The same judge who scrapped a six- month moratorium on drilling in waters deeper than 500 feet in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill… By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Allen Johnson Jr.(businessweek) [mappress] Source: businessweek, August 17, 2010;
The Obama administration said Monday that it would require significantly more environmental review before approving new offshore drilling permits, ending a practice in which government regulators essentially rubber-stamped potentially hazardous deepwater projects like BP’s out-of-control well. The a
A civil racketeering lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Mississippi against British Petroleum, accusing the company of… (clarionledger) [mappress] Source: clarionledger, August 17, 2010;
BP today announced the completion of its purchase from Devon Energy of an additional interest in the BP-operated Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli… (abc) [mappress] Source: abc, August 17, 2010;
ARKeX, the provider of geophysical imaging services, has commenced a 6712 line km BlueQube Marine gravity gradiometry survey for a Svenska Petroleum Exploration led consortium, offshore Guinea Bissau. The West African republic has seen increasing exploration activity over the past few years with sev
Widespread Energy says it has surrendered an offshore petroleum exploration licence, noting the risks were too high to commit to further… (guide2) [mappress] Source: guide2, August 16, 2010;
Oil industry body UK Oil and Gas is proposing to more than double the maximum liability cover rigs need under the Offshore Pollution… (insurancetimes) [mappress] Source: insurancetimes, August 16, 2010;
South Korea’s Kodeco Energy shut down one of its oil and gas production facilities in the Java Sea after it was hit by a container ship… (thejakartapost) [mappress] Source: thejakartapost, August 16, 2010;
BP has delayed the start of drilling at its offshore Libyan blocks from July to later in the year, company spokeswoman Sheila Williams… [mappress] Source: zawya, August 16, 2010;
This statement is made by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Prosafe Production Public Limited (“Prosafe Production” or the “Company”) pursuant to sections 6-16 and 6-19 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act in connection with the voluntary offer by BW Offshore Limited (“BW Offshore”, “BWO” o
About the same time as oil company BP managed to seal its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, Russian authorities approved the introduction… [mappress] Source:oilandgaseurasia , August 16, 2010;
Integrated oil & gas brown field services provider, Petra Energy Berhad (“Petra Energy”), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Petra Resources Sdn Bhd, has been awarded three separate work orders by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (“PETRONAS”) for the provision of Hook-Up and Commissioning work of PETRONA
Nautical Petroleum announces that the 9/02b-D appraisal well on North Sea Block 9/2b spudded on 12 August 2010. The drilling activity is being performed by the Ocean Nomad semi submersible rig and the full programme is expected to take approximately 45 days. A further announcement will be made once
Transocean Ltd. today issued a monthly Fleet Update Summary covering only newly signed contracts, significant changes to existing contracts and changes to estimated out of service time of 30 days or more for High Specification Floaters or 60 days or more for all other rigs since their last quarterly
