Regulations & standards

FERC to convene a technical conference on critical infrastructure protection reliability standards on 28 January 2016.

Ashtead Technology has invested US$300 000 of its subsea and offshore expertise in new visual inspection tools for deepsea exploration.

Lloyd’s Register Energy launches new study revealing the need for greater collaboration, data analysis and cultural change to address the innovation challenges in oil and gas.

Gas Natural Inc. completes sale of former corporate headquarters and secures US$3 million bridge financing.

Hydratight’s ‘right first time’ philosophy and international reputation for high standards of deliverables helped to secure the critical scope of the competitive tender.

A major co-operation Framework Agreement is signed between Nuclear Power Institute of China (NPIC) and Lloyd’s Register Energy for first-of-a-kind floating nuclear vessel.

The National Energy Board has released new details for the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project hearings, issuing a procedural direction for an oral summary argument.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission prepared an environmental assessment for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company’s Connecticut Expansion pipeline project.

The two new giant compressors that started up on the Troll A platform this month will help increase gas recovery by 83 billion cubic metres. The occasion attracted a platform visit from EEA and EU affairs minister Vidar Helgesen.

Oil spill management market to reach US$114.4 billion by 2020 due to rising pipeline and seaborne transportation of chemicals and crude oil.

Obama has yet to make a decision on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline expansion project, though it has been reported a veto is on the horizon. However, this could be a good thing; newly elected Canadian PM Justin Trudeau intends to repair the damaged US-Canadian relationship and this rejection could be a way of doing it.

IMCA and ICES have been working closely to promote how important hydrographic and civil engineering surveying is within the marine and offshore environment.

API statement regarding Obama administration decision to cancel 2016 and 2017 Arctic oil lease sales.

A review of the ‘Global oil and gas pipeline leak detection market forecast and opportunities, 2020’ report by Report Linker.

The California Fire Marshall is to review oil pipeline conditions every year, not every five years.