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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Shell secures ‘Noble Jim Day’ for GoM operations
News

Shell secures ‘Noble Jim Day’ for GoM operations

Noble Corporation today announced that the Company has secured a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc for the 12,000

February 24, 2011
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News

Chevron Sees US Deepwater Drilling Resuming By Midyear

MIDLAND, Texas (Dow Jones)–Chevron Corp. (CVX), the second-largest U.S. oil company, expects to be able to resume its ambitious drilling program in the

February 24, 2011
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
News

Republicans To Hold More Hearings On US Offshore Oil Permits

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Republicans in the House of Representatives announced Wednesday a series of public hearings about permits to drill for oil off

February 23, 2011
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
US Officials Probe Death Of Worker On Apache Platform
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US Officials Probe Death Of Worker On Apache Platform

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–U.S. offshore-drilling regulators are investigating the death of a worker who died Wednesday aboard a natural-gas production

February 17, 2011
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
News

Senators Urge Interior Secretary Salazar to Streamline Offshore Drilling Permit Process

Introduce Resolution Calling for Adequate Guidance for Shallow and Deep Water Operators WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators,

February 16, 2011
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Lawsuit: BP Vice President Resigned Before Spill Over Safety Concerns
News

Lawsuit: BP Vice President Resigned Before Spill Over Safety Concerns

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) vice president in charge of drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico resigned over safety concerns just months

February 15, 2011
Total Views: 53

Monday, February 14, 2011
News

BOEMRE – Oil Spill Containment Systems Not Ready Yet

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Oil companies haven’t been able to show that they can effectively respond to a future oil spill in the deep-water Gulf of

February 14, 2011
Total Views: 75

Friday, February 11, 2011
News

Chevron Sees Deepwater Drilling In Gulf Restarting Before Year End

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Oil giant Chevron Corp. (CVX) said this week it expects the federal government to start issuing permits for deepwater drilling in the

February 11, 2011
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News

Noble Energy: Permit Process For Gulf Of Mexico Santiago Well Almost Completed

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) said Thursday it is planning to return to exploratory drilling in the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico later

February 11, 2011
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
News

Rising Oil Prices Predicted as U.S. Congress Debates Energy Policy

WASHINGTON–Gas prices in the U.S. could rise to an average of $3.30 per gallon in 2012, the top official at the U.S. Energy Information Administration

February 10, 2011
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
BP Joins Gulf of Mexico Marine Well Containment Company
News

BP Joins Gulf of Mexico Marine Well Containment Company

HOUSTON – BP announced today that it has joined Chevron, ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil and Shell as a member of the Marine Well Containment Company LLC

February 1, 2011
Total Views: 58

Friday, January 21, 2011
Helix Inks Agreements for Deepwater Containment System in GoM
News

Helix Inks Agreements for Deepwater Containment System in GoM

Written By: Cameron Wallace Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. has executed agreements for its Helix Fast Response System (“HFRS”) to be named as

January 21, 2011
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Apache Corporation confirms leak in Gulf of Mexico
News

Apache Corporation confirms leak in Gulf of Mexico

Apache Corporation has been conducting plugging and abandonment operations on East Cameron Block 278 Platform B. The facility is located in water depths of 168

January 18, 2011
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Technip awarded a major subsea contract for the Jack & St-Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico
News

Technip awarded a major subsea contract for the Jack & St-Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico

Technip was awarded a contract by Chevron North America Exploration and Production for the development of the Jack & St-Malo fields, located in the Walker

January 14, 2011
Total Views: 53

Tuesday, January 11, 2011
National Commission releases final report on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Defense

National Commission releases final report on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Today, The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling release its final report on its investigation into the Deepwater

January 11, 2011
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Offshore

Chevron Sanctions Big Foot Project in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

SAN RAMON, Calif., December 16, 2010 – Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced it has sanctioned development of its $4 billion Big Foot project in the

December 16, 2010
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Offshore

Drilling moratorium lifted! Now what?

Running 22-inch casing on Discoverer Clear Leader In an early afternoon call today with the media, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean

October 13, 2010
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
NOAA

Bluefin Tuna And The BP Oil Spill

The NY Times has an interesting article on the depletion of Bluefin Tuna around the world and suggests that the fate of Atlantic TunBluefin’s may be in

June 27, 2010
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Oil Spill

Breaking News – Federal judge blocks Gulf drilling moratorium

A federal judge in New Orleans, Louisiana, has blocked a six-month federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf. Several dozen plaintiffs had sued

June 22, 2010
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Oil Spill

Gulf Oil Spill Infographic

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

May 5, 2010
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