Industry News
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 […]
BSEE Director James Watson to Join ABS
ABS, a leading provider of maritime classification services, announces that James A. Watson, Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), will join ABS as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Americas Division on 2 September 2013. In this role, Watson will […]
Republicans press Interior on status of offshore drilling rule
By Ben Geman - 07/15/13 03:47 PM ET Eleven House Republicans are pressing the Interior Department for the status of long-planned rules that would toughen safety standards for subsea blowout preventers on offshore oil-and-gas rigs. The lawmakers, all members of energy-related committees, wrote a letter Friday to Interior’s […]
Shell’s biggest oil platform heads for deep-water Gulf
Posted on July 15, 2013 at 1:44 pm by Emily Pickrell in featured, Offshore Shell’s Olympus platform is finally embarking on its last epic voyage. The Dutch company’s biggest and recently constructed tension leg platform started its final pre-production journey on Sunday, setting sail from the construction dock in Ingleside, Texas […]
Senators float bill giving offshore energy revenues to coastal states
By Zack Colman - 07/11/13 11:19 AM ET Senate legislation introduced Wednesday would for the first time award money to all coastal states for energy produced off their shores. Bill sponsors Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s top Republican, and Mary […]
Offshore drilling chief to resign, take post at maritime firm
The Obama administration's top regulator for offshore drilling plans to resign by this fall, creating another high-level vacancy at the Interior Department as the administration continues its second term. Full Story
