U.S. Offshore

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October 11, 2019
The project required data collection over multiple deepwater lease blocks in the greater Perdido and Mars development areas to support clearance of potential environmental, engineering, geological and archaeological hazards ahead of planned drilling activities.
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October 11, 2019
Concern on Wall Street has been rising along with Warren’s poll numbers, with sectors such as financials, health care and industrials as well as energy identified among those at risk from her policy proposals.
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October 10, 2019
U.S. ambassador to Angola, the Hon. Nina Maria Fite, hosted a delegation of top Angolan oil and gas officials to explore opportunities for the two nations to collaborate on the next phases of Angolan energy development.
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October 10, 2019
The center is the only one of its kind in the U.S. to offer a unique pairing of design with manufacturing, implementing robotics, rapid prototyping, scanning, digital tools and on-site metal additive manufacturing.
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October 10, 2019
Chevron may be based in California, but CEO Mike Wirth had little praise for the state as he lauded the Texas business environment during an event in Houston on Wednesday.
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October 09, 2019
Universal Subsea's patent-pending Defender subsea isolation cap was successfully installed to the Bulleit subsea well, operated by Talos in the Gulf of Mexico at a water depth of 1,300 feet.
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October 09, 2019
Chinese oil imports from ship-to-ship transfers surged last month as flows from some traditional suppliers were crimped by the White House’s aggressive trade and foreign policies.
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October 08, 2019
Oil fell again, erasing earlier gains, as economic tensions between the U.S. and China flared ahead of talks aimed at resolving their long-running trade feud.
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October 07, 2019
Lease Sale 254, scheduled to be livestreamed from New Orleans, will be the sixth offshore sale under the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
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October 07, 2019
CNPC was the only international partner left in the project, after Total SA of France withdrew last year when U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the 2015 nuclear accord and reimposed sanctions on Iran.
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October 04, 2019
Energy Secretary Rick Perry has plans to resign from the Trump administration by the end of the year, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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October 04, 2019
The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed $319,693 in fines involving 175 enforcement dockets against operators and businesses at the Commissioners' conference this week.
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September 27, 2019
The Texas Railroad Commission assessed and cleaned up more than 400 abandoned oil field sites in fiscal year 2019, more than double the performance measure goal set by the Texas Legislature to assess and clean up 188 abandoned sites.
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September 26, 2019
“Texas understands how to run an effective air quality program,” said EPA Regional Administrator Ken McQueen. “This plan shows the state’s continued commitment to protecting communities throughout the state by meeting federal air quality requirements.”
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September 26, 2019
The new Innovation Lab will centralize test rigs for hydrodynamic fluid film bearings and reciprocating compressor components previously housed in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, and Knoxville, Tennessee.
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September 26, 2019
The contracted offshore SCR and umbilical pull-in operations will be performed at Mississippi Canyon, on an existing production facility located south of New Orleans, LA in approximately 1,900m of water.
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September 24, 2019
Through the use of Discovery, Tracerco’s Subsea CT scanner, each operator will obtain full tomographic images of pipe wall thickness and contents to gain an enhanced understanding of their pipeline condition and the process fluid.
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September 22, 2019
Located in The Woodlands, the innovation center features a state-of-the-art laboratory to customize and deploy the company’s AssurEOR biosurfactant treatment program across the Permian and other Texas basins.
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September 19, 2019
The newly sanctioned waterflood project in the St. Malo field will advance Chevron’s strategy of maximizing the company’s existing resources in the Gulf of Mexico.
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September 19, 2019
Talos Energy has entered into two separate agreements with BP and Exxon Mobil related to new exploration opportunities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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September 18, 2019
“The energy industry needs a more skilled workforce and the new Center for Petrochemical, Energy, & Technology is designed by industry for industry,” said Dr. Brenda Hellyer, San Jacinto College Chancellor.
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