Energy Security
Venezuela’s government seizes U.S.-owned oil rigs
CARACAS, VENEZUELA Venezuela has quietly seized control of two oil rigs owned by a unit of Houston-based Superior Energy Services after the company shut them down because the state oil monopoly was months behind on payments. The seizure took place Thursday after a judge in […]
Shell announces return to Arctic in 2014 despite mishaps
Posted on October 31, 2013 at 5:25 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy Waves crash over the drilling unit Kulluk where it sat aground on the southeast side of Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, Jan. 1, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class/Jonathan Klingenberg.) WASHINGTON — Shell officials […]
New waves of seismic technology yield big oil finds (video)
Posted on October 28, 2013 at 11:59 pm by Zain Shauk John Etgen, distinguished advisor for seismic imaging at BP, discusses seismic imaging results. Breakthroughs in seismic imaging have helped oil companies understand and pursue vast new resources. (Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle) HOUSTON — For decades, the […]
Services companies stand to profit if Pemex makes changes
Posted on October 27, 2013 at 5:00 am by Emily Pickrell Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's president, speaks in Mexico City in August 2013. (Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg) HOUSTON — Proposals to open Mexico’s energy industry to outside investment could make a good thing even better for oil field services companies […]
Energy Firms Want Action on Atlantic Drilling
Posted on October 26, 2013 at 11:59 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Offshore, Premium WASHINGTON — Energy industry leaders are fretting that it could be a decade before the federal government allows them to hunt for oil and gas along the East Coast, unless the Obama administration shifts its […]
Gulf of Mexico moves toward a comeback
by Collin Eaton Polluted by crude, crises and fears of ceaseless political entanglements, the Gulf of Mexico looked endangered as an oil hub after BP’s massive 86-day spill three years ago. But international oil companies, including BP, are ramping up in the largest U.S. offshore oil […]
The Nation Cannot Afford to Delay Atlantic Seismic
In response to the Washington Post editorial, "Debate over seismic air guns should wait until science has spoken," NOIA along with the American Petroleum Institute (API), the International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) issued the following letter […]
VA Offshore Wind Sale Underscores Vast Potential of OCS Energy
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Contact: Robert Myers, (202) 347-6900, rmyers@nullnoia.org VA Offshore Wind Sale Underscores Vast Potential of OCS Energy Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on bidding in today’s OCS Wind Sale, […]
Media Advisory: VA Energy & Opportunity Forum
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Contact: Robert Myers, (202) 465-8464, rmyers@nullnoia.org NOIA’s Randall Luthi to Moderate Panel at Virginia Energy & Opportunity Forum “A Discussion with Virginia’s Gubernatorial Candidates” NOIA President Randall Luthi will moderate an expert panel discussing Virginia’s Opportunities for Offshore […]
Feds push stricter rules for offshore oil and gas production systems
Posted on August 21, 2013 at 8:53 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Obama administration on Wednesday proposed a rule to tighten standards for oil and gas production systems used offshore, in a bid to keep pace with the industry’s march into deeper waters and more challenging […]
