COLLOQUY: Editor's Column The structure of the Mexican oil industry is on the verge of change, driven by a need to increase revenues and build reserves. The consensus is that Mexican fields are aging, production is declining, and although…
The US Senate confirmed Sally Jewell, CEO of US-based retailer Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), as the next Secretary of the Interior department.President Barack Obama and Sally Jewell applaud outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (Official…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for proposed oil and gas Lease Sales 233 and 231, the third and fourth sales scheduled in the current 2012-2017 Five Year Program.(Image…
Citing unease over changing US regulations, ConocoPhillips opted to pause plans for its 2014 Alaska Chukchi Sea drilling program, the supermajor announced on 10 April 2013.Shell's oil spill response teams practice laying out nearly 600m (1,500ft)…
COLLOQUY: Editor's Column The IHS CERAWeek conference took Houston by storm in March, with a solid program of topical breakfast discussions, illustrious keynote speakers, plenary sessions, and dialogues. The energy topics ran the gamut…
The man who led the Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster will stress the importance of strong leadership in how safety is managed offshore, at a major three-day conference this summer. Twenty-five years after the world’s worst offshore disaster…
API Director of Standards David Miller announced today the publication of two new oil and natural gas industry standards for well design and drilling operations.“Every industry standard we develop shares the goal of safely and responsibly producing more of the energy America needs…
Fallon to replace outgoing minister John Hayes Michael Fallon MP (Image: DECC)The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change appointed Michael Fallon its new energy minister replacing outgoing minister John Hayes, who will now serve as Minister of State without portfolio in the Cabinet office…
Dan Gualtieri, vice president of Production Solutions, Knowledge Reservoir As an industry we have a fundamental responsibility to manage our business in a safe and environmentally conscious manner. I would challenge the Department of…
Neil Robert Brown, staffmember, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee I would point to the Secretary of Interior’s need to focus on the Arctic. It isn’t the highest near term potential energy source, but it has significant long term potential…
Randall Luthi, president, National Ocean Industries Association Secretary Jewell will inherit an offshore US oil and gas leasing plan that is not new. It restricts the oil and natural gas industry to the same areas of exploration that we’ve been searching for decades…
Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute. The Department of the Interior is key to the future of American energy policy. President Obama campaigned on implementing a true all of the above energy plan for America…
Susan Murray, deputy vice president, Pacific, Oceana Given the disastrous attempt to drill exploration wells in the Arctic Ocean in 2012, the new Secretary should suspend all activities on Arctic Ocean leases and undertake a thorough…
Mozambique puts licensing terms under review Mozambique is in the process of updating its licensing regulations ahead of its 4th Licensing Round. Arsenio Mabote, Chairman, Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP, the national oil company of Mozambique)…
Just as CNOOC’s Fanrong Li’s luncheon keynote speech came across as defensive, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver followed a similar trail in his address at IHS CERAWeek on Wednesday. Oliver passionately made the case for his country’s oil sands…