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Exxon chief: US in ‘a new era of energy abundance’

Oct 03, 2014

ExxonMobil chief executive officer Rex Tillerson spoke at the first-ever Greater Houston Partnership’s “State of Energy” event, giving his perspectives on the intrinsic ties between the energy industry and the city of Houston and highlighting North America’s…

USITC confirms OCTG dumping in US

Aug 25, 2014

On Friday, The US International Trade Commission endorsed anti-dumping duties on steel pipe imports from four Asian countries, Turkey, and Ukraine. The USITC voted on 22 August that imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from South Korea…

Pemex begins post-reform restructure

Aug 21, 2014

Mexico's Pemex has started a corporate restructure to become a more 'flexible and efficient,' it announced today. The announcement comes after Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto approved the country's historic energy reform earlier this month…

Round Zero bolsters Pemex portfolio

Aug 15, 2014

Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (SENER) granted Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) almost all of the acreage detailed in its Round Zero wish list, including rights to all requested domestic proven and probable reserves (2P). The government fast…

Energy reform heads to Mexican president

Aug 07, 2014

Mexico’s senate has given the final congressional approval to the country’s watershed energy reform that will open up the oil industry to private investment in a 78-26 vote late Wednesday night. The reform, which initially became law 21 December 2013…

New API map- LNG export facilities

Aug 06, 2014

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has compiled a new web-based map tracking North American LNG export facility projects. API says approving the LNG sites are critical to US export goals: the proposed export terminals are a 'roadmap to a lower trade deficit…

EPA lifts W&T Offshore suspension

Aug 05, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lifted a suspension and proposed debarment and removed the statutory disqualification imposed on Houston-based explorer W&T Offshore, the company announced on 5 August 2014. US EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy…

Cheniere provides 2Q Sabine Pass liquefaction update

Jul 31, 2014

Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. reported its 2Q 2014 results today, with updates on the progress of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities on the US Gulf coast. The company reported a US$226.2 million loss for the 3 months ending 30 June 2014…

BOEM extends comment period

Jul 30, 2014

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will extend its public comment period for its new five-year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas leasing plan for 2017-2022, the agency announced on 30 July 2014. BOEM says the decision…

UK issues guidance for emergency response planning at OREIs

Jul 24, 2014

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued a notice yesterday containing updated requirements for emergency response cooperation plans and requirements for emergency response and search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopter operations relating to offshore renewable energy installations (OREIs)…

Mexico's energy reform marches on

Jul 22, 2014

Mexico’s senate passed the secondary legislation that defines new institutional framework for state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) following the December 2013's sweeping energy reforms. After 12 hours of debate and hearing from more than 50 senators…

Gabon, DRC reject Angola’s redraw of maritime border

Jul 21, 2014

Both Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Kinshasa are rejecting Angola's proposed changes to the maritime borders, in which Angola seeks to increase its continental shelf length by more than 200mi. Gabon and the DRC have…

Gabon names seven for deepwater blocks

Jul 21, 2014

The Republic of Gabon’s Ministry of Petroleum announced today that it has selected seven companies to participate in a final round of negotiations for deepwater blocks in the offshore licensing tender round from October 2013. The Ministry said Impact Oil & Gas…

DNV GL announces compliance road map for floaters

Jul 18, 2014

DNV GL announced a road map to what is necessary to be in compliance with US Coast Guard (USCG) requirements to operate FOIs, FSOs and FPSOs in US waters, the regulatory agency announced on 17 July 2014. The document called “Verification…

BOEM offers US-Mex boundary blocks in Sale 238

Jul 17, 2014

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank today announced that the bureau will offer more than 21 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development in a lease sale that will include…

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