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  • Insurance Jottings

    Lloyd’s mulls downsizing underwriting room Lloyd’s of London is to undertake a consultation next year as it explores shrinking the size of the underwriting room, the Corporation’s chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown has said.   Miller to be acquired by Cinven & GIC Specialist (re)insurance broker Miller…

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  • The Great American LNG Comeback

    After a record 2019, it has been a rocky ride through the pandemic for the US LNG export business. Sunken prices and demand globally have shrunk our shipments abroad. In January, exports were up over nine billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) before steadily falling…

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  • Trans Adriatic Pipeline springs into action

    The 878-km Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has kicked off commercial operations following four and a half years of construction.   TAP is a gas transportation system crossing Greece, Albania, the Adriatic Sea and Italy. It is the European leg of the Southern Gas Corridor, a…

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  • Drilling starts at Apsara offshore Cambodia

    KrisEnergy is seeking a further extension from Cambodia’s government for start-up of the Apsara oil development in block A in the Gulf of Thailand.   Earlier this year the government agreed to push back the deadline by four months to the 31st October 2020 before…

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  • Vestas Wins 50 MW Order In The UK

    Vestas has secured a 50 MW order for the Sandy Knowe wind project from ERG, one of the leading wind energy operators in the European market.   The project will be located in Scotland and will feature 14 V112-3.45 MW turbines in 3.6 MW Power…

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  • Premier planning more wells offshore Indonesia, Vietnam

    Premier Oil has secured government and joint venture approvals for an infill drilling campaign next year in the Natuna Sea block A offshore Indonesia.   And following a farm-out agreement in September with Zarubezhneft for a 50% interest in Premier’s offshore Tuna PSC discoveries, the…

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  • Michigan Ramps Up Battle with Enbridge

    Enbridge Inc’s battle with Michigan escalated on the 13th November as the governor took new legal action to shut down a key pipeline which supplies Central Canadian refineries.   Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a complaint in Ingham County Circuit Court seeking to “revoke and terminate” a 1953…

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  • Enbridge granted additional Line 3 approvals in Minnesota

    On the 12th November two Minnesota agencies announced their approvals of several permits for Enbridge Inc’s plan to replace its Line 3 crude oil pipeline.   The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued a Section 401 water quality certification under the Clean Water Act for the…

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