BP restarted production at its Na Kika and Thunder Horse platforms on Thursday. BP halted production on the two platforms on Monday ahead of Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian has since Continue Reading
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico may be one of the world’s most mature deepwater basins, but it still has a lot of potential to expand. The deepwater U.S. Gulf of Continue Reading
About 11% of oil production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was shut on Tuesday as a powerful Hurricane Ian forced oil companies to evacuate workers and the storm took Continue Reading
BP Plc (BP.L) and Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Monday said they have shut-in production at offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, as Hurricane Ian bore down on the Continue Reading
A U.S. court of appeals has ruled that President Joe Biden’s pause on oil and gas leases on public land can be reinstated, just days after the passage of a Continue Reading
The chance of the weather pattern forming into a cyclone through the next 48 hours has risen. An unnamed weather disturbance projected to move over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico Continue Reading
Six oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut. Six oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut after a leak at Continue Reading
A damaged oil pipeline component that disrupted output at several offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms was repaired late Friday, a Louisiana official said, with producers moving to reactivate some Continue Reading
Six oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut after a leak at a Louisiana booster station halted two pipelines in the region. Shell Plc on Thursday Continue Reading
The Department of the Interior has announced steps to bring the opportunity of offshore wind energy to the Gulf of Mexico. In response to President Biden’s call to advance offshore Continue Reading
Political uncertainty is clouding prospects for new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but Shell SHEL 1.96%▲ PLC—the Gulf’s biggest producer—is still investing billions of dollars in its waters to pump oil for years Continue Reading
Political uncertainty is clouding prospects for new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but Shell SHEL -1.21%▼ PLC—the Gulf’s biggest producer—is still investing billions of dollars in its waters to Continue Reading
Through 2021 the federal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico (OCS) have cumulative production of 23.4 Bbo and 193 Tcf. The deepwater (water depths > 1000’ as defined by Continue Reading
Rigzone speaks to the Department of the Interior, the National Ocean Industries Association, the Energy Workforce and Technology Council and Fitch Solutions. According to the Department of the Interior (DOI), Continue Reading
Offshore projects cost billions and rarely come online in less than a decade. Questioned by U.S. lawmakers this week, chief executives from the nation’s biggest oil companies took great pains Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of the Interior sent a statement after Rigzone asked if its five-year program for leasing in the Gulf of Mexico would lapse. The U.S. Department of the Continue Reading
The next five-year offshore leasing program must be in place by July 1 – but it’s well behind schedule. Jeopardized American energy security and a cost of thousands of U.S. Continue Reading
A U.S. judge’s surprise decision this week to annul the Biden administration’s first Gulf of Mexico oil lease auction because of its climate change impact has raised questions about the Continue Reading
Federal judge: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management broke the environmental law Plaintiffs, including the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Friends of the Earth, praised the ruling Continue Reading
Last month, the Biden administration held the largest-ever auction of oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico’s history, claiming it was obligated to hold the sale due Continue Reading
BP’s massive Argos platform has arrived at its final location in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico following a journey from a yard in Texas. BP’s massive Argos platform has arrived Continue Reading
Shell has made a material discovery at the Blacktip North prospect in the deepwater of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Oil supermajor Shell has made a material discovery at the Continue Reading
A total of 33 companies participated in the lease sale, submitting $198,511,834 in total bids. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Continue Reading
The Biden administration’s auction of oil drilling rights in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico generated more than $190 million in high bids, bringing in more money for taxpayers than any Continue Reading
Highlights Major made offers for nearly 100 offshore Texas blocks BP bulking up in Norphlet play but also remote Lloyd Ridge Small players active on shallow-water Continental Shelf ExxonMobil looks Continue Reading
A total of 33 companies participated in the lease sale, submitting $198,511,834 in total bids. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) warned on Thursday of a $400 million hit to third-quarter earnings from the damage caused by August’s Hurricane Ida. However, in an update ahead of quarterly Continue Reading
The land on which Audrey Trufant Salvant’s home sits in the small Louisiana town of Ironton has become an island in a sea of mud and snake-infested marsh grass. Nearby Continue Reading
The aftermath of Hurricane Ida is still curtailing U.S. crude oil production, with 16% of crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico still offline as of Thursday, according to Continue Reading
Ida is poised to join Katrina, Sandy, Harvey and Irma on the list of the top five costliest hurricanes as measured by insured losses. Estimates of Ida’s damage have continued to Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) , the largest U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil producer, said damage to offshore transfer facilities from Hurricane Ida will cut production into early next year, slashing Continue Reading
Energy companies on Wednesday kept 30% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico crude oil production shut, or 537,193 barrels, according to regulator Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), more than Continue Reading
Hurricane Ida has left a lasting wake of destruction and chaos along the Gulf Coast. The hurricane, which was a category 4 storm when it initially made landfall in Louisiana Continue Reading
As the latest strong storm that passed through the U.S. Gulf of Mexico showed, hurricanes are testing the resilience of offshore oil and gas facilities and pipelines. Hurricane Ida made Continue Reading
Noble Corp. said repairing a deepwater oil rig damaged by Hurricane Ida may take the rest of this year and wipe out 16% of expected profit. Noble’s Globetrotter II rig Continue Reading
Offshore energy firms are likely to face greater financial losses from Hurricane Ida than from previous storms in the Gulf of Mexico, because of reduced coverage offered by insurers, risk Continue Reading
An oil spill unleashed by Hurricane Ida is highlighting longstanding concerns about the more than 18,000 miles of decommissioned pipelines that still snake through the Gulf of Mexico, even though Continue Reading
Divers searching for the origin of a substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — one of several spotted off Louisiana’s coast after Hurricane Ida — have discovered three Continue Reading
Shell redeploying workers evacuated due to Hurricane Ida to the Enchilada/Salsa asset but around 80 percent of its production in the Gulf of Mexico is still offline. Supermajor Shell has Continue Reading
U.S. offshore oil producer Talos Energy said on Sunday that the rate of oil flowing from a spill of unknown origin in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida Continue Reading
Chevron has redeployed essential crews to its six operated US Gulf of Mexico platforms that were evacuated last week when Hurricane Ida raced toward the Louisiana coast, the company said Continue Reading
Noble Corporation gives force majeure notice to the customer of the Noble Globetrotter II ultra-deepwater drillship due to sustained damages during Hurricane Ida. Offshore rig owner Noble Corporation has given Continue Reading
U.S. Gulf Coast energy companies on Friday advanced the recovery from Hurricane Ida on a few fronts but slipped elsewhere as lack of crews, power and fuel reversed earlier production Continue Reading
Port Fourchon, America’s biggest base supporting the U.S. Gulf of Mexico offshore oil industry, appears to have largely withstood a powerful punch left by Hurricane Ida after the Category 4 Continue Reading
Tankers in path of Fred, Grace could see delays Chevron moves some workers from platforms Back-to-back storms passing through the Gulf of Mexico could delay LNG tankers reaching US terminals Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) announced plans on Monday to develop a new oilfield in the Gulf of Mexico, its first major project to get the go-ahead since a Dutch court Continue Reading
Shell Makes Significant Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Find Shell Offshore Inc, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, announced a “significant” discovery at the Leopard prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of the Interior lacks a robust oversight process to monitor and ensure the safety and integrity of some 8,600 miles of active offshore oil and gas pipelines Continue Reading
More restrictive oil and gas leasing, permitting and drilling on US federal lands and waters proposed by the Biden administration cast a wide net, but lack critical details and the Continue Reading
President Joe Biden’s temporary halt to drilling on federal lands leaves the vast majority of U.S. crude production untouched, though it may be the death knell for the Gulf of Continue Reading
