China's CNOOC starts deepwater drilling
BEIJING, May 10 (UPI) -- China National Offshore Oil Corp. has started China's first deep-sea drilling...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
Rosneft, Statoil join Arctic rush
MOSCOW—Norway's Statoil on Saturday signed a deal with Russian state oil company Rosneft to develop...
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Exxon, Rosneft may invest $500 billion on oil exploration in Arctic and Black seas
MOSCOW, April 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Exxon Mobil and Russia's Rosneft may invest more than $500 billion in a...
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Interior, Coast Guard probe 10-mile Gulf of Mexico ‘sheen’
The Interior Department is probing a “sheen” in the Gulf of Mexico that Royal Dutch Shell has reported near two...
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Poll: Support for offshore drilling returns to pre-spill levels
Support for expanded offshore drilling, which dropped after the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, has shot...
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Transocean says to halt dividend
Feb 20 (Reuters) - Shares of offshore drilling contractor Transocean fell 5 percent on Monday after the company...
Monday, February 20th, 2012
US, Mexico agree to open 1.5 million acres for offshore oil and natural gas exploration
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Monday that an agreement had been reached with Mexico to allow...
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
U.S. tentatively approves Shell spill plan for new Arctic drilling
In a crucial step toward the ultimate approval of new oil drilling off the North Slope of Alaska, the Interior...
Monday, January 16th, 2012
White House plan would move NOAA to Interior
The federal agency merger plan that President Obama is pushing Friday would shake up environmental and climate...
Friday, January 13th, 2012
EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for Shell exploratory drilling ship
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Royal Dutch Shell’s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost...
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Hopes fade for dozens of sunken Russian rig workers
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Rescuers on Monday said it would be a miracle if they found anyone else alive...
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Goodbye Michael Bromwich, hello James Watson
The Obama administration is putting a new cop on the beat to police offshore drilling safety rules.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Interior offshore drilling plan includes more Gulf, Alaska leases
The Obama administration on Tuesday released its first five-year offshore-drilling plan, which would open up...
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Administration to inspect oil rig set to drill in Cuban waters
Amid growing concerns that foreign offshore drilling could threaten coastal areas in the United States, the...
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
X Challenge winners blow old oil recovery tech out of the water
$1.3 million in prize money went out to two winners of the Wendy Schmidt Oil Recovery X Challenge, both of...
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Groups will sue to block Arctic offshore drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – More than a dozen Alaska Native and environmental organizations sued Thursday to block...
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
U.S. lawmakers urge Spanish oil company to leave Cuba
WASHINGTON — Thirty-four U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Spanish oil company Repsol to keep out of Cuban...
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
EPA issues key permits to Shell for Alaska drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has won two critical permits it needs to drill...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Greenland publishes Arctic oil spill plan
Following criticism by Greenpeace, Greenland's government on Monday decided to release Cairn Energy...
Shell: 56,600 gallons of oil spilled in North Sea
United Kingdom (AP) -- Royal Dutch Shell estimated Monday that 54,600 gallons of oil have spilled into the...