Two important facts will shape offshore safety regulation after the Macondo tragedy of April 2010: US regulation will change, and offshore work conducted under different types...
On Jan. 12, the benchmark February crude contract increased 0.8% to a 2-year high of $91.86/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while in London, North Sea Brent crude came...
The new BroadSeis system acquires low and high frequencies simultaneously using Sercel Sentinel solid streamers with a variable depth profile (patent pending).
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Jan. 3 issued seven safety recommendations, six of them classified as urgent, based on its investigation of the Sept. 9, 2010, ...
Rosneft and BP PLC have agreed to form a strategic global alliance that includes a stock swap, an Arctic offshore exploration joint venture and research effort, and a refining...
ArgentinaCrown Point Ventures Ltd., Vancouver, BC, plans to close in mid-January 2011 acquisition from an undisclosed seller of a 100% interest in a 25.57 sq km exploitation concession...
Newfield Exploration Co. expressed encouragement at its initial assessment of its Eagle Ford shale in the Maverick basin of southwest Texas and said that with continued success...
The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling found several immediate causes contributed to the Macondo well blowout on Apr. 20, 2010, although...
US crude oil and product pipelines continued to increase their share of total US petroleum transportation in 2008, the Association of Oil Pipe Lines said on Jan. 4 in its latest...
