/environment?format=feed Environment en-US Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:50:16 -0500 /news/523165-gas-leak-at-bp-s-gta-project-to-have-negligible-environmental-impacts A gas leak has been detected at a well of the BP-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project offshore Senegal and Mauritania, the British company and Mauritania's… Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:50:16 Z /news/523165-gas-leak-at-bp-s-gta-project-to-have-negligible-environmental-impacts /news/523128-bp-encounters-gas-bubbles-at-senegal-mauritania-gta-project BP said on Wednesday it had detected low-rate subsea gas bubbles at a well in its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project, situated offshore between Mauritania and Senegal… Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:34:06 Z /news/523128-bp-encounters-gas-bubbles-at-senegal-mauritania-gta-project /news/522961-us-congress-overturns-biden-s-methane-fee-on-oil-and-gas-producers The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted on a resolution that would overturn the Biden administration's proposed fee on methane emissions, one of the previous Environmental… Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:03:49 Z /news/522961-us-congress-overturns-biden-s-methane-fee-on-oil-and-gas-producers /news/522588-environmental-groups-file-lawsuit-to-block-trump-s-offshore-drilling-plans Environmental groups on Wednesday moved in court to block President Donald Trump’s administration from allowing offshore oil drilling along broad swaths of U.S. coastline… Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:55:23 Z /news/522588-environmental-groups-file-lawsuit-to-block-trump-s-offshore-drilling-plans /news/519726-exxonmobil-consultant-under-investigation-for-hack-and-leak-of-environmentalist-emails The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics… Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:47:20 Z /news/519726-exxonmobil-consultant-under-investigation-for-hack-and-leak-of-environmentalist-emails /news/519395-shipping-energy-tax-could-help-foot-1t-to-combat-climate-change-cop29 The COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan aim to agree an annual finance target of $1 trillion or more a year to help poorer countries respond to global warming. Some… Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:03:59 Z /news/519395-shipping-energy-tax-could-help-foot-1t-to-combat-climate-change-cop29 /news/519367-new-joint-industry-project-sets-sights-of-nature-friendly-offshore-wind-farms Specialist offshore wind engineering consultancy Wood Thilsted has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with multiple industry and research institutions to… Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:15:10 Z /news/519367-new-joint-industry-project-sets-sights-of-nature-friendly-offshore-wind-farms /news/513236-decarbonization-offshore-o-g-navigating-the-path-forward In recent years, the oil and gas industry has faced mounting pressure to address its environmental impact. This has led many companies to set decarbonization targets… Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:19:53 Z /news/513236-decarbonization-offshore-o-g-navigating-the-path-forward /news/512439-leaky-platforms-pemex-knocked-for-delayed-repairs-vast-methane-leaks Pemex reportedly put off urgent repairs and maintenance at an important offshore platform for months, resulting in methane spewing into the atmosphere, according… Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:12:30 Z /news/512439-leaky-platforms-pemex-knocked-for-delayed-repairs-vast-methane-leaks /news/512000-salamander-floating-wind-project-embarks-on-marine-environment-study Salamander, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, has partnered with two Scottish universities to investigate any potential impact of floating windfarms on marine ecosystems… Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:23:07 Z /news/512000-salamander-floating-wind-project-embarks-on-marine-environment-study /news/510734-exxonmobil-s-prosperity-fpso-achieves-background-flare-in-39-days ExxonMobil Guyana has unveiled that the Prosperity floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, used in the Payara project, achieved background flare in 39 days… Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:16:38 Z /news/510734-exxonmobil-s-prosperity-fpso-achieves-background-flare-in-39-days /news/510623-australian-government-rejects-plan-for-offshore-wind-terminal The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has designated preliminary plans for a Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal as “clearly unacceptable… Tue, 09 Jan 2024 03:48:06 Z /news/510623-australian-government-rejects-plan-for-offshore-wind-terminal /news/504749-brazil-agency-recommends-barring-petrobras-from-drilling-in-amazon-s-mouth Brazilian environmental agency Ibama has recommended the rejection of state-run oil firm Petrobras's request to drill a well in the mouth of the Amazon River Basin… Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:58:57 Z /news/504749-brazil-agency-recommends-barring-petrobras-from-drilling-in-amazon-s-mouth