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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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Why Lower Oil Price Is Actually Bad Newsmore

U.S. offshore oil & gas potential limited only by regulatorsmore

The offshore oil industry has come to play an increasingly important role in domestic oil production in the U.S.,

Pemex Finds Natural Gas Reserves in Deep-Water Gulfmore

As much as two billion cubic feet of natural gas reserves in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

The Final Frontier? Arctic Drilling Gets Seriousmore

Renewed interest in the Artic has spread beyond U.S. waters. In early June 2012, Secretary of State Clinton toured the...

Ophir plans Gabon pre-salt drillingmore

UK-listed independent Ophir Energy and its partner Brazilian state-controlled oil firm Petrobras expect to drill their...

U.S. soon to begin more Arctic oil, gas drillingmore

As the first offshore Arctic drilling rig in almost 20 years begins to extract oil, the U.S. government announced it...

Interior Unveils 2012-2017 Offshore O&G Leasing Planmore

Program would open "the vast majority of known offshore oil and gas resources for development over the next five...

U.S. Central Gulf lease sale drew $1.7 billion in winning bidmore

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday that the first lease sale in the central U.S. Gulf of Mexico since...

Record High Bids Seen in First Central Gulf Sale Since Deepwater Horiz...more

Fifty-six companies participating in the sale offered 593 bids on 454 tracts encompassing over 2.4 million acres.

Upcoming Gulf of Mexico lease sale looks to be robust: BOEM, analystsmore

To hear industry and even sale sponsor US' Bureau of Ocean Energy Management talk, the first Central Gulf of Mexico...

NRC committee urges BSEE to modify safety practicesmore

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement should modify some existing practices in evaluating offshore...

Chevron seals, abandons natural gas well offshore Nigeriamore

Chevron Nigeria Ltd. sealed and abandoned the shallow water Funiwa 1A natural gas well offshore Nigeria after drilling...

US drilling rig count slips 13 units to 1,971more

This week there were a total of 1,971 oil and gas drilling rigs working in the US, down by 13 units from the previous...

Washington Grays Harbor exploratory well to spudmore

Comet Ridge Ltd., Brisbane, said its US subsidiaries plan to spud an exploratory well in the Grays Harbor area of...

Gazprom Neft Said Likely to Pass on African Offshore Drillingmore

OAO Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russia’s natural gas exporter, may opt against drilling in two blocks off the West...

DOI to offer 38 million acres in June GOM lease salemore

oday the Obama Administration provided final details for the Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale announced by President...

Statoil upgrades Brazil pre-salt discoveries to 1.24 billion bblmore

Statoil ASA said it and its partners had substantially upgraded estimates for the Brazilian Campos basin pre-salt oil...

US drilling rig count gains 12 units to reach 1,986more

There were a total of 1,986 oil and gas drilling rigs working in the US this week, up by 12 units from last week.

Analyst: US unconventional liquids production could mean zero net oil ...more

Production from unconventional liquids plays could result in the US becoming independent from oil imports before 2020,...

Iran makes Caspian oil discoverymore

Iran has made an oil discovery in its sector of the Caspian Sea, which it claims could contain around 7bn-10bn bl of...

DOI to offer 38 million acres in June GOM lease salemore

Today the Obama Administration provided final details for the Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale announced by President...

Shell Secures One of Last Permits Needed for Arctic Drillingmore

Shell still needs to obtain approvals from the Interior Department and Fish and Wildlife Service before it gets the...

'Lessons Learned' Post-Macondo by USCGmore

Three major lessons learned by the USCG were: Safety gaps, Risk analysis for fire/explosion and Drill floor...

2012 OTC to Feature Satellite Communications Solutions for Offshore In...more

2012 OTC to Feature Satellite Communications Solutions for Offshore Industries, NewSat Vice-President Tom Wright will...

US drilling rig count declines to 1,945 unitsmore

Most of this loss was in land drilling operations, which was off 26 units to 1,878 rigs working. There were 45 rigs...

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