ropical Storm Francine forced some oil drillers to halt production and evacuate crews as it barreled through the Gulf of Mexico, and was expected to strengthen to a Category 2 hurricane as it heads toward the coast of Louisiana.
Pemex’ safety and environmental track record is among the worst that I have encountered in my almost 35 years of writing about energy.
At least one person has been killed and several others are injured after a fire broke out on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Two people died and one remains missing after an explosion and fire at a Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) natural gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, the company said.
In the US waters of the Gulf of Mexico alone, there are 14,000 unplugged, non-producing offshore oil wells, according to a new study, which could cost $30bn to decommission.
Aberdeen-headquartered Wood (LON: WG) has finalised the sale of its offshore labour supply operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
Where Vito has led, Shell’s Whale will follow. The company reached FID on Whale in 2021 and it is due to begin producing in 2024.
The remains have been recovered of four workers who died in an oil rig helicopter crash last week.
Transocean (NYSE: RIG) has unveiled a pair of UK North Sea contract wins as part of a clutch of global awards worth $488m.
The US Coast Guard suspended its search for four passengers on a downed helicopter on December 29.
Transocean ordered the two drillships in February 2014, agreeing to pay $540 million for each of the vessels. Sembcorp said it would deliver the rigs in 2017 and 2018.
Oil rose as China took more steps to unwind its Covid Zero policy and freezing weather across the US prompted refinery closures in the vital Texas Gulf Coast area.
The US Coast Guard has released images of a rescue of a trio of workers after a helicopter ditched in the Gulf of Mexico after attempting to land on an oil rig.
The top finance boss at BP (LON: BP) said the firm is assessing the best oil and gas opportunities in its global portfolio for next year, but said the firm “won’t ramp up” without a secure supply chain.
TEMS International, of Aberdeen, has bagged a clutch of contracts as part of a Gulf of Mexico growth drive.
Diamond Offshore has shared a dramatic image of an intense lightning strike near one of its drillships in the Gulf of Mexico.
Six oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut after a leak at a Louisiana booster station halted two pipelines in the region.
Offshore drilling giant Transocean (NYSE: RIG) has announced two new contract wins totalling more than $1 billion.
Worley (ASX: WOR) has landed a services contract for a clutch of Shell platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Shell is buying a 51% stake in the North Platte development, in the US Gulf of Mexico, from Equinor, the Norwegian company has revealed.
Chevron has sanctioned the Ballymore development, a 150 million-barrel oil field in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Energy services giant Petrofac (LON: PFC) and Promethean Decommissioning Company (PDC) have formed an alliance to decommission three fields offshore Gulf of Mexico.
A new wave of oil platforms is sweeping into the US Gulf of Mexico as crude prices are riding historic levels and demand for barrels is higher than ever.
US natural gas prices surged to a 13-year high as robust demand tests drillers’ ability to expand supplies.
Shell (LON: SHEL) has announced the start up of production at its PowerNap subsea development in the US Gulf of Mexico.