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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 […]
Breaking News! “Obama Administration Names New (BSEE) Offshore Drilling Regulator”
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Obama administration is once again tapping a Coast Guard veteran to be the nation’s next chief offshore drilling regulator. Former Coast Guard Vice Adm. Brian Salerno will take over as director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement later […]
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Fossil Fuel Production on Federal Lands Drops
Fossil fuel production on U.S. federal lands took another dip during fiscal year 2012, even as energy production nationwide soared to a record high, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. During fiscal year 2012 — which ended last Sept. 30 and is the most […]
Spill containment company in constant race to keep up with oil boom
Nathanial Gronewold, E&E reporter Published: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 HOUSTON -- As drilling in the Gulf of Mexico expands well beyond the scale of where it was before the 2010 oil spill, the owner of the world's largest spill containment system is racing to catch […]
The Wind Energy Industry Gets Its Groove Back
...Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) July competitive lease auction for wind development off the Massachusetts-Rhode ... unpredictable electricity prices . BOEM announced another lease auction for Virginia coastal waters in September...
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The (Russian) Arctic is open for business
...similar agreement with Royal Dutch Shell. No offshore drilling has taken place in the Canadian Arctic since 2006. Inadequate infrastructure is part of the reason: Canada lacks any roads or pipelines to its...
