Industry News
Company’s report blames contractor for fatal offshore blast
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy August 22, 2013 WASHINGTON - A fatal explosion on a Gulf of Mexico production platform last November was triggered by contractors conducting maintenance work at the site, according to an investigation commissioned by the Houston-based company that owned the facility. Federal […]
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 […]
Seismic Surveys Prospecting for Offshore Wind in Maryland
Cruise mapping wind prospects off Maryland State-funded survey collecting data for turbine development By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun5:00 a.m. EDT, August 20, 2013 OCEAN CITY — The high-rise towers of Maryland's Atlantic beach resort were blips on the horizon from 13 miles offshore. Except for […]
Report: Oil and gas can boost economies and outdoor recreation
Posted on August 20, 2013 at 11:43 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy Oil and gas development can coexist with hiking and hunting — and sometimes even fosters that outdoor recreation — according to a new study on how counties are balancing the activities. The research, […]
Arctic Development Trajectory is Irreversible
By Margaret Kriz Hobson, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 The importance of the Arctic to world economic, political and military policy is increasing and irreversible, according to a recent analysis by Chatham House, a British think tank. The report argues that climate change, which […]
Anadarko pushes boundaries with newest deep-water platform
Posted on August 20, 2013 at 5:45 am by Zain Shauk INGLESIDE — Of the towering oil platforms under construction along the Texas coast, one stands out because it can’t yet stand. It’s a 23,000-ton cylindrical column the length of two football fields, and it […]
Foreign payments fight could jeopardize US-Mexico drilling pact
Posted on August 19, 2013 at 1:20 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy The oil industry is jeopardizing efforts to unlock nearly 1.5 million acres of Gulf of Mexico waters for drilling by aggressively opposing a federal mandate to disclose foreign payments, according to a former […]
Mexico’s Pemex Looks to Tap U.S. Shale and Deep-water Oil
By JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA and LAURENCE ILIFF Emilio Lozoya, CEO of Pemex, is trying to reverse falling production. MEXICO CITY—Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state oil monopoly, will set up a new company to explore and produce shale gas and deep-water oil in the U.S. as part […]
Oil Drillers in Gulf of Mexico Brace for Storm
WSJ By ALISON SIDER Marathon Oil Corp. MRO -0.46% and BP BP.LN -0.12% PLC said they are evacuating some workers from the Gulf of Mexico as a storm makes its way from the Caribbean Sea toward the U.S. gulf waters... Full Story
NOIA Applauds Selection of Vice Admiral Brian Salerno as Next Director of BSEE
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Applauds Selection of Vice Admiral Brian Salerno as Next Director of BSEE Washington, DC – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement applauding the selection of Vice […]
