The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed requirements for state, local, and Indian tribal air agencies implementing the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. The Nov. 2 proposal largely retains and updates implementation requirements that applied to the 2008 NAAQS to create a stable planning process, EPA said. Source: News

Election by Lebanon’s Parliament this week of Gen. Michael Aoun as president removes one of several hurdles to offshore oil and gas licensing by the financially and politically beleaguered country. Source: News

The US Environmental Protection Agency said it will hold a hearing in Houston on Nov. 17 on its Oct. 18 reconsideration of and request for public comments on five issues in the final National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from refineries that were published on Dec. 1, 2015. Source: News

Jannicke Nilsson has been appointed executive vice-president and chief operating officer at Statoil ASA. Source: News

Statoil ASA has let contracts to three companies for the Trestakk development in the Norwegian Sea. Source: News

The Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) plans to invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to develop and accelerate the commercial deployment of low-emissions technologies. Source: News

Nova Scotia received no bids for the six offshore blocks on offer for oil and gas licensing. Source: News