BSEE seeks to ease offshore safety rules

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement proposes to revise offshore production safety requirements in ways it says will lighten the oil and gas industry’s regulatory load. Source: News


EIA: US crude oil inventories drop

US crude oil inventories, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, decreased by 4.6 million bbl for the week ended Dec. 22 from the previous week, the Energy Information Administration said. Source: News


Legal threat eases for accidental bird deaths

US oil and gas operators can worry less about federal prosecution for accidentally killing migratory birds under a new opinion from the Department of the Interior Solicitor’s office. Source: News


Partners scrap big Mackenzie gas project

The Mackenzie gas project, which would have linked three natural gas fields in the Mackenzie Delta of Northwest Territories in Canada with northwestern Alberta, has yielded to competitive supply from unconventional resources. Source: News


Forties crack fixed; flow limits lifted

Ineos has completed mechanical repair of the hairline crack in its 575,000-b/d Forties crude oil pipeline system in the UK and lifted restrictions on oil and gas flow from the North Sea fields it serves. Source: News