Jupiter wildcat finds hydrocarbons off Sierra Leone

An Anadarko Petroleum Corp. group has encountered hydrocarbons at the Jupiter-1 exploratory well on Block SL-07B-11 offshore Sierra Leone.

US, Mexico sign Gulf of Mexico transboundary agreement

The US and Mexico have signed an agreement allowing exploration and development of oil and gas resources along the two countries’ maritime boundary in the Gulf of Mexico. The accord, which still requires legislative approvals in bot... Read More >

API, IPAA criticize Salazar's plan to raise royalty rates

US Sec. of the Interior Ken Salazar’s plans to raise onshore oil and gas royalty rates by nearly 50% are a bad idea, the American Petroleum Institute and Independent Petroleum Association of America separately said on Feb. 16.

Heidelberg confirmed, Anadarko eyes development

An appraisal well near the 2009 Heidelberg discovery in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico has confirmed the initial resource estimate of more than 200 million bbl of oil, said Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

BSEE approves Shell's Chukchi Sea oil spill response plan

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) approved Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.’s Chukchi Sea oil spill response plan in one of four US Department of the Interior actions aimed at limited exploration in shallow Arcti... Read More >

Producers oppose federal frac standard idea, groups say

The presidents of five US oil and gas trade associations quickly disputed US Sec. of the Interior Ken Salazar’s Feb. 15 statement that producers might welcome a national hydraulic fracturing standard based on forthcoming onshore fed... Read More >

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