Chief Minister Paul Henderson is calling for expressions of interest to try to attract a private company to Darwin to service the offshore… By Jane Bardon (abc) [mappress] Source: abc, August 18, 2010;
Anadarko spokesman Johan Christiansen said the initial find “does not appear to be commercially viable”, but said it may lead to… (timeslive) [mappress] Source: timeslive, August 18, 2010;
Nearly 80 percent of the oil spilled from a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico is still in the gulf, US scientists have estimated, challenging… (turkishpress) [mappress] Source: turkishpress, August 18, 2010;
Colombo Dockyard has laid the keel for construction of the second vessel of a series of two 130 Ton Bollard Pull Anchor Handling Tug… (lankabusinessonline) [mappress] Source: lankabusinessonline, August 17, 2010;
Today the White House Council on Environmental Quality issued a report on the NEPA analysis that preceded exploratory drilling at the… By Holly Doremus (legalplanet) [mappress] Source: legalplanet, August 17, 2010;
A federal agency that regulates offshore oil and gas drilling in Alaska has clarified its rules this summer after a government audit said… By ELIZABETH BLUEMINK (adn) [mappress] Source: adn, August 17, 2010;
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;
