A decision by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to deny six pending geophysical and geological (G&G) permit applications for airgun seismic surveys in the Mid- and South Atlantic Planning Areas of the Atlantic Ocean has caused uproar in the industry…
Terje Søviknes (Progress Party) has been appointed Minister of Petroleum and Energy in Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg's cabinet. Søviknes replaces Tord Lien, who was Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 16 of October 2013 until yesterday…
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be his nominee for Secretary of State and former Texas Governor Rick Perry to be his Secretary of Energy, it was announced today (13 December). Trump praised Tillerson via Twitter…
Several keynote speakers have been added to the 23rd annual Petroleum Exhibition & Conference of Mexico (PECOM) conference that will be held in March 2017 in Villahermosa, Tabasco Mexico. Image from OE Staff…
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), awarded a multimillion dollar contract to GE Oil & Gas to provide an estimated 55 subsea wellheads (SG5) over the next three years for ONGC’s offshore drilling campaign, in shallow to medium waters offshore India…
The government of India is launching a small field bidding round this week that consists of 67 discovered small fields in 46 shallow water, deepwater, and onshore contract areas. The Discovered Small Field Bidding Round – 2016 will be launched tomorrow…
India will auction 67 small oil and gas fields on 25 May that will test some of the key policy changes introduced by the government in the upstream sector, local media The Economic Times reported. The fields previously held by ONGC and…
The end of March saw a resolution reached between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for the resumption of production from the Khafji field – located in the Arabian Gulf. The project was shut-in by the Saudis in October 2014 due to environmental regulation breaches…
Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has launched the 2016 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) licensing round. APA is one of two equal licensing rounds on the Norwegian continental shelf. The scheme was introduced in 2003 to facilitate…
The Obama Administration has decided to rescind a proposal to drill off the US Atlantic Coast in 13 areas, due to current market dynamics, strong local opposition, and conflicts with competing commercial and military ocean uses, the US Department of the Interior (DOI) said today (15 March)…
The government of India approved a natural gas pricing system for gas produced from high pressure high temperature, deepwater and ultra deepwater areas that could attract substantial investment in the country’s upstream sector, as well as generate job opportunities…
Chevron Corp. has appointed Stephen W. Green as its new president of Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration and Production effective 1 April 2016. Green, 58, succeeds Melody B. Meyer who is retiring from Chevron after 37 years of distinguished service to pursue other opportunities…
Borets has appointed David Langley as North American HSE manager. Langley. Image courtesy of Borets. Based at Borets’ US corporate office in Houston, Langley will be responsible…
Richard McLaughlin has been appointed by the National Academy of Sciences to serve on its newly created Committee on Environmental Sciences and Assessment for Ocean Energy Management. This committee will provide independent oversight and…
Discussions at Offshore Europe 2015 point to UK and Europe’s energy security, innovation and safety which are considered to be an increasingly important driver of policy, allied with the need to meet stricter environmental targets. So…
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