offshore oil and gas


Tuesday, January 29, 2019
drillship
Offshore

Oil Major Total Plans Biggest Exploration Drive in Years

By Bate Felix and Wendell Roelf PARIS/CAPE TOWN, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Total is launching its biggest exploration campaign for years in 2019 as part of a

January 29, 2019
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Thursday, January 24, 2019
Hard hats for visitors
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Keppel Sees Signs of Rig Recovery After Posting Q4 Profit

SINGAPORE, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp posted improved results for the fourth quarter, helped by narrower losses in its

January 24, 2019
Total Views: 32

Wednesday, January 23, 2019
File photo of an offshore drillship
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Senate Democrats Question Offshore Drilling Leasing Work Amid Shutdown

Jan 23 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats are questioning the legal basis of the Trump administration’s move to continue work on its five-year

January 23, 2019
Total Views: 18

Friday, January 18, 2019
offshore rig
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U.S. Judge Blocks Atlantic Seismic Oil Permitting During Shutdown

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – A federal court judge on Friday ruled that the federal government cannot process seismic testing

January 18, 2019
Total Views: 44

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After Billion-Barrel Bonanza, BP Goes Global with Seismic Tech

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Buoyed by the success of seismic imaging that found an extra billion barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico,

January 18, 2019
Total Views: 110

Monday, January 14, 2019
drilling rig
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Norway Supreme Court to Hear Snow Crab Case with Implication for Oil

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Norway’s Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear arguments on whether EU ships can fish for snow crab off

January 14, 2019
Total Views: 90

Friday, January 11, 2019
offshore oil and gas rig
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Winners and Losers in Big Oil’s Offshore Spending Revival

By Francois de Beaupuy (Bloomberg) — After four years of cutbacks, oil companies are poised to open their purses again and develop new offshore

January 11, 2019
Total Views: 38

Tuesday, January 8, 2019
thunder horse platform
Offshore

BP Uses New Technology to Unlock 1 Billion BOE at Thunder Horse Field

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – BP said it has discovered two new oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico and has identified an additional billion

January 8, 2019
Total Views: 159

Thursday, December 20, 2018
semisubmersible drilling rig at sea
Offshore

Attorneys General Fire New Salvo in Offshore Drilling Fight Off U.S. East Coast

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Attorneys general from nine coastal states are intervening in a lawsuit aimed at blocking seismic surveys that could

December 20, 2018
Total Views: 43

egina field layout
Offshore

Total Poised to Start Exports From Big New Oil Field in Nigeria

By Sherry Su (Bloomberg) — Total SA is poised to start exports of crude from a major new offshore field in Nigeria, adding to global supplies at a time

December 20, 2018
Total Views: 229

Monday, December 17, 2018
offshore oil and gas rig
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Zinke’s Departure Puts U.S. Interior in Hands of Former Oil Lobbyist

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — A former lobbyist who has played a leading, behind-the-scenes role at the Interior Department driving Trump

December 17, 2018
Total Views: 26

Friday, December 14, 2018
taylor mc20 oil spill
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U.S. Coast Guard to Tackle 14-Year-Old Oil Leak in the Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. Coast Guard has partially assumed federal control over the operation to contain an oil dishcarge from the site of MC20 platform in the U.S. Gulf of

December 14, 2018
Total Views: 110

Thursday, December 13, 2018
offshore oil and gas rig
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Climate Risk Report Warns of Falling Norwegian Offshore Values

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — A key climate report commissioned by the Norwegian government warned that climate change could hurt the value of its

December 13, 2018
Total Views: 31

Wednesday, December 12, 2018
semisubmersible drilling rig at sea
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Norway Tells Offshore Drillers to Fix Lifeboat Safety

OSLO, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has told Transocean , Maersk Drilling and Odfjell Drilling to beef up emergency

December 12, 2018
Total Views: 65

Tuesday, December 11, 2018
seismic survey vessel
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Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Atlantic Seismic Surveying

By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec 11 (Reuters) – Environmental groups opposed to offshore drilling sued the federal government on Tuesday to

December 11, 2018
Total Views: 77

Friday, November 30, 2018
seismic survey vessel
Offshore

Trump Said to Advance Seismic Surveys for Oil in Atlantic

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is taking a major step toward allowing a first-in-a-generation seismic search for oil and

November 30, 2018
Total Views: 71

Tuesday, November 27, 2018
offshore platforms
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Dismantling the Oil Industry: Rough North Sea Waters Test New Ideas

By Shadia Nasralla LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Scottish marine salvage group Ardent is adapting the tanks it used to refloat the Costa Concordia, the

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 66

Sunday, November 25, 2018
BP Sees First Clair Ridge Oil Helping to Double North Sea Output
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BP Sees First Clair Ridge Oil Helping to Double North Sea Output

By Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) — BP Plc has seen first oil from its giant Clair Ridge development in the North Sea, helping arrest decades of

November 25, 2018
Total Views: 96

Friday, November 23, 2018
Chevron Big Foot. Photo: Chevron
Offshore

Chevron Announces Start of Production at Big Foot Project in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Oil major Chevron (NYSE:CVX) has announced the start of crude oil and natural gas production from the Chevron-operated Big Foot deepwater project in the U.S.

November 23, 2018
Total Views: 144

Sunday, November 4, 2018
offshore supply vessel
Blog

Dropping Anchors in the Gulf of Mexico: 60 Days of Letting Her Go and Pulling Her Up

By Michael Carr – Each of American Salvor’s four 6,000 lb. anchors were attached to its own huge winch by hundreds of feet of 1.5-inch diameter

November 4, 2018
Total Views: 229