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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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BP challenges official estimate of oil spilled in Gulfmore

The company is seeking to reduce its civil liabilities under the Clean Water Act by excluding the oil it salvaged from...

US drilling rig count falls 12 units to 1,749more

The US drilling rig count dropped by 12 units during the week ended Jan. 18, with the total number of rotary rigs...

Shell's Arctic drilling plan under threat after US government orders r...more

Grounding of Kulluk rig the latest in a series of mishaps, raising possibility that Shell may be forced to re-evaluate...

Salazar orders review of 2012 Arctic oil, gas drillingmore

The US Department of the Interior has launched an expedited, high-level assessment of the 2012 offshore drilling...

Allied Energy, Transocean Ink Deal for Nigerian Drillingmore

Transocean's Sedneth 701 will be assigned to Allied to drill the Oyo well No. 7 between April and August of 2013.

Total makes a new oil discovery in the Norwegian North Seamore

Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 25 and 75 million barrels of recoverable oil.

BP, Chevron Spill Records Add Most Risk for Oil Investorsmore

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US drilling rig count gains 6 units to 1,806more

The US drilling rig count gained 6 units during the week ended Nov. 9, with the total number of rotary rigs reaching...

Alaska oil and gas lease sales net $14.2 millionmore

Thirteen groups placed 132 bids on 122 tracts in the Beaufort Sea and on Alaska’s North Slope and North Slope foothills...

Brazil Oil Auction Piques Industry Interest Despite Hurdlesmore

The bidding round has been held up as oil-producing states that currently receive the most royalties resist a movement...

Barclays: Jack up drilling rig demand strengthening worldwidemore

Sustained high crude oil prices combined with offshore exploration successes are contributing to rising demand for...

Obama Admin Details Nov. 28 GOM Lease Salemore

This will be the first offshore sale under the Administration's new Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program...

Gulf oil exploration seeing steady recovery after 2010 moratoriummore

Oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico has started to climb back toward the record highs seen at the end of the last...

Deals signal US Gulf recoverymore

Most US upstream independents are focusing on shifting investment to boost onshore liquids output over natural gas...

Apache discovers first hydrocarbons offshore Kenyamore

Apache Corp. has encountered gas in the shallowest objective in the Mbawa-1 exploratory well in the Lamu basin offshore...

Possible shift in offshore drilling royalties as Senate Committee seat...more

The decades-long fight to increase revenue sharing for coastal states may shift in favor of those communities after...

GAO lists possible improvements in DOI's offshore energy oversightmore

The US Department of the Interior has aggressively implemented offshore regulatory policy changes since 2010, but...

Shell delays in U.S. Arctic put off other operatorsmore

Shell' s regulatory issues in the U.S. Arctic, where it has incurred delays to its oil exploration campaign, is putting...

Ireland's Oil Field at the End of the Rainbowmore

Though Ireland lies near some of the world’s largest deposits of crude outside the Middle East, oil riches never seemed...

Oil Firms Show Record Interest in Mature Areas Offshore Norwaymore

A record number of oil companies have applied for production licenses in mature areas offshore Norway, the country's...

Fears Confirmed that Isaac Stirred Up Macondo Oilmore

A BP spokesman said that the company was working with the Coast Guard, state officials and land managers to clean up...

Tanzania delays offshore oil and gas licensing roundmore

The Tanzanian government said that it would delay a licensing round for up to nine deep sea oil and gas blocks,...

Funds sue BP for hiding truth over safetymore

BP is being sued for millions of dollars in the U.S. by institutional investors who say it misled them over safety...

Isaac's path shuts in 1 million b/d of gulf's oil productionmore

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) reported Aug. 27 that industry has shut in more than 1...

Shell faces 12 month setback in $4.5bn Arctic drilling campaignmore

Shell is racing to begin a massive drilling campaign in US Arctic waters before they freeze over and postpone...

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