Houston-based Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) was a top five bidder in the recent Gulf of Mexico lease sale held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on August 15, 2018. Talos was the high bidder on six deepwater and eight shallow water blocks. Talos had 100% success rate on all 14 blocks it bid on. These blocks cover approximately 75,000
From The Hill House lawmakers in both parties are hoping to use a spending bill to block offshore oil and natural gas drilling in the waterways off their states’ coasts. A handful of lawmakers, mainly from coastal states, are sponsoring proposed amendments to the annual appropriations bill for the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would block
Proposed OCS lease sale would open Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern GOM – all have been closed since early 1980s U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the next step for development of the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for 2019-2024. The program proposes to make over 90 percent of the total OCS
From UPI Moving ahead of word of a U.S. offshore drilling program for the Atlantic, a Florida Democrat called on his colleagues to pass legislation to block access. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., called on his Senate colleagues to move on a bill he tabled earlier this year that would prohibit oil and gas drilling in the U.S. waters of the
Government prioritizing implementation of new OCS financial assurance rule On January 6, 2017, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a six-month delay in the implementation of the rigorous financial assurances required by Notice to Lessees and Operators NTL No. 2016-N01, Haynes and Boone attorneys Robert Thibault and Christopher J. Reagen announced in a notice to clients yesterday. “Although the
White House removes 43,000 sq. miles and 3 Tcf of natural gas potential from offshore Alaska On Nov. 9, the president signed an executive order creating the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area. “This area, encompassing 112,300 square miles, represents a hugely productive, high-latitude ocean ecosystem and supports one of the largest seasonal marine mammal migrations in the world, including thousands of bowhead
Part 1: What is NTL No. 2016-N01? In July an agency under the executive branch of the U.S. government delivered what might be a killshot for a portion of the leaseholders and operators working to extract oil and natural gas from the deepwater U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS). It looks innocuous enough. A memo entitled “Requiring Additional Security” that was
HERO Re-enters Chapter 11 with Plans to Dissolve the Company Hercules Offshore (ticker: HERO) announced today that it has decided to return to Chapter 11 bankruptcy less than seven months after the company’s initial bankruptcy claim. Hercules plans to dissolve the company and sell all remaining assets instead of restructuring and staying in business. Hercules said in a press release
Norwegian E&P Hopes to Make Wind Profitable When oil major Statoil (ticker: STO; StatOil.com) acquired Brigham Exploration in 2011, the Norwegian company became a major operator in the Williston basin, with approximately 330,000 net acres in the play and an extensive gathering system including three operating oil facilities, seven operating saltwater disposal facilities, approximately 700 miles of pipeline and ten
Polar Pioneer was the Focus of Protests Just Months Ago Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDS.B) delivered some bad news for Transocean (ticker: RIG) as companies returned to their respective offices following an extended Christmas weekend. According to a RIG press release, Shell elected to cancel its contract for the Polar Pioneer rig, which was originally scheduled to expire in July
No oil and gas companies were in attendance for Major League Baseball’s winter meetings (baseball’s equivalent of Christmas with its free agent signings, discussions, swaps and trades), but two industry giants independently agreed to a swap of their own on December 11, 2015. Norway’s Statoil (ticker: STO) and Spain’s Repsol (ticker: REPYY) will trade acreage positions in a non-cash, straightforward
Sen. Murkowski: Obama Administration at Fault for “Project Killer” Regulations Statoil (ticker: STO) is closing the door on its Alaska operations, the company announced in a press release on November 17, 2015. The Norway-based exploration and production company plans to shut its office in Anchorage and will walk away from 16 operated and 50 non-operated leases in the Chukchi Sea.
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