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(Bloomberg) — Cnooc Ltd., China’s biggest offshore oil and gas explorer, asked the U.S. government to review its $15.1 billion offer for

The Port of Los Angeles, the country’s busiest container port, faces an uncertain future. A $5.25-billion project will make the Panama Canal wider and

Nearly half of the oil production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico remained shut-in Wednesday as producers continue to restore production following Hurricane Isaac.

Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday that it has signed a contract for the charter of two newbuild LNG-powered tank barges that will operate along the river Rhine

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc, the owner of the Macondo well that caused the worst U.S. oil spill two years ago, declined in London after the Department of

(Bloomberg) — Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, a Norwegian offshore drilling company, fell the most in three months in Oslo trading after major shareholders

Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase tug and barge operator Allied Transportation Company for $116

East Africa’s “Big-Three” warned Tuesday that despite a recent downturn in global piracy incidents, shipowners should not let their guard

The Bureau Veritas classed fleet has grown past the 10,000 mark, the international classification society said Tuesday. In a statement Bureau Veritas said

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc, whose Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico caused the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, is drilling the first

Noble Corp. (NE) said it expects its third-quarter revenue to be hurt by about $50 million due to operational delays and other developments around returning

(Bloomberg) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing on a mission aimed partly at prevailing on China and Southeast Asian nations to

(Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc won a U.S. permit to begin limited preparatory work for drilling off the North Coast of Alaska, Interior Secretary

(Bloomberg) — The Arctic Ocean’s ice cover has shrunk to the smallest size ever observed in the three decades NASA has monitored it, according

BSEE reports that all dynamically positioned drilling rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico moved off location prior to the storm and have been accounted for.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Wednesday upheld the original ruling that the government of Spain cannot hold Houston-based American Bureau

(Bloomberg) — Petroleos Mexicanos, the world’s fourth-largest oil producer, may have as many as 10 billion barrels of potential reserves in its El

Update: The Energy Centurion has been located off the coast of Nigeria still under control of pirates. “The vessel is presently sailing off the coast of

RIO DE JANEIRO–A Brazilian court on Tuesday upheld an injunction that bars U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. (CVX) and drilling company Transocean Ltd. (RIG)

(Bloomberg) — Rising gasoline prices and production cuts tied to a storm named Isaac churning across the Gulf of Mexico have some energy analysts