US GoM 2019 Summary: Part II – Reserves
Introduction BOEM produces an estimate of GoM reserves every year. This year’s covers estimates for then end of 2017. Nominally The figures given are 2P estimates but previous analysis has Continue Reading
Ten Years After Deepwater Horizon, U.S. Is Still Vulnerable to Catastrophic Spills
Shortly before 10 p.m. on April 20, 2010, an explosion ripped through the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, unleashing the worst offshore oil spill in United Continue Reading
10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed
Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the Continue Reading
Gulf of Mexico Rig Crews Fight Virus to Keep Oil Flowing
Inside more than a thousand offshore drilling rigs and oil production platforms that dot the Gulf of Mexico, workers navigate narrow corridors, sleep in shared rooms and dine in crowded Continue Reading
US GoM 2019 Summary: Part I – Exploration, Drilling and Discoveries
Introduction In many ways the US side of the Gulf of Mexico shows signs of a production basin at the end of life. Most of the sort historic of charts Continue Reading
Political appointees urged rollback of Deepwater Horizon-inspired safety regs over staff objections: report
Political appointees at the Department of the Interior overruled staff objections to a rule that eased offshore drilling regulations, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. Continue Reading
When Safety Rules on Oil Drilling Were Changed, Some Staff Objected. Those Notes Were Cut
As the offshore oil industry’s federal regulator completed its overhaul of a major well-drilling safety rule in 2018, the agency’s director picked up the phone to a staff engineer to Continue Reading
The toxic reach of Deepwater Horizon’s oil spill was much larger — and deadlier — than previous estimates, a new study says
The study comes as the Trump administration is preparing to finalize a that would allow the oil and gas industry to buy leases in every part of the Atlantic, Pacific Continue Reading
Gulf of Mexico Hits Record Daily Production
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico made history in August as it exceeded oil production of 2MMbopd, according to the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. The U.S. Gulf of Continue Reading
Gulf of Mexico Oil Output Targeting Record Year
2020 is expected to be another record year for the region with average production above 1.9 million barrels per day. Despite a massive downturn in investment in the U.S. Federal Continue Reading