Tagged Moratorium

Pentagon not too positive on opening eastern GOM to oil & gas

By Offshore Energy Today Lifting the existing moratorium on oil and gas operations in the eastern Gulf of Mexico might have a negative effect on military drills and testing conducted in the area, unless mutual restrictions… … Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore Energy Today

Top news of the week September 4-9

By LNG World News Cameron LNG, March 2017 (Image courtesy of the Port of Lake Charles)DNV GL: natural gas to become world’s primary energy source by 2035 Natural gas will become the largest single source of energy from 2034, according to a report by the classification society, DNV GL. Western Australia bans hydraulic fracturing Western…

IECA calls for halt on non-FTA LNG export approvals

By LNG World News The Industrial Energy Consumers of America have urged the U.S. Department of Energy to place a moratorium on LNG export approvals for non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries. In a letter submitted to the U.S. energy secretary Rick Perry, IECA said it is “alarmed at the volume of LNG exports that have…

Qatar developing new gas project in giant offshore field

By Offshore Energy Today Qatar Petroleum has decided to press ahead with development of a new offshore gas project. The company said Monday it would be working to bring to production a gas project situated in the southern sector of the North Field. This also marks the lifting of the 2005 moratorium the Qatari government…