How Shell Hid a ‘Whale’ Well Before Placing Mexican Oil Bet
By Ron Bousso and Marianna Parraga LONDON/HOUSTON, March 2 (Reuters) – The gasps in the audience were clearly audible at the auction of Mexico’s oil blocks a month ago as Royal...
By Ron Bousso and Marianna Parraga LONDON/HOUSTON, March 2 (Reuters) – The gasps in the audience were clearly audible at the auction of Mexico’s oil blocks a month ago as Royal...
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is conducting an investigation into the fatality of a third-party construction worker in an area of the Gulf of Mexico known as West...
By Adam Williams (Bloomberg) — In the span of a few hours, Royal Dutch Shell Plc became the new king of Mexico’s deep waters. The super major — which once dominated the...
MEXICO CITY, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The Mexican government is seeking to auction off development rights to 29 deepwater oil and gas blocks in its territorial waters in the Gulf...
By Adam Williams and Sabrina Valle (Bloomberg) — If you’re a super-major oil explorer, Mexico says it’s got a bargain for you. The once-giant crude nation whose output plunged in the past...
French energy giant Total is expanding its footprint in the U.S. deepwater Gulf of Mexico market with an agreement to acquire Samson Offshore Anchor, which holds a stake in four...
By Kelly Gilblom and Nejra Cehic (Bloomberg) — Big Oil’s slump is over and industry domination beckons, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. In 2018, companies from Royal Dutch Shell...
By Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) — U.S. crude may owe supply from Mexico for helping it capture a share of the world’s biggest oil market this year. The total volume of U.S. and...
NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Talos Energy LLC and Stone Energy Corp, two U.S. exploration and production companies focused on the Gulf of Mexico, announced on Tuesday plans to...
The derrick barge DB-1 has partially sunk in the Gulf of Mexico after a powerful squall caused it strike an underwater platform jacket that it was working to remove. The...
The U.S. Department of Interior has proposed the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States, which will offer up over 79.9 million acres in federal...
BSEE Gulf of Mexico Region Director Lars Herbst on Monday initiated a Panel Investigation Monday into an oil release from subsea infrastructure located about 40 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana...
The U.S. Coast Guard and other federal agencies are responding to a crude oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said Saturday its Sector New Orleans received a...
By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Nate has formed off of Nicaragua, threatening to inundate Central America, shut oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and damage cotton...
Crowley Maritime Corp. tugboats recently completed the tow-out and installation of Hess’ Stampede tension-leg platform in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Crowley vessels worked alongside six ASD tractor tugs from...
By Adam Williams (Bloomberg) — Mexico will delay its next offshore oilfield auctions by a month, giving international bidders more time to evaluate recent major crude discoveries that highlight the...
By Adam Williams and Angelina Rascouet (Bloomberg) — Mexico’s decision to allow private companies to explore for oil and gas started to pay off after the discovery of at least...
By Jessica Resnick-Ault THUNDER HORSE OIL PLATFORM, Gulf of Mexico, June 27 (Reuters) – About 300 BP workers commute 150 miles here by helicopter, from the Louisiana coast to a...
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released a 1.4 billion pixel map of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico that is up to 50 times more detailed than any map...
By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — The first floating terminal proposed to export natural gas out of the Gulf of Mexico has been cleared by U.S. regulators to send cargoes...
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