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May 21, 2025
The Energy Workforce & Technology Council on Tuesday released a statement applauding the Trump Administration's release of the revised Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico Biological Opinion (BiOp) that ensures regulatory certainty and continuity for offshore oil and gas operations.
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May 20, 2025
Leaders from the American Petroleum Institute and National Ocean Industries Association today voiced their support of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service’s release of a new biological opinion for the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico.
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May 20, 2025
U.S. officials from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have lifted the stop-work order for Equinor's Empire Wind project, offshore New York. “I would like to thank President Trump for finding a solution that provides for continued investments in energy infrastructure in the U.S.," said Anders Opedal, President and CEO of Equinor ASA.
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May 20, 2025
TDI-Brooks has recently finalized a geological evaluation in the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico on behalf of Enbridge. For this project, TDI-Brooks utilized the R/V BROOKS MCCALL, executing 38 piston cores (PC), 7 gravity cone penetration tests (gCPTs), and 82 box cores (BC).
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May 20, 2025
The Railroad Commission of Texas recently trained more than 300 employees in Phase I of the agency’s Boots on the Ground initiative. The goal of the program is to bring more consistency across all the agency’s oil and gas districts.
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May 19, 2025
Sable Offshore has restarted production at the Santa Ynez Unit (SYU), offshore California, marking a major milestone for the development once owned by ExxonMobil. The Santa Ynez Unit was previously shut down in May 2015 after facing regulatory hurdles and a pipeline leak.
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May 19, 2025
Halliburton on Monday launched EarthStar® 3DX, the industry's first 3D horizontal look-ahead resistivity service. The technology provides operators with geological insights into horizontal wells up to 50 ft before penetration by the bit, Halliburton stated in a news release.
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May 19, 2025
One X has acquired United Energy Partners in a move that accelerates One X’s strategy to become the go-to field partner for high-efficiency, low-maintenance, service-less valve systems across the Lower 48.
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May 16, 2025
Occidental has entered into an agreement with ADNOC’s XRG to evaluate a potential joint venture to develop a Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility in South Texas. As part of the joint venture, XRG will consider investing up to $500 million.
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May 15, 2025
Strathcona Resources has entered into an agreement to sell its assets in the Montney shale formation in western Canada in a shift that makes it a pure heavy oil producer. Strathcona is divesting its gas-focused operations in three separate transactions worth C$2.8 billion ($2 billion USD).
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April 2025
Big changes may be headed for hydrocarbon projects 
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May 14, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week announced it has taken the first step in the Energy Department’s largest deregulatory effort in history, proposing the elimination or reduction of 47 regulations.
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May 14, 2025
“The Trump Administration continues to fill important positions within the federal government with outstanding professionals who are committed to increasing American energy dominance," said IPAA President Jeff Eshelman.
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May 14, 2025
Oil giant Saudi Aramco has signed agreements with major U.S. companies potentially totaling about $90 billion. The signed MoUs and pacts cover partnerships on LNG, AI, emission-reduction technologies and more, Aramco said in a statement.
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May 13, 2025
The alliance integrates ZENRG's industry-leading cross-compression capabilities with TDW's extensive pipeline service offerings, including hot tapping and isolation, pigging, in-line inspection and repair.
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May 12, 2025
Slowing global oil demand amid extreme uncertainty about the future of U.S. trade and a coming supply surplus are expected to hobble U.S. oil production growth later this year and could lead to an annual decline in output in 2026, according to a new analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights.
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May 12, 2025
“We (the Trump administration) need to ensure that (U.S.) resources are secure, abundant and reliable. And we need energy of all kinds.” That is the message that Ryan Peay, the newly installed Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Energy, brought to an OTC audience on the afternoon of Day 2 at OTC.
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May 12, 2025
Leaders from both the American Petroleum Institute (API) and National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) issued statements Monday after the House Energy and Commerce Committee released its proposed markup of the 2025 tax reconciliation bill, which includes a 10-year pause of the EPA’s Waste Emissions Charge (WEC).
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May 12, 2025
Equinor ASA got no new signals that the Trump administration would reconsider the halt imposed on the Empire Wind project when its CEO met with a top White House official last week. Now the company must decide whether it will kill the project. 
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May 09, 2025
WTI climbed 1.9% to settle near $61 a barrel on Friday, the highest in over a week, as the Trump administration weighs reducing levies on China to de-escalate tensions and temper the economic pain in both countries.
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May 09, 2025
Thailand officials have discussed potential involvement in a $44 billion Alaska gas pipeline project through investments in gas exploration and production and related infrastructure with project officials, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement on Thursday. 
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