Lloyd’s reduces underwriting room access to Wednesdays only amid Tier 4 restrictions Lloyd’s has limited access to the underwriting room to one day a week following the introduction of Tier 4 Covid-19 restrictions in London.
An activist’s effort to block oil drilling near London’s Gatwick Airport on the grounds that it would worsen climate change was rejected. A High Court judge dismissed a legal challenge from Sarah Finch, supported by the Weald Action Group, to the development of the Horse…
Norway’s top court has dismissed an attempt by climate activists to halt Arctic oil exploration by Western Europe’s biggest petroleum-producing nation. The Nordic government beat back a lawsuit by environmental groups in the country’s Supreme Court, which ruled on the 22nd December the authorities…
ConocoPhillips has made what it says is a significant oil discovery in production licence 891 on the Slagugle prospect located 14 miles north-northeast of the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea. ConocoPhillips is the operator of the licence with an 80 per cent working…
The drillship Stena IceMAX has spudded the Perseverance #1 exploration well south of the Bahamas. Operator Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) expects drilling to continue for up to 60 days. The well had originally been scheduled for this spring, but global events forced operations to…
ReneSola Ltd, a leading fully integrated solar project developer, has announced that it was awarded 38 solar utility projects in Poland with capacity of 1 MW for each. All of these 38 projects are under Poland’s Contract for Difference (CFD) regime and eligible for…
Standard Club Circular Please read the attached article: https://www.standard-club.com/risk-management/knowledge-centre/news-and-commentary/2020/12/21-december-2020-standard-uk-circular-brexit-update-the-standard-club-uk-limited.aspx Lloyd’s Moves to End Insurance and Investments in Coal for Climate Sustainability The Lloyd’s market is moving to end its insurance of coal and oil sands businesses while at the same time ceasing investments in…
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) revealed on the 21st December that it has signed an exploration concession agreement with a consortium led by Eni Abu Dhabi BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary Eni, and PTTEP MENA Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PTT Exploration and Production…
Seismic exploration company Shearwater GeoServices has won a contract by ONGC to provide a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition services in the Western Offshore India area. The four-month campaign covers two areas totalling 2,800 square kilometres in the Arabian Sea off the west coast…
The European Union wants to build 40 gigawatts of green hydrogen electrolysers by 2030, and estimates that 80 to 120 gigawatts of solar and wind will be needed to power them. That’s a fresh headache for Europe’s grid operators. Decarbonisation is expected to…
