Over the summer, BP marked the safe start-up of the Manuel project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the fourth of five major projects the energy company expects to deliver globally in 2021.

Construction is underway at Shell Chemicals’ new $6 billion ethane cracker plant in central Pennsylvania.

In an effort to reduce unneeded drilling capacity in the North Sea, Shell is decommissioning its four platforms in the Brent oil and gas fields.