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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 […]
Interior moves ahead on offshore drilling safety institute – The Hill
The Interior Department is taking steps toward implementing its years-long plan to create an “Ocean Energy Safety Institute,” which officials say will provide an independent forum for collaboration and research to improve offshore drilling safety...
Warner and Kaine introduce offshore drilling bill
The Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013 would expand the nation's offshore energy production with a revised five-year leasing plan, an alternative to the Obama administration's proposed 2012-2017 offshore oil and gas plan ...
Sen. Kaine doesn’t expect White House veto of Atlantic offshore …
The White House also has said it won't budge on offshore drilling, even to get one of the president's energy goals — a so-called “Energy Security Trust” — off the ... thehill.com/.../301849-sen-kaine-doesnt-expect-white-house-v...
EIA: ‘Stay Tuned’ On US Oil Exports
From UPI There are a series of refinery issues in the United States that should be considered if crude oil exports are to expand, the U.S. Energy Department said. The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said it expects domestic oil production to increase from 6.5 […]
Report outlines benefits and costs of developing N.C.’s offshore energy resources
Report outlines benefits and costs of developing N.C.'s offshore energy resources A report written by a North Carolina State University economist outlines the benefits and costs of developing North Carolina's energy resources. The report, titled “The Economic Potential from Developing North Carolina’s On-shore and Off-Shore […]
NOIA Congratulates Secretary Jewell, Urges Fresh Look at Offshore Leasing
Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on the confirmation of Sally Jewell as Secretary of the Interior: “As Sally Jewell takes the helm of the Department of the Interior, the National Ocean Industries Association looks forward […]
REI’s Sally Jewell wins confirmation as Interior secretary
By a vote of 87 to 11, the Senate approved Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) chief executive Sally Jewell on Wednesday as the next Interior secretary. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told his colleagues... Go to Source
