Environment & Safety
UN starts removing oil from decaying tanker near Yemen in Red Sea
The United Nations said it had started the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast in a complex operation it hopes will ward off a regional disaster.
Greenpeace challenging UK's new North Sea oil and gas licenses
Britain's decision to authorize new licenses for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea came under scrutiny at London's High Court, as Greenpeace argued the government failed to assess emissions produced by burning extracted fuel.
Full output resumes at Norway's Mongstad oil refinery
Full output has resumed at the Mongstad oil refinery in Norway, operator Equinor said, following a partial outage on July 12 due to a lightning strike near the plant.
UN could start removing oil this week from decaying Yemen tanker
An operation to start removing some 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen's coast could start by the end of the week, the United Nations said.
Shell suspends loadings of Nigeria's Forcados crude oil
Shell has suspended loadings of Nigeria's Forcados crude oil due to a potential leak at the export terminal, a spokesperson for its local subsidiary, SPDC, said.
Equinor's Mongstad refinery reduces output after lightning strike
Equinor has evacuated some staff and reduced output at its Mongstad oil refinery on Norway's west coast after a lightning strike near the plant disrupted power supplies, it said.
Marine fuel contamination hits U.S. Gulf Coast shippers
Contaminated marine fuels from several suppliers led to fouled engines on about a dozen vessels operating from the U.S. Gulf Coast this spring, according to Lloyd's Register and marine fuel testing service VPS.
Fire extinguished at Angarsk oil refinery in Russia's Siberia
A fire broke that broke out in the early hours at an oil refinery in the Siberian city of Angarsk has been extinguished, the governor of the Irkutsk region where the city is located, said.
Nigeria intercepts vessel with stolen crude oil
Nigeria's state-owned oil firm NNPC Ltd said an 211,338-U.S. gallon vessel carrying stolen crude had been intercepted offshore while heading to Cameroon and would be destroyed as a deterrent to oil theft.
Fire at Bandar Abbas refinery has been extinguished
A fire that broke out in petroleum product reservoirs belonging to the Aftab Oil Refining company in an industrial zone in Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas has been extinguished, state media reported.
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