Offshore Oil
NOIA Statement on Offshore Safety Meeting Between Regulators and Industry
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 1, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Statement on Offshore Safety Meeting Between Regulators and Industry Washington, DC – Today, NOIA President Randall Luthi participated in a meeting of Interior Department officials and senior oil and […]
NOIA’s Randall Luthi Testifies at Senate Hearing
Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA’s Randall Luthi Testifies at Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing Says Revenue Sharing and Offshore Access are Inextricably Linked Washington, DC – During testimony today at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on […]
Media Advisory: NOIA’s Randall Luthi to Testify at Senate Energy & Natural Resources
For Immediate Release: Monday, July 22, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA’s Randall Luthi to Testify at Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing NOIA president Randall Luthi will testify before a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing tomorrow […]
New oil platforms rise high to reach deep
Posted on July 22, 2013 at 6:56 am by Zain Shauk in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore INGLESIDE — The giants are visible from more than 20 miles away, rising like monuments from the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. They are oil platforms under construction — huge structures of steel […]
NOIA Surprised by Secretary Jewell’s Unfamiliarity with National Ocean Policy
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Surprised by Secretary Jewell’s Unfamiliarity with National Ocean Policy, Encouraged by Her Statement on Including New Areas in Future Offshore Leasing Plan Washington, D.C. – During a House Natural […]
Shell shuts in giant Gulf platform for well hookups
Posted on July 17, 2013 at 11:21 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Gulf of Mexico, Politics/Policy Shell announced Wednesday it had temporarily halted operations at its oldest tension-leg platform in the Gulf of Mexico as it nears the final stage of a $2.5 billion project to drain deep oil […]
Time to Remove Roadblocks to Offshore Energy Production
Houston Chronicle By NOIA Chairman Dick Alario July 16, 2013 A decade ago, it seemed far-fetched that America would be poised to become the world's energy resource leader. Yet, that's the case today. America is on the path to overtake Russia as the top natural […]
Court rejects SEC rule on oil company payments
Posted on July 2, 2013 at 11:22 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in featured, General, Legal issues A federal judge handed the oil industry a big win on Tuesday, when he tossed out a new financial disclosure rule that would require companies to reveal what they pay foreign governments in exchange […]
House bill would lift ban on coastal gas, oil drilling
By Bill Bartel The Virginian-Pilot June 29, 2013 Legislation that lifts a federal moratorium on oil and gas drilling off Virginia's shores and splits potential federal revenue among coastal states was approved Friday by the Republican-controlled U.S. House in a mostly party-line vote. Full Story
Fourchon could benefit from oil agreement
By Xerxes Wilson Staff Writer Published: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 10:01 p.m. Port Fourchon could benefit from recent congressional action seeking to open 1.5 million acres in the western Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling. Full Story
