March 2018 sale to offer 76.9 million acres in Gulf of Mexico U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the Department is proposing the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States – 76,967,935 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, […]
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Wind speeds reached 130 mph as Hurricane Harvey made landfall Hurricane Harvey caused substantial electricity outages, as power plants and transmission infrastructure—particularly in south Texas and along the Gulf Coast—were affected by high winds and significant flooding, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. At its peak, more than 10,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity generating
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Texas Gulf Coast home to nearly one-third of U.S. refining capacity Hurricane Harvey strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Thursday afternoon and is currently forecast to make landfall over southeast Texas later today or early Saturday, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expects Hurricane Harvey to continue to
Many operators experimenting with completion techniques to maximize output per well In EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), total U.S. crude oil production is forecast to average 9.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2017, up 0.5 million b/d from 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In 2018, EIA expects crude oil production to reach
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Also in this brief: US ethanol production continues to grow, Global rig counts all up in June says Baker Hughes BP’s offshore Gulf Coast development Mad Dog phase two will be profitable even at $40/b oil Seven years after the disastrous Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is spending billions every
Death of child blamed on Tropical Storm Cindy One child is dead in the wake of Tropical Storm Cindy. CBS News reports the 10-year old boy died after being struck by a log in a storm surge in the Gulf Coast community of Fort Morgan, Alabama on Wednesday. According the the National Hurricane Center (NHC),
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US monthly natural gas production declines second straight month, down 3% year-over-year Lower-48 US natural gas production averaged just 70.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) during April 2017—the lowest level in two months—but higher than production levels at the start of the year, according to analysis from IHS Markit. Texas, which in the past
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In recent years, number of development wells has fallen much faster than number of exploratory wells US crude oil production in the Federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM) set an annual high of 1.6 million b/d in 2016, surpassing the previous high set in 2009 by 44,000 b/d, according to the US Energy Information Administration. In
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Shell Gulf of Mexico project to begin in 2019 By Ron Bousso LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell has given the go-ahead to develop its Kaikias deepwater field in the Gulf of Mexico, the first such project the oil and gas company has approved in 18 months. Oil companies around the world are
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Statoil says campaign characterised as a ‘failure’ OSLO, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Norway’s Statoil is considering whether to end its costly search for oil and gas in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the company’s exploration chief told financial daily Dagens Naeringsliv (DN) on Friday. The company has been part of several discoveries in the region as a junior
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