Vard Holdings Limited ("VARD"), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured a new contract with Island Offshore for the construction of one advanced ...
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The future of Quebec's refining industry depends on having access to quality crudes at competitive prices, and this means access to Western oil. This is the conclusion of a submission presented today by Valero Energy Inc. ( Valero") during ...
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W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that it has recently received notices from U.S. Government regulators that could affect certain aspects of its operations on Federal oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The Company ...
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CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) has been awarded a contract from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for conducting measurements and modeling of the underwater pressure waves produced during explosive well decommissioning in the Gulf ...
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BP today announced it has added two drilling rigs to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, bringing its fleet to a company record nine rigs as it continues to develop its strong portfolio of assets in the key U.S. offshore basin. One of the rigs ...
Deep Down, Inc. (OTCQX: DPDW) ("Deep Down"), an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services announced today it has received orders for Steel Tube Flying ...
Rowan Companies plc ("Rowan" or the "Company") (NYSE: RDC) announced today that its monthly report of drilling rig status and contract information has been updated as of November 21, 2013. The Company continues to expect out of service ...
Dutch fertilizer company OCI N.V. announced Thursday it planned to build the largest methanol plant in the United States, which is believed to have a methanol shortage of about 5 million tonnes. The projected plant will be built in ...
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A chief executive officer of a U.S. energy giant on Tuesday called for the government to remove its current ban on crude oil exports so as to lower consumer prices and stimulate further shale oil production, the Houston Chronicle reported. ...
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A group of scientists and experts requested by Congress to assess the total damage caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 have said the government's current methods of putting a price tag on the most sweeping ...
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In what he describes as "the mother of all conspiracy theories," an Arizona-based talk radio host says the powers that be are intentionally destroying large bodies of water in a bid to create a multi-trillion-dollar biofuel industry. ...
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Just days after the publication of a study finding that chemical dispersants meant to clean up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the oil more toxic, a study in Environmental Science & Technology ...
It's true the almost five million barrels of oil that contaminated the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill was an ecological nightmare. And residents of the area have complained for the last two years that the chemicals ...
The cleanup technique used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the spilled oil more than 50 times more toxic than doing nothing, according to a ...
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It was considered the largest oil-related natural disaster in the history of the world, so it only follows that the fine would be historic too. Gargantuan oil company BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history for ...