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Interior to unveil plans for offshore wind leases
The Interior Department will release details for the first federal offshore wind lease sale Tuesday, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced in a Monday media call. Jewell said the lease sale would be for a plot off the Atlantic coast, and said it ... via The […]
The week ahead: Offshore drilling back on House agenda
Members of the House Natural Resources Committee will meet on Thursday to discuss a draft bill that that would open parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to offshore drilling. The draft bill from committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) would ...See all stories on this […]
Popular fishing spot off Terrebonne could be saved from destruction
The oil company will pay to do a six-to-eight-week survey to determine the extent of rock and shell pads present at the platform's base, fisheries officials said. Even if the platform's main structure is removed, Wildlife and Fisheries officials say they hope the shell structures […]
Preparing for Hurricane Season, 140 Miles Offshore
Saturday won’t be just another day for energy companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, kicking off six months of nail-biting as companies watch the weather forecasts to decide whether to shut in wells and pull their people off […]
Rep. Duncan Backs Offshore Drilling Deal with Mexico
The U.S. House is expected to vote next month on legislation by Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-Laurens, that would implement the 2012 deal to allow offshore drilling in an area of the Gulf of Mexico believed to hold up to 172 million barrels of oil and […]
House GOP bill How about we get this offshoredrilling show on the …
After the BP oil spill in 2010, the Obama administration backed way off of their stated plans to allow for a good bit of offshore drilling in certain mid-Atlantic and southeastern regions, and last summer they released a five-year drilling plan that was conspicuously underwhelming in its […]
Senior House GOP lawmaker revives offshore drilling bill – The Hill
A senior House Republican introduced legislation Thursday to extend offshore drilling to Atlantic and Pacifical coastal regions President Obama left out of ...thehill.com/.../302567-senior-house-gop-lawmaker-revives-of...
Diamond Offshore to build $755M rig for BP operation
Diamond Offshore Drilling has announced an agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries to build a semisubmersible drilling rig, at a cost of $755 million. The cost includes spares, commissioning and shipyard supervision, according to the announcement by ... FuelFix (blog)
Maine Offshore Wind Buoy Looking Up
When the DeepCWind Consortium at the University of Maine launches the 1:8-scale VolturnUS into the Penobscot River this Friday and then takes it out to sea, it will mark the deployment of the first grid-connected floating offshore wind turbine in U.S. waters...
Women fill nearly half of new oil industry jobs
The oil and gas business has been tapping unique groups to address its workforce crunch, turning rocket scientists into petroleum engineers and making high-powered executives out of Gen Xers. Now another demographic is growing its footprint in the historically male-dominated industry. Women scored nearly half of all new […]
