Gulf Of Mexico Production Expected To Hit Record High
While the U.S. shale production in the Permian has been grabbing most of the market and media attention over the past two years, the Gulf of Mexico has been quietly Continue Reading
Trump just erased an Obama-era policy to protect the oceans
A large plume of smoke rising from BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. (Gerald Herbert/AP) President Trump on Wednesday ended an eight-year-old Continue Reading
Deepwater Horizon led to new protections for US waters. Trump just repealed them.
The Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded on April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers. Gas erupted into a massive fireball, and then the rig gushed 4.9 million barrels of crude Continue Reading
Big Oil eyes U.S. minority groups to build offshore drilling support
The largest U.S. oil and gas lobby group is seeking to convince Hispanic and black communities to support the Trump administration’s proposed expansion of offshore drilling, arguing it would create Continue Reading
Trump erases Obama-era offshore rules
Executive action from the U.S. president eases offshore energy planning burdens, an industry group said, though critics said it was a war on oceans. President Donald Trump signed an executive Continue Reading
The Last Oil Frontier In The Gulf Of Mexico
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico, (GoM) has been a tremendous resource that has largely been developed over the last thirty years or so. One by one, companies ventured into deep Continue Reading
GoM: First Quarter 2018, Production Summary
A Guest Post by George Kaplan Crude and Condensate BOEM has March 2018 production at 1696 kbpd, which is down 1% month-on-month and 4% year-on-year (March 2017 was the peak Continue Reading
Shell Starts Deepwater Gulf Of Mexico Oil Project Ahead Of Schedule
Shell said on Thursday that it had started early production at a deepwater subsea development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico a year ahead of schedule and at a forward-looking, Continue Reading
Why New Jersey is leading the resistance to Trump’s offshore drilling plan
The Trump administration’s bid to expand offshore drilling sounds like a sweet deal when the oil and gas industry sells it: more jobs, increased local revenue and possibly an energy Continue Reading
Shell Makes Large Deepwater Discovery In Gulf Of Mexico
Shell has made a large deepwater exploration discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, just 13 miles from its Appomattox project that is expected to start production by the end Continue Reading