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Friday, July 29, 2016
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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: 27

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: 16

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

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: 80

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: 15

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: 108

Exxon Says New Rules Will Sink Deepwater Oil Drilling
Offshore

Exxon Says New Rules Will Sink Deepwater Oil Drilling

By Joe Carroll (Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest oil explorers are fighting a U.S. plan to toughen offshore drilling rules that Exxon Mobil Corp. said

April 14, 2016
Total Views: 76

U.S. Set to Issue Tighter Offshore Drilling Rules Fought by Industry
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U.S. Set to Issue Tighter Offshore Drilling Rules Fought by Industry

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration will issue sweeping new regulations on offshore drilling Thursday, imposing potentially

April 14, 2016
Total Views: 20

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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News

Transocean, Schlumberger See Oil Industry Recovery Delayed

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Leaders of the world’s largest suppliers of offshore drilling rigs and the services that go with them see the oil market

March 22, 2016
Total Views: 79

Tuesday, March 15, 2016
U.S. Investigative Panel to Probe Offshore Worker Death
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U.S. Investigative Panel to Probe Offshore Worker Death

The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has established a former Investigative Panel to probe the recent death of an offshore worker in

March 15, 2016
Total Views: 16

Obama Administration Does U-Turn on Atlantic Drilling
Interesting

Obama Administration Does U-Turn on Atlantic Drilling

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) – The Obama administration reversed course on Tuesday on a proposal to open the southeastern Atlantic

March 15, 2016
Total Views: 55

Monday, March 14, 2016
Virginia, Ground Zero in Atlantic Drilling Debate, to Learn Its Fate Soon
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Virginia, Ground Zero in Atlantic Drilling Debate, to Learn Its Fate Soon

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — From the shores of Savannah, Georgia, to the Beaufort, North Carolina beachfront, coastal communities in conservative

March 14, 2016
Total Views: 17

Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Use It or Lose It:  Big Oil Moves to Drill in Brazil But Not Because Things Improved
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Use It or Lose It: Big Oil Moves to Drill in Brazil But Not Because Things Improved

By Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — Major oil producers are beginning to confront the need to develop offshore prospects in Brazil, or lose them. Total SA and

March 1, 2016
Total Views: 38

Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Shell Seals Offshore Oil and Gas Deal With Bulgaria
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Shell Seals Offshore Oil and Gas Deal With Bulgaria

By Slav Okov (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc signed a five-year contract for oil and natural gas exploration in the deep waters of the Black Sea off

February 23, 2016
Total Views: 68

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
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News

Fred. Olsen Energy Says Drilling Rates to Stay at Loss-Making Levels

OSLO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Global offshore drilling rig rates will remain at loss-making levels as the market continues to suffer from overcapacity,

February 16, 2016
Total Views: 32

Thursday, February 11, 2016
maersk drilling rig
News

Maersk Drilling Sees Rig Overcapacity Lasting for ‘Foreseeable Future’

OSLO, Feb 11 (Reuters) – As much as one third of the global offshore fleet of oil drilling rigs could be idled in 2016 as energy firms scale back

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 28

Monday, February 8, 2016
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News

GE Tackles Offshore Oil Spill Prevention in New BOP Pact

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. is turning over care and handling of the massive rig safety devices designed to stop well

February 8, 2016
Total Views: 123

Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Oil Drilling Off U.S. East Coast Under Attack from Environmentalists
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Oil Drilling Off U.S. East Coast Under Attack from Environmentalists

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Environmentalists emboldened by President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline are now trying to

February 3, 2016
Total Views: 47

Tuesday, December 1, 2015
transocean arctic
Offshore

Transocean Day Rates Hit New Low Water Mark

by Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) Transocean Ltd., the biggest offshore-rig operator, won a contract to drill four wells off Norway for Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA

December 1, 2015
Total Views: 37

Friday, November 13, 2015
Norwegian Investment Banks Touting Oil Rigs at Firesale Prices
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Norwegian Investment Banks Touting Oil Rigs at Firesale Prices

By Luca Casiraghi and Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Pareto Securities AS is among banks targeting debt funds and private-equity firms to buy oil rigs at

November 13, 2015
Total Views: 15

Monday, August 31, 2015
keppel shipyard shipbuilding singapore
Shipping News

Keppel Acquires Cameron’s Jack-Up Rig Business

Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine, the world’s largest rig builder, says it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 104
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