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OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING

The quest for fossil fuel at home is far from over. Soaring prices of gasoline has opened up the debate on whether Washington should revisit the 1981 moratorium on U.S. offshore oil drilling. Whatever is decided will have a huge impact on the oil companies and the U.S. economy.

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Obama Administration announces proposed central Gulf of Mexico oil and...more

The sale will include all available unleased areas in the Central Planning Area offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and...

Drilling boom heralds big oil output risemore

Soaring oil prices have spurred a worldwide drilling boom that should result in much-faster growth in oil production...

BP eager to wade back out into deepwater US Gulfmore

BP again has its sights on the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico, with plans to have eight drilling rigs working there by the...

Russia's Offshore Move Raises Tension in The Caspian Seamore

US rig count gains 8 rigs to 2,021 workingmore

US crude oil and natural gas drilling rig activity this week gained 8 units to reach a total of 2,021 rigs working.

Arctic drilling under the microscopemore

Oil companies face test this week in roundtable discussions in Inuvik, NWT, over safety, environmental planning

US rig count jumps 22 units to 2,012more

Much of this gain was in land rigs, which shot up 17 rigs to 1,961 units working. The total of offshore rigs was up 3...

Brazil: Commodity Boom and Dutch Disease?more

BOEM approves BP's first Gulf of Mexico exploration plan under new sta...more

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved a supplemental Exploration Plan submitted by BP for deepwater...

Poor management decisions by BP, others blamed for Gulf oil spillmore

Key U.S. report cites missteps and a faulty cement job for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history

BP submits first Gulf exploration plan since oil spillmore

BP wants to further explore and evaluate its Kaskida prospect in its Keathley Canyon area Blocks 292 and 336 using a...

BP raises estimates for Gulf of Mexico findmore

BP raised its estimate of how much oil is in place at one of its fields in the Gulf of Mexico, in a rare bit of good...

Oil & Gas UK rejects 'blanket' offshore drilling safety rulesmore

New proposals by the European Union's executive body to increase the safety of oil and gas offshore drilling have been...

US prepares to charge BP, Transocean, Halliburtonmore

US offshore regulators as early as next week will send notices of violation — which would precede civil fines — to oil...

Senegal Plans Offshore Oil Drilling in 2012 as West African Output Gro...more

Energy companies operating in Senegal will drill three offshore wells next year as the West African nation vies to join...

How Oil Drilling works?more

A great resource to know more about how the oil barrel makes it way into your gas tank

US energy groups act on natural gas demandmore

US energy companies are converting rigs and trucks to run on natural gas, building fuelling stations and launching...

Tullow: Zaedyus exploration well makes oil discovery offshore French G...more

Tullow Oil announces that the Zaedyus exploration well (GM-ES-1), offshore French Guiana, has made an oil discovery

Petrobras proves new oil province in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin offshor...more

Brazilian major Petrobras has discovered oil and natural gas accumulations in the ultra-deepwaters of the...

Five recent oil and gas drilling discoveriesmore

A comprehensive list providing an overview of the discovery trends and the potential for future global oil and gas...

Exxon ends BP’s Arctic dreammore

Bob Dudley could be forgiven for cursing his bad luck in Russia. Just three months after the chief executive of BP...

Guinea: Deepwater wildcat to spud in Octobermore

The Jasper Explorer drillship has departed Singapore enroute to Guinea, West Africa, where it is expected to spud a...

Exxon Sues U.S. Interior Department Over Canceled Gulf of Mexico Lease...more

Exxon Mobil Corp. sued the U.S. Interior Department, asking a judge to set aside the agency’s decision to cancel...

Shell starts drilling at Agbami oil field offshore Nigeriamore

Chevron has commenced drilling on the Agbami oil field offshore Nigeria using the Pacific Bora ultra-deepwater...

ExxonMobil, Rosneft sign Arctic, Black Sea dealmore

The partnership replaces a collapsed, similar but differently structured alliance BP tried to forge with Rosneft.

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