Industry News
BOEM issues programmatic EIS for offshore Atlantic G&G activity
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 27 02/27/2014 By Nick Snow OGJ Washington Editor The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management moved a step closer to geologic and geophysical (G&G) activity on the southern and mid-Atlantic US Outer Continental Shelf as it released its long-awaited final programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) […]
Study opens path for seismic surveys off USAC for oil, gas development
Washington (Platts)--27Feb2014/602 pm EST/2302 GMT The Obama administration on Thursday moved a step closer to allowing the first seismic exploration in decades for oil and gas off the US Atlantic coast, outlining a range of environmental mitigation measures that surveyors would have to follow to […]
NOIA Comments on Atlantic Seismic Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 27, 2014 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463 or (703) 732-0801, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA Comments on Atlantic Seismic Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Washington, D.C. – Jeff Vorberger, Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs at the National Ocean Industries Association, today issued the […]
Seismic testing offshore Lowcountry for oil, gas gets federal environmental OK
By Bo Petersen The Post and Courier Federal regulators promise to keep a close watch over potential disruptions to whales, dolphins and other marine species if deafening air-gun blasts are allowed offshore to test for natural gas or oil. But the concessions to protect the […]
Seismic exploration off SC to Virginia coast backed by feds
BY SEAN COCKERHAM McClatchy Washington Bureau February 27, 2014 WASHINGTON — The Interior Department is endorsing seismic exploration for oil and gas in Atlantic waters, a crucial move toward starting drilling off the Carolinas, Virginia and possibly down to Florida. The department released its final review […]
Critics take aim at upcoming federal report on Atlantic drilling
Posted on February 26, 2014 at 6:00 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Offshore WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s Interior Department is on track this week to release a final environmental analysis that would help pave the way for the first seismic studies in decades to pinpoint […]
Obama hikes ceiling for corporate oil-spill compensation
BY JENNIFER A. DLOUHY Hearst Newspapers February 21, 2014 WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Friday took the unprecedented step of moving to hike the amount companies must pay for oil spills, amid a congressional deadlock on the issue nearly four years after the Deepwater […]
Moving Forward in the Decommissioning Industry
DecomWorld 2/21/2014 VIA Rigzone Within the last four years, the decommissioning and abandonment (D&A) business in the Gulf of Mexico has taken on an unrivalled pace of platform removal and well plugging and abandonment activity. With over 600 platforms currently eligible for decommissioning in this region […]
UL helps develop technology to ‘remove human danger’ with Swiftships
Wearing a suit and tie, U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany used an iPad to control a camouflage boat, the Anaconda, through the Atchafalaya River on Tuesday afternoon. A broad smile covered his face as he sent the boat left instead of right using technology developed by a team […]
Nye: Time for Virginia to take part in the energy boom
Nye: Time for Virginia to take part in the energy boom Jason Nye | Nye is senior vice president for Statoil and serves on the National Ocean Industries Association's board of directors. He is a 1983 graduate of Northside High and native of Roanoke. | […]
