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Mitsui unit settles liability in Macondo well incident

Feb 21, 2012 MOEX Offshore LLC agreed to pay $90 million to settle its liability in the Macondo deepwater well incident and spill in 2010, the US Department of Justice, Coast Guard, and Environmental Protection...

BSEE approves Shell's Chukchi Sea oil spill response plan

Feb 17, 2012 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 l...

Milnesand San Andres horizontal infill drilling nears

Feb 15, 2012 Enhanced Oil Resources Inc., Houston, has permitted five horizontal 20-acre infill wells in its 4,800-acre Milnesand San Andres Unit in Roosevelt County, NM, where 40-acre development is estimated ...

Obama administration outlines Arctic energy policy initiatives

Feb 13, 2012

Obama administration officials announced a series of initiatives that they said are aimed at bringing the best available science to energy-related decisions in the Arctic.

State regulators eye continuing pipeline safety challenges

Feb 9, 2012 Enactment of new federal pipeline safety legislation was a good start, but state pipeline regulators will need to address ongoing challenges to keep systems efficient and economic as well, official...

Obama administration outlines Arctic energy policy initiatives

Feb 7, 2012 Obama administration officials announced a series of initiatives that they said are aimed at bringing the best available science to energy-related decisions in the Arctic. The initiatives include d...

Canada, Alberta commit to 'improve' environmental monitoring of oil sands

Feb 6, 2012 The governments of Canada and Alberta, stung by the recent US decision to postpone development of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project, have agreed to step up their monitoring of the environm...

IHS: Shale plays driving demand for oil field chemicals

Feb 6, 2012 The global market for oil field specialty chemicals reached nearly $16 billion in 2010 with the US and Canada accounting for 52%, which an IHS Chemical market study attributed to increasing oil and...

An EC regulatory push

Feb 6, 2012

Groups representing North Sea oil and gas producers have stiffened their resistance to European offshore safety regulation.

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