage Rules Could Hurt Indonesia’s Coal Ports

09.02.2018

Indonesia's coal producers are concerned that the nation's new cabotage rules will cut down on export volumes at its coal terminals. The Indonesian Ministry of Trade has issued a regulation requiring certain goods - including coal and crude palm oil - to be exported aboard Indonesian vessels and insured with Indonesian insurers, a measure intended to boost the nation's shipping industry. 

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Why so many oil and gas projects fail to produce as planned?

09.02.2018

Half of oil and gas fields are not producing to expectations when onstream, which is mainly due to unexpected reservoir issues, according to a new study by Westwood Global Energy Group. Lessons learned from this study show that most of the subsurface risks could have been mitigated before the start of a project with more effective appraisal.

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Gazpromneft Ocean lubricant gets WinGD approval

02.02.2018

The lubricants business of Gazprom Neft, Gazpromneft-Lubricants has announced that it has received official approval from Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) for the use of its Gazpromneft Ocean CCL 100 HSF marine lubricants with the manufacturer’s engines.

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Croatia Working on Speeding Up Construction of Its LNG Terminal

02.02.2018

The Government of Croatia has proposed passing of a special bill that would speed up the construction of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Krk, Croatia.

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BP discovers oil in North Sea

02.02.2018

Oil and gas company, BP, announced two new exploration discoveries in the North Sea. Namely, the discoveries are Capercaillie, in Block 29/4e in the Central North Sea, and Achmelvich, in Block 206/9b west of Shetland.

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U.S. Carrier to Call Vietnamese Port for First Time in Decades

26.01.2018

On Thursday, American and Vietnamese officials announced that the carrier USS Carl Vinson will likely call at the port of Da Nang in March. She would be the first American carrier to arrive in a Vietnamese port since the end of the Vietnam War. 

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