Gulf of Mexico

Houston Chronicle | Randall Luthi | May 7, 2019 Six months ago an important offshore anniversary quietly slipped by seemingly forgotten. A decade ago, on October 1, 2008, a 27-year congressional moratorium on oil and gas drilling in the U.S. outer continental shelf expired. In […]

The Advocate | Charlie Williams | March 17, 2019 As you stated in your recent editorial, “Lessons from Deepwater Horizon disaster still resonate nearly a decade later,” next month marks the ninth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. The […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Statement on Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 252  Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi issued the following statement regarding today’s Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 252: […]

Hart Energy | Velda Addison | December 13, 2018 Prolific production in the Permian Basin and large, play-opening discoveries offshore Guyana may regularly grab headlines, but companies like Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) still see value in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The New York-headquartered company […]

Houston Chronicle | Sergio Chapa | November 27, 2018 New projects in the Gulf of Mexico are expected to reverse nearly 20 years of declines in offshore natural gas production, a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows. Offshore natural gas production in the U.S. […]

Oil Price | Irina Slav | October 17, 2018 The offshore drilling segment of the energy industry was among the hardest hit by the 2014 downturn. Many went under, and those that did survive were on their last legs when prices began to climb back […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 251 Reaffirms State of Recovering Industry Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi issued the following statement following today’s Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale […]

Reuters | Jessica Resnick-Ault | August 10, 2018 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal auction of exploration leases in the Gulf of Mexico next week will test energy companies’ appetite for acreage after the Trump administration left royalty rates for deepwater parcels unchanged, bucking an […]

For Immediate Release: Monday, August 13, 2018 Contact:  Nicolette Nye,   (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Issues Statement Ahead of Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Sale Washington, D.C. – NOIA’s Vice President of Governmental and Political Affairs, Tim Charters, issued the following statement regarding Lease Sale 251 […]

Houston Chronicle | May 4, 2018 What does the future hold for offshore drilling? Matt McCarroll, CEO of Fieldwood Energy of Houston and Carri Lockhart is Statoil’s senior vice president for offshore North America provide their perspectives. Key to offshore’s future: Making money It is […]