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Monday, February 6, 2017
Offshore Drillers Still Seeking Recovery Enjoyed by Shale
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Offshore Drillers Still Seeking Recovery Enjoyed by Shale

By Bailey Lipschultz (Bloomberg) — While oil drillers in U.S. shale basins are starting to see business come back, their offshore brethren will have

February 6, 2017
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs as Roughnecks Become Expendable
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Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs as Roughnecks Become Expendable

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — The robot on an oil drillship in the Gulf of Mexico made it easier for Mark Rodgers to do his job stringing together

January 24, 2017
Total Views: 128

Thursday, January 5, 2017
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Offshore

Statoil Boosts Exploration Amid Cheapest Drilling in Years

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Statoil ASA, one of many international oil companies to slash spending during crude’s collapse, is increasing

January 5, 2017
Total Views: 5

Wednesday, December 21, 2016
U.S. Ban On New Arctic Drilling Gives Canada Leg Up, Lawmakers Say
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U.S. Ban On New Arctic Drilling Gives Canada Leg Up, Lawmakers Say

OTTAWA, Dec 21 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday slammed an agreement made with Canada to ban offshore Arctic drilling, saying Ottawa’s plan

December 21, 2016
Total Views: 35

Tuesday, December 20, 2016
President Obama Bans Offshore Drilling in Arctic and Parts of Atlantic
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President Obama Bans Offshore Drilling in Arctic and Parts of Atlantic

By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday permanently banned new oil and gas

December 20, 2016
Total Views: 47

Monday, December 19, 2016
Obama Said to Use 1953 Law to Permanently Block New Drilling Leases in Arctic, Atlantic
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Obama Said to Use 1953 Law to Permanently Block New Drilling Leases in Arctic, Atlantic

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama is preparing to block the sale of new offshore drilling rights in much of the U.S. Arctic

December 19, 2016
Total Views: 103

Thursday, December 15, 2016
offshore drilling rig
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California Governor Calls for Permanent Ban on Offshore Drilling Off State

California Governor Jerry Brown is calling on President Barack Obama to use his authority to permanently ban new offshore oil and gas leasing in federal

December 15, 2016
Total Views: 53

Friday, November 18, 2016
auger tension leg platform
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Obama’s Offshore-Oil Plan Forces Drillers to Focus on U.S. Gulf

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration’s decision to forgo auctions of new oil and gas drilling rights in U.S. Arctic waters

November 18, 2016
Total Views: 10

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Bid to Limit U.S. Offshore Drilling Gains in Wake of Trump Win
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Bid to Limit U.S. Offshore Drilling Gains in Wake of Trump Win

By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — A long-shot bid to convince the Obama administration to use 24 words of a 1953 law to permanently

November 15, 2016
Total Views: 47

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
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BP Scraps Plans to Drill Off Southern Australia Coast, Says ‘Ocean Greatwhite’ Contract Not Impacted

By Perry Williams (Bloomberg) — BP Plc has abandoned oil exploration in the offshore Great Australian Bight, five years after it began searching for

October 11, 2016
Total Views: 127

Thursday, September 15, 2016
Offshore Drillers Brace for More Pain Even With Bottom in Sight
Offshore

Offshore Drillers Brace for More Pain Even With Bottom in Sight

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Offshore oil-rig operators, grappling with the biggest industry downturn in a generation, say they finally have the bottom

September 15, 2016
Total Views: 73

Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Oil and Gas Norway
Finance

Norway Companies Cut Offshore Investments

by Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) Oil and gas companies operating in Norway, western Europe’s biggest producer, cut investment forecasts further for this year and

August 24, 2016
Total Views: 57

Friday, August 12, 2016
Ocean rig olympia total drillship
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Ocean Rig Sounds Bankruptcy Alarm, Causing Stock to Tank

Ocean Rig shares crashed nearly 60% Friday after the deepwater drilling contractor announced that it could wind up filing for bankruptcy amid ‘extremely

August 12, 2016
Total Views: 63

Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Deepwater Champion Drillship
Offshore

Transocean Profits Dwindle as Customers Cut Offshore Drilling

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd.’s profit dwindled in the second quarter as the world’s largest offshore driller struggles to win

August 3, 2016
Total Views: 21

Friday, July 29, 2016
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Why China Matters – U.S. Could Loose Offshore Drilling Rights To EEZ

By Peter Coy (Bloomberg) The U.S. and other coastal nations could lose millions of square nautical miles of ocean that are now in their exclusive economic

July 29, 2016
Total Views: 42

Deepwater Champion Drillship
Offshore

Deepwater Drillers “Will Not Recover Anytime Soon” Despite Supplier Uptick, Says Analysts

BY GWLADYS FOUCHE AND STEPHEN JEWKES (Reuters) European suppliers to the oil industry, hit by their customers’ spending cutbacks over the past two years,

July 29, 2016
Total Views: 13

Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Offshore Drilling Foes Invoke 1953 Law to Prod Obama on U.S. Ban
Offshore

Offshore Drilling Foes Invoke 1953 Law to Prod Obama on U.S. Ban

by Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Environmental activists who dangled from bridges and paddled kayaks around an Arctic rig have a new strategy for

May 24, 2016
Total Views: 8

Friday, April 22, 2016
Angola Accuses Congo of Wrecking Joint-Offshore Oil Development Agreement
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Angola Accuses Congo of Wrecking Joint-Offshore Oil Development Agreement

By Tom Wilson and Candido Mendes (Bloomberg) — Angola’s oil minister accused neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo’s government of wrecking an

April 22, 2016
Total Views: 59

Monday, April 18, 2016
Big Oil’s `Rock Star’ in Congress Runs Rig Tours to Win Votes
Offshore

Big Oil’s `Rock Star’ in Congress Runs Rig Tours to Win Votes

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Congressman Steve Scalise leaned over the railing of the Chevron Corp. oil platform floating in inky blue waters 250

April 18, 2016
Total Views: 7

Thursday, April 14, 2016
U.S. Issues Tough New Rules for Offshore Drilling
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U.S. Issues Tough New Rules for Offshore Drilling

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration is imposing tough new regulations for offshore drilling nearly six years after the Deepwater

April 14, 2016
Total Views: 91
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