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US Oil Lobby Pushes Biden to Roll Back Fossil Fuel Curbs

Jun 14, 2022

The American Petroleum Institute, the top U.S. oil lobby organization, on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden’s administration to lift a slew of restrictions on fossil fuel development to help ease soaring energy prices.The request underscores…

Danos Wins Contracts to Support GOM Decom Work

Jun 14, 2022

Oilfield services company Danos said it has been brought on to support the Promethean Decommissioning Company (PDC) and Petrofac alliance to decommission multiple facilities in shallow water fields in the Gulf of Mexico. The project, which began at the end of May…

MDL and Jumbo Conclude GoM Mooring Installation

Jun 14, 2022

Maritime Developments Ltd (MDL) and Jumbo Maritime have completed a deepwater polyester mooring rope installation in the Gulf of Mexico.The project moored a new floating production unit (FPU) at depths of 1,200m (4000ft). The operation was performed…

Tidal Energy System Powers Up in Nova Scotia

Jun 13, 2022

A tidal energy system has officially powered up and is now delivering clean electricity to Nova Scotia’s power system, making it the first to deliver in-stream tidal power to the grid in Canada. “This marks an incredible milestone in our journey…

BP Buys Into Bay du Nord Project off Eastern Canada

Jun 13, 2022

BP announced it will buy Cenovus Energy's 35% stake in the undeveloped Bay du Nord project in the Flemish Pass offshore Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador.As part of the deal announced on Monday, BP will also sell its 50% non-operated interest…

Biden Chides Exxon, Oil Companies for Profits

Jun 13, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday accused the U.S. oil industry, and Exxon Mobil Corp in particular, of capitalizing on a supply shortage to fatten profits after a report showed inflation surging to a new 40-year record.U.S. consumer inflation…

Scientists Find Massive Methane Leak at Pemex Gulf of Mexico Oil Field

Jun 10, 2022

Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos released thousands of tons of methane gas into the atmosphere from an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico last December, research published on Thursday by the European Space Agency (ESA) showed…

US Oil Spill Testing, Response Facility Gets Major Upgrade

Jun 09, 2022

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s National Oil Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility, known as Ohmsett, has now reopened after undergoing significant refurbishment over the past eight months as part of BSEE’s ongoing maintenance plan…

Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Launched in New York

Jun 09, 2022

Equinor and BP on Thursday announced the launch of a New York-based Offshore Wind Innovation Hub that they say will facilitate partnerships with start-ups that bring new technological solutions to the growing US offshore wind industry'The initiative…

Vineyard Wind Taps ThayerMahan for Subsea Survey

Jun 08, 2022

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), announced a partnership with autonomous maritime solutions company ThayerMahan for seabed and infrastructure…

Pipelayer Crewmember Medevaced in the Gulf of Mexico

Jun 07, 2022

An ailing crewmember was medevaced from a U.K.-registered pipe laying vessel 167 miles offshore Marsh Island, La., in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The U.S. Coast Guard said its Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call around 3 p.m. on Monday…

Reuters: Repsol in Talks to Sell 25% of Oil and Gas Unit to EIG

Jun 07, 2022

EIG Global Energy Partners is in early discussions with Repsol to buy a slice of the Spanish company's oil and gas exploration and production business, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.The U.S. fund is seeking to purchase up to 25% of Repsol's so-called upstream business…

Appeals Court Blocks Fracking Permits for Drilling Off California Shores

Jun 07, 2022

The U.S. government cannot issue any drilling permits that authorize the use of hydraulic fracturing and acidization off the coast of California until it issues a full Environmental Impact Statement, a federal appeals court held Friday.The 9th U…

Mexico Close to Striking Deal Over Major Offshore Oil Find

Jun 06, 2022

The Mexican government is close to reaching a deal with U.S.-based Talos Energy over the future of a potentially lucrative shared crude discovery, the president said on Friday.The handling of Zama, a deposit holding some 900 million barrels and located offshore in the southern Gulf of Mexico…

Shell Taps Audubon for Gulf of Mexico Platform Work

Jun 03, 2022

Audubon has won a contract with Shell Offshore to provide brownfield engineering and procurement (EP) services support for Shell’s Mars Corridor in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The contract covers Shell’s offshore platforms in the U.S. Gulf including its Mars…

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