Gulf of Mexico | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 5
Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform Catches Fire, No Injuries Reported
A small offshore oil platform caught fire in shallow water near the coast of Louisiana on Friday and a sheen was seen in the sea after workers were evacuated, officials said. All 28 workers aboard were taken from the ... Decade Old Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak Could Continue for Another Century
A decade-old oil leak where an offshore platform toppled during a hurricane could continue spilling crude into the Gulf of Mexico for a century or more if left unchecked, according to government estimates obtained by ...
Renewed Drilling Plans Near BP Oil Spill Epicenter Spark Concern
Just 3 miles from the catastrophic BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a Louisiana company is seeking to unlock the same oil and natural gas that turned into a deadly disaster. Drilling has begun in the closest work yet t... New Technology to Reach Depths of Gulf of Mexico
Baker Hughes may have just solved one of the major problems facing oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico. At the 2015 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston on Monday, Baker Hughes unveiled the result of tw...
Despite Thawed Relations, US Not Lured by Cuba’s Oil
Cuba unveiled new data Wednesday that it said confirmed there were billions of barrels of oil beneath its Gulf of Mexico waters but admitted there was little interest in new exploration, even with the thaw in U.S. rel...
Mexico Reducing Number of Blocks Available for Tender Due to Oil Prices
Mexico’s government is preparing to downsize tenders of shale oil and gas blocks to oil companies, as low oil prices have reduced the profitability of the difficult-to-reach hydrocarbons, according to senior Mexican o...
Victims of BP Mexico Gulf Oil Spill Still Suffering
Five years after the largest oil spill in U.S. history spewed millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, many Louisiana oystermen are fearful that a once-bountiful population of the mollusks may never recov...
Noble Energy to Retire Three Drilling Rigs
Noble Corp. has decided to retire the semisubmersible drilling rigs Noble Paul Wolff, Noble Driller, and Noble Jim Thompson. David W. Williams, chairman, president and CEO, said the decision was based on revised assum...
