Industry News
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
NOIA President Comments on the Impending Departure of BSEE Director James A. Watson
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA President Comments on the Impending Departure of BSEE Director James A. Watson Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement regarding the impending departure of […]
Shell names new CEO to replace retiring Voser
Royal Dutch Shell selected its future chief executive officer, refining leader Ben van Beurden, indicating its plans to leverage its chemical and refining expertise to keep pace with the growing role of downstream. Full Story
Energy companies dominate Fortune Global 500
Energy corporations dominate this year’s Fortune Global 500 list of the largest corporations in the world by revenue, with China’s oil and power giants rising in the ranks. China National Petroleum and Sinopec Group hopped over BP, as the British oil company struggles to pay for […]
