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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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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...

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...

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...

The coming oil boom, and resulting environmental battlemore

New technologies are creating a surge in U.S. crude supplies and bringing hope on the job front. But that is also...

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...

Rig Shortage Means Record $4.5 Billion Blowout Binge: Energymore

The five-story-tall valve that failed to stop the biggest offshore U.S. oil spill is heading toward a $4.

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...

NRC committee urges BSEE to modify safety practicesmore

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

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...

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...

Deep sea oil business is boomingmore

Booming like never before, the offshore oil and gas industry is exploring ever deeper into the ocean and drilling...

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...

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...

Total awarded exploration license for deep waters off Kenyamore

Total announced the signature of a production sharing contract with the Kenyan government for Block L22, which it will...

Why Lower Oil Price Is Actually Bad Newsmore

Oil companies move farther offshore as technology developsmore

New technology and rich reserves are drawing dramatic investment in deep offshore oil exploration.

BOEM schedules Central Gulf lease sale for Marchmore

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management scheduled its next Central Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale in New...

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...

House passes expanded 5-year OCS plan; senators offer similar billmore

US Senate Republicans and Democrats offered similar legislation as the US House adopted a bill that would replace the...

Oil: Only part of the Arctic's massive resourcesmore

Shell hopes it will hit big oil deposits if it drills in Alaska's Arctic next month, but the region is also a potential...

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