Gulf of Mexico News

BOEM Completes Tract Evaluation and Awards Leases for Sale 231
6/26/2014, BOEM
Nabors to merge part of business with C&J, get $937 million
6/26/2014, Fuelfix
GE Oil & Gas secures order with Maersk Drilling for industry's first '20-ksi' deepwater drilling systems
6/25/2014, Oilvoice
GE to design, build new generation of blowout preventers
6/25/2014, Fuelfix
US challenges oil export ban with approvals for two Texas companies
6/25/2014, Fuelfix
Transocean partnership files for $350M IPO
6/24/2014, Fuelfix
Houston company wins federal approval for gas export project
6/21/2014, Fuelfix
Report: Two major oil companies evacuating Iraq (BP and ExxonMobil)
6/21/2014, Fuelfix
Shell doubles up in Gulf of Mexico's Mars field
6/21/2014, Houston Chronicle
New house GOP leadership adds clout for oil, gas industry (Majority Leader Kevin McCar­thy of California and Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana)
6/21/2014, Houston Chronicle
Judge throws out program for seismic testing in Mississippi Sound
6/21/2014, Platts
GulfSlope Energy, Inc. Awarded 21 Leases In Offshore Gulf Of Mexico Sale 231
6/19/2014, sportsperspective.com
Noble Energy Announces Deepwater Gulf Of Mexico Acreage Addition And Participation In New Exploration Prospect Wall
6/18/2014, Wall Street Journal
Canada OKs oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast;U.S. delayed a decision on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline again
6/18/2014, Fuel Fix
Noble Energy will acquire 50 percent of BP’s interest in 17 Gulf of Mexico exploration leases
6/18/2014, Fuelfix
Shell to sell stake in Australia’s Woodside for $5 billion
6/18/2014, Fuelfix
Clean Gulf Keynote Speaker Announced - Rear Admiral Kevin Cook, Eighth Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard (Event date December 2-4, 2014)
6/18/2014, insider.foxnews.com
US oil exports soar to new milestone
6/16/2014, Fuelfix
Feds launch planning for future offshore lease sales
6/13/2014, Fuelfix
Four Years After BP Spill, a Shallow-Water Revival
6/12/2014, oilprice.com
US natural gas output will set a record this year
6/12/2014, Fuelfix
Rowan awarded contract for 4th ultra-deepwater drillship with Freeport-McMoRan
6/10/2014, Oilvoice
Rowan Awarded Contract for Fourth Ultra-Deepwater Drillship
6/7/2014, Wall Street Journal
Phillips 66 buys big oil storage terminal on Gulf Coast
6/6/2014, Fuelfix
Cal Dive Announces Sale of its U.S. Gulf of Mexico Surface Diving Fleet
6/4/2014, Wall Street Journal
Bobby Jindal delays signing bill to kill lawsuit against oil, gas companies
6/3/2014, Times Picayune
BOEM awards first Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases (subject to US–Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement)
6/3/2014, Offshore Magazine
Energy companies dominate Houston’s Fortune 500 members
6/2/2014, Fuelfix
EPA rule gives new boost to Natural gas
6/2/2014, Fuelfix
Rooster Energy announces shareholder approval of pending acquisitions of Cochon Properties LLC, and Morrison Well Services, LLC
6/2/2014, Oilvoice
Houston oil company sees active future for shallow water Gulf of Mexico, Forbes reports
5/30/2014, Nola.com
Advocate: Louisiana House votes to kill levee board lawsuit
5/30/2014, bidnessetc.com
ESP Resources Reenters US Gulf of Mexico With Supply of Petrochemicals on 21 Platforms
5/29/2014, Wall Street Journal
Exxon CEO: Oil will be top energy source for years
5/29/2014, Fuelfix
Gulf LNG to begin pre-filing review with feds
5/27/2014, Fuelfix
Energy companies dominate list of most productive workers
5/25/2014, Fuelfix
Marathon Petroleum buys Hess retail for $2.87 billion
5/23/2014, Fuelfix
Fugro expands fleet in Gulf of Mexico
5/22/2014, Offshore Magazine
W&T Offshore Announces Acquisition By W & T Energy VI, LLC Of Woodside Energy's Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Properties
5/21/2014, Wall Street Journal
Legacy lawsuit reform again passes legislature, moves onto governor’s desk
5/20/2014, Louisiana Record