One of the perennial challenges facing Washington, D.C. trade groups is how to object to policies without becoming objectionable. Groups that are too strident in opposing a proposal risk getting sidelined or left out of future deliberations. Ultimately, the game inside the Beltway is staying relevant, regardless of which party controls the presidency or the Congress. For the last »

Capital spending by Canada's oil and gas producers hit a historic low in 2020, but the industry will see a C$3.36 billion (US$2.66 billion) bounce in upstream spending this year, mostly in Alberta and British Columbia, according to a forecast by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). The industry was pounded last year by the »

A legal dispute over exemptions to biofuel-blending requirements for small refineries has reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has agreed to review a ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was in the wrong when it waived renewable fuel blending requirements for three refineries. Units of »

Norway's oil major Equinor has announced plans to invest 287 million euro ($353 million) in the North Sea Statfjord Øst field to improve recovery by 23 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Statfjord Øst is tied back to the Statfjord C platform by pipelines. A total of four new wells will be drilled from existing subsea templates. The project also »

The U.K. has cleared its second COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use with the green light granted to AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. The country's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) cleared the adenovirus shot for emergency use in people 18 years and older, just weeks after the U.K. became the first country to grant an emergency »