Dräger’s Safety & Health at Work Report 2025 finds that 65 % of UK employees link poor psychological safety to physical risks and 63 % feel too much responsibility is pushed onto staff. The study urges companies to address outdated equipment, mental-health gaps, and cautious AI roll-outs. SourceContinue Reading

Tokyo Gas is in discussions with multiple U.S. LNG suppliers—including Energy Transfer and Commonwealth LNG—to secure long-term purchase deals as Japan faces rising energy demand from data centers and chip factories. The company is also expanding its upstream footprint in U.S. shale. SourceContinue Reading

Salunda has fitted its next-generation Latch Hawk fingerboard-latch monitoring system to a semisubmersible rig in the Americas, extending the technology’s regional rollout. Integrated with the rig’s control system, the sensors give crews real-time status updates and help prevent DROPS incidents. SourceContinue Reading

Ashtead Technology and Ocean Science Consulting have formed a strategic alliance to offer integrated environmental monitoring and compliance services for offshore wind and oil-and-gas projects. The partnership combines Ashtead’s subsea technology fleet with OSC’s noise-monitoring and regulatory-reporting expertise. SourceContinue Reading

U.S. shale companies are expected to prioritize hedging strategies over ramping up drilling activity, despite former President Trump’s call to increase output following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Analysts say sustained price increases — not short-term volatility — are needed to spur new investment. SourceContinue Reading

Equinor and its Fram partners will invest more than $2 billion (NOK 21 billion) in a new subsea development, Equinor announced Thursday. The Fram Sør project is a combined development of several discoveries that will export oil and gas via Troll C in the North Sea. Recoverable volumes are estimated at 116 MMboe, and production...Continue Reading

Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian announced the launch of the Delivering Oil and Gas Efficiently (DOGE) Task Force today, a new internal initiative focused on improving processes, enhancing communication, and strengthening the Railroad Commission of Texas as a responsive, pro-business agency. SourceContinue Reading

The remote operations capabilities of the ABB Ability™ System 800xA® distributed control system (DCS) has received a statement of professional opinion by DNV, the global quality assurance and risk management company that helps set industry standards and ensure compliance with regulations and best practices. SourceContinue Reading

Energy Transfer has signed an incremental Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Chevron for additional LNG supply from its Lake Charles LNG export facility. The 20-year agreement for 1.0 MMtpa increases Chevron’s total contracted volume from Energy Transfer LNG to 3.0 MMtpa. SourceContinue Reading

Woodside Energy has completed its sell-down of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG to global investment firm Stonepeak. Under the transaction, Stonepeak will provide $5.7 billion towards the capital expenditure for the development of Louisiana LNG. SourceContinue Reading