LONDON (Dow Jones)–The U.K. has awarded 46 new licenses to explore for oil and gas in the North Sea, the Department of Energy and Climate Change announced on its website [...]
Oil-drilling activity in the U.S. has accelerated to a pace not seen in a generation as energy companies, oilfield contractors and landowners rush to exploit newly profitable sources of crude. [...]
HOUSTON, Feb. 2, 2011 – Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) announced today a $5.267 billion capital, investment and exploration budget for 2011, consistent with prior guidance and a 9 percent [...]
The New York Times brings us an in depth look at Cobalt International Energy and its lead oil man, former head of worldwide exploration for BP, Jim Farnsworth, as they [...]
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Aker Solutions’ new deepwater intervention vessel, Skandi Aker, has today been announced winner of the coveted international “Ship of the Year 2010″ award. The award was presented today to Stig [...]
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____________________________________________ From the gCaptain Offshore Archives – 2008 ____________________________________________ Life on an Oil Rig in the Gulf of Mexico “Just Another Day at Work” By Captain Ben Dinsmore For the [...]
Click HERE for high resolution While quick google search will reveal a number of infographics on the Gulf oil spill, we thought that this one in particular gives a good [...]
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By Siobhan Hughes Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES FEBRUARY 25, 2010 WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The Obama administration failed to meet a deadline for submitting a court-ordered analysis of the environmental effects of [...]
Transocean Ltd. has announced that its ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig Deepwater Horizon recently drilled the deepest oil and gas well ever while working for BP and its co-owners on the Tiber [...]
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