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Saturday, August 25, 2012
#SaveTheArctic – Personal Note from Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace [VIDEO]
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#SaveTheArctic – Personal Note from Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace [VIDEO]

My name is Kumi Naidoo. I’m from Africa. I’m the executive director of Greenpeace International. I am participating in this action to draw

August 25, 2012
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Greenpeace Releases Video of Arctic Activism, Gazprom Says Operations Unaffected
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Greenpeace Releases Video of Arctic Activism, Gazprom Says Operations Unaffected

MOSCOW–OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) said Greenpeace activists who climbed onto its Prirazlomnaya offshore oil platform in the Arctic early Friday are not

August 25, 2012
Total Views: 40

Friday, August 24, 2012
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Greenpeace Activists Get Ice-Cold Greeting by Russian Drilling Rig Crew

Greenpeace activists scaled OAO Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform in the Arctic to protest drilling plans on Russia’s first major oil project in the

August 24, 2012
Total Views: 65

Engineering News

Lamprell Delivers LeTourneau Super 116E Jack-Up to Abu Dhabi NDC

Lamprell (ticker: LAM), a UAE-based provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables

August 24, 2012
Total Views: 83

Thursday, August 23, 2012
BP’s Chopping Block: Next Up, Brazil’s Polvo Field
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BP’s Chopping Block: Next Up, Brazil’s Polvo Field

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc, the energy company that paid $3.2 billion last year to start exploring off the coast of Brazil, plans to sell its only producing

August 23, 2012
Total Views: 64

Wednesday, August 22, 2012
ATP Bankruptcy: Company Lost $1.1 Million Per Day For Past 3 Years
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ATP Bankruptcy: Company Lost $1.1 Million Per Day For Past 3 Years

(Bloomberg) — ATP Oil & Gas Corp., the Gulf of Mexico oil producer that filed for bankruptcy last week, was given preliminary approval by a judge for

August 22, 2012
Total Views: 142

Gibdock Completes Semi-sub Project
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Gibdock Completes Semi-sub Project

Gibdock has completed its work on the semi-submersible accommodation platform, Etesco Millennium – the first offshore platform project to be undertaken

August 22, 2012
Total Views: 58

Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Work Begins on Brazil’s First-Ever FPSO Conversion
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Work Begins on Brazil’s First-Ever FPSO Conversion

RIO DE JANEIRO–Brazilian state energy company Petroleo Brasileiro S/A (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said Tuesday that it had started work to convert an

August 21, 2012
Total Views: 100

BP’s Gulf of Mexico Sell Off Excites Asia-Pacific Buyers
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BP’s Gulf of Mexico Sell Off Excites Asia-Pacific Buyers

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc’s plans to sell almost $8 billion of deep-water oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico is paving the way for the biggest influx of

August 21, 2012
Total Views: 45

What’s The Deal With Shell’s Arctic Drilling? [UPDATE]
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What’s The Deal With Shell’s Arctic Drilling? [UPDATE]

(Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc has spent seven years and $4.5 billion, and fought off at least 50 lawsuits, for a chance to tap what is thought to

August 21, 2012
Total Views: 27

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Floatel Goes for Number Four in Latest $315 Million Newbuild Deal with Keppel Corp

SINGAPORE–Keppel Corp. Ltd. (BN4.SG) Tuesday said unit Keppel FELS Ltd. has signed a US$315 million contract to build a semi-submersible accommodation

August 21, 2012
Total Views: 108

Monday, August 20, 2012
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Caribbean Nations Come Together for Conference on Offshore Deepwater Spill Response

HOUSTON – Caribbean nations will come together for the first time to specifically address emergency response protocols for offshore deepwater drilling

August 20, 2012
Total Views: 31

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Chevron’s Australian Currency Hedge May be Looking Like Sheer Brilliance

Chevron Corp. (CVX) may end up getting a better deal Down Under than it bargained for. Chevron owns a 47% stake in Australia’s 43 billion Australian

August 20, 2012
Total Views: 103

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Offshore Sector Continues to Sustain Shipyards as DSME Wins $1.96 Billion Platform Order

(Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. won a 2.22 trillion won ($1.96 billion) order to build five fixed platforms as rising

August 20, 2012
Total Views: 88

Saturday, August 18, 2012
Drilling Moratorium Leads ATP to Chapter 11
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Drilling Moratorium Leads ATP to Chapter 11

ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (ATPG) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday, hit by the rising costs associated with its deep-water drilling projects in

August 18, 2012
Total Views: 48

Friday, August 17, 2012
Record Low Arctic Ice Presents a Whole New Commercial Frontier and Grave Concerns
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Record Low Arctic Ice Presents a Whole New Commercial Frontier and Grave Concerns

The Arctic Ocean’s ice cover is shrinking at a record pace this year after higher-than-average temperatures hastened the annual break-up of the sea ice.

August 17, 2012
Total Views: 36

Thursday, August 16, 2012
Contractors Beware: U.S. Affirms Offshore Citation Policy
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Contractors Beware: U.S. Affirms Offshore Citation Policy

The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement on Thursday gave teeth to its policy that its inspectors can issue citations to oilfield service

August 16, 2012
Total Views: 24

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Norwegian Oil Production Strangled by Old Rigs and Ridiculously High Salaries

(Bloomberg) — Norway needs to simplify rules for offshore oil rigs and reduce labor costs to support efforts to increase oil and gas production in

August 16, 2012
Total Views: 118

Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Global Deepwater Drilling Boom Continues!
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Global Deepwater Drilling Boom Continues!

HOUSTON–The global quest for deepwater oil and gas fields continues unabated, despite recent economic turmoil and concerns about where energy prices

August 15, 2012
Total Views: 57

BP Looking to Unload Gulf of Mexico Assets
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BP Looking to Unload Gulf of Mexico Assets

BP Plc is seeking as much as $7.9 billion before tax payments for a group of Gulf of Mexico oilfields as it unloads assets following its 2010 spill in

August 15, 2012
Total Views: 54