Indonesia is putting eight new oil and gas blocks located across the archipelago up for bids, Tutuka Ariadji, the director general of oil and gas at the country's energy ministry, said on Monday.
EU shipping power Greece has told the European Commission that adding the industry to the bloc's carbon emissions trading scheme should be proportionate and tightly enforced to secure a level playing field for the European fleet in global markets.
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed adding shipping to the bloc's carbon market for the first time, adding pressure on an industry, which had for more than a decade avoided the European Union's system of pollution charges, to become greener.