Major global oil companies, working in Myanmar, are in the spotlight after the UN's human rights investigator called last week for coordinated international sanctions on the country's state energy firm, MOGE.
read more... 10/03/2021
The U.S. imposed on Tuesday sanctions on the Russian pipe-laying vessel that was expected to complete the construction of the gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, while several Western companies are said to have abandoned links to the project for fear of sanctions.
read more... 21/01/2021
DNV GL is withdrawing from the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in response to a possible widening of US sanctions against companies conducting pipeline testing, inspection, or certification services for the project to bring more Russian gas to Europe.
read more... 12/01/2021
The Russia-led Nord Stream 2 consortium said on Monday it has completed laying pipes for the project in German waters, finishing work on a 2.6 kilometre-long portion of the pipeline, which had been stalled by the threat of U.S. sanctions.
read more... 29/12/2020
The U.S. government is preparing wider sanctions for the Russian gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 and is urging European allies to stop the work that could help build the pipeline.
read more... 28/12/2020