“We knew it was going to cause a stir,” said Australian marine scientist Dr. Robert McCauley. McCauley was referring to the results of an experiment testing the impacts of a Continue Reading
The Trump administration this March will again offer 78 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, the Interior Department announced Tuesday. Receive daily email alerts, Continue Reading
Highlights 3 million boe/d output expected by 2020 Fabrication yards still massively underutilized Plans North Sea sales to ‘high grade’ portfolio London — Total expects its deepwater oil and gas Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shedding assets to pay for its takeover of BG Group Plc, is in talks to sell its interest in a Gulf of Mexico oilfield to Focus Continue Reading
New analysis by Wood Mackenzie takes a look at private equity in the US Gulf of Mexico, exploring operational strategies and potential risks. While majors and independents alike have had Continue Reading
Hurricane season is in full swing — and it’s throwing into the spotlight an ongoing debate between industry and environmental groups over expanding offshore drilling. The National Ocean Industries Association Continue Reading
Between 250 and 700 barrels of oil per day are leaking into the Gulf at the the site where Taylor Energy Co.’s oil platform collapsed in Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Continue Reading
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law this weekend a bill that aims to make drilling for oil and gas off the state’s coast unprofitable. CBS reports that the bill, Continue Reading
Earlier this week, the California State Assembly passed SB 884 , a bill that if passed would prohibit the States Lands Commission from allowing any new wharfs, piers, pipelines and Continue Reading
The Trump administration on Wednesday held a new auction for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), yielding some $178 million in winning bids, a slight improvement from its Continue Reading
