The US Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer 41.2 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico under lease sale 235, which will be held on 18 March 2015 in New Orleans…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the US Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico map. From BOEM. The…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is inching closer to an oil and gas lease sale in the Cook Inlet offshore Alaska. The agency said it intends to publish an environmental impact statement (EIS) in the federal register on 23 October 2014 for Sale 244…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) first Gulf of Mexico lease sale in 2015 will feature almost 44 million acres off Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, encompassing all available unleased acreage in the Central Gulf of Mexico planning area…
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. AS has commenced a new seismic survey —Declaration— in the Central Gulf of Mexico, expanding its Constitution group of WAZ 3D projects. The Declaration survey will cover 6061sq km (260 OCS blocks) in the Mississippi Canyon and Viosca Knoll areas…
CGX Energy Inc. entered into a seismic contract with Prospector PTE. Ltd. to conduct a 3116.74sq km 3D seismic survey on Demerara Block, offshore Guyana. The contract represents one of the most extensive 3D seismic studies ever conducted…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) opened the Gulf of Mexico Western Planning Area Lease Sale 238 in New Orleans on 20 August 2014, offering 21.6 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development offshore Texas. The sale attracted more than US$109…
CGX Energy Inc. announced the completion of reprocessing and merging of existing seismic surveys from the company’s 100% owned Corentyne petroleum prospecting license (PPL) offshore Guyana. The results of the reprocessing have assisted in…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer more than 21 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development in a lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico planning area…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received 380 bids on 19 Mar 2014, for 326 blocks in the central Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than US$850 million. Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 231 attracted operators to bid on almost 40 million acres…
ConocoPhillips has taken a three-year contract for the ENSCO DS-9 drillship, currently under construction at the Samsung Heavy Industries, Co. Ltd. (SHI) Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The ENSCO DS-9 is a Samsung GF12000 hull design…
The leasing of floating production system (FPS) units is one of the main factors affecting the sector’s supply. Over time, confidence in the ability of leasing contractors to deliver and operate facilities cost-effectively has increased,…
Statoil Gulf Services, the North American subsidiary of the Norway’s Statoil, has signed a lease for 581,000 square feet in CityWestPlace in Houston, Texas, to serve as their North American headquarters. The company already 225,000 square feet in the complex…
A federal advisory committee tasked with improving extractive industry reporting transparency, will host a public meeting from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Fire Fighters Conference Center, The Greer & Lowdermilk Conference Center, 4225 Interwood North Pkwy…
Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227, held in this past March in New Orleans, drew US$1.2 billion in high bids for tracts spanning the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Statoil was the highest bidder on 15 leases, while Apache acquired nine shallow water and five deepwater leases.