The UK government gave the thumbs up to fracing in the country with new controls around seismic risk.

A study by Wood Mackenzie predicts drilling activity in the Caspian Sea will increase, bumping up the number of wells by nearly 40% by 2020 amid a tight rig market.

Millions of dollars in lost revenue were on the line for E&P companies operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf if Norway didn’t intervene in workers’ plight for more money and a lower retirement age.

Current discovered reserves and forecast reserve growth in the east Siberian region is expected to be producing 2.1 Tcf/year to 2.5 Tcf/year by 2020.

With a comprehensive analysis of air, soil and water, the Polish Geological Institute found that there were no changes in the natural environment that could be linked to hydraulic fracturing of the Lubien LE-2H well.