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Fla. Ag candidate says 'No, Baby, No' to drilling
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 5 days ago
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A Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner has a response to Republican calls to �Drill, Baby, Drill.� Scott Maddox says �No, Baby, No.� The former Tallahassee mayor and ex-Florida Democratic Party chairman held a news conference Monday to...
Tags: ex-Florida Democratic Party, Maddox, Adam Putnam, Tallahassee, Oil platforms, Offshore drilling, Scott Maddox, Oil well, Oil and gas law in the United States, Energy in the United States, Petroleum production, Petroleum, Politics, Environment, Business Finance
Energy XXI raises its profile in Gulf shallow waters
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 days ago
Credibility Oil and gas producer Energy XXI will become a bigger player in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico under a deal to buy certain offshore assets from Mit Energy Upstream, a unit of Japan's Mitsui & Co. The $283 million deal, announced today, includes...
Tags: Energy XXI, Louisiana Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, John Schiller, Japan, Tōkyō, Oil platforms, Energy in the United States, Business Finance, Environment
Observers downplay oil cash bonanza
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility To lawmakers staring down the barrel of a $2.6 billion budget deficit next year, the prediction of $2.3 billion a year in direct revenue from oil and gas drilling in Florida waters may sound like a dream come true. Orlando economist Hank Fishkind makes...
Tags: Florida Energy Associates, Texas General Lands Office, offshore drilling, Hank Fishkind, Tallahassee, Oil well, Petroleum, Offshore oil and gas in the United States, Precision Drilling, Politics, Petroleum production, Oil platforms, Energy in the United States, Business Finance, Environment
Candidate for ag chief opposes drilling
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Democrat Scott Maddox, a candidate for agriculture commissioner, said today he will oppose all offshore oil drilling if he is elected to the Florida Cabinet. A proposal that passed the House in the spring would have given the state's four-member executive...
Tags: Tallahassee, Petroleum in the United States, Tallahassee Florida, Oil well, Florida, Scott Maddox, Petroleum production, Energy in the United States, Oil platforms, Business Finance, Politics, Environment, Rancourt, Lobbying, Public Interest Research Group
Australian oil spill seeps into Senate debate about drilling
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility The spill off the western Australian coast spewed oil into the ocean for 10 weeks, eventually engulfing a platform and the attached drilling rig in flames. Opponents of offshore drilling are now using images from the spill as a warning sign of what could...
Tags: U.S, Senate, offshore drilling, Bob Menendez, Interior Department, Australia, oil spill, Mary Landrieu, senate energy, Anchorage, Petroleum, Drilling rig, Seadrill, Petroleum industry, Politics, Business Finance, Petroleum production, Oil platforms, Energy in the United States, Disaster Accident, Environment
Energy companies defend their offshore work
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Energy company executives on Thursday told a Senate panel that the federal government should allow more oil and gas production off the U.S. coasts, over the objections of environmentalists who said offshore drilling was too risky. “Access to the vast...
Tags: Shell Oil Co., Senate, Alaska, Washington, Environment, Petroleum in the United States, Business Finance, Energy in the United States, Lisa Murkowski, Oil platforms, Petroleum industry, Emissions trading, Politics, Carbon finance, Oil and gas law in the United States, Shell Oil Company, Tom DeLay, Minerals Management Service, Energy law, Offshore drilling, Oil well, United States Department of the Interior, Contract law, Petroleum production, Royal Dutch Shell, Disaster Accident, Coasts
Drill bit maker adding up to 85 jobs at SC plant
Walhalla :: SC :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Pa. officials fine drilling firm for tainted wells State regulators are fining a Houston-based company because its natural-gas drilling operations polluted residents' water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania. Department of Environmental Protection officials...
Tags: Nancy Pelosi, gas drilling, Walhalla, Petroleum in the United States, Petroleum, Oil well, Offshore drilling, Politics, Energy in the United States, Petroleum production, Oil platforms, Environment
Govt to secure offshore oil and gas installations
Mumbai :: India | 12 days ago
Credibility Chairman and Managing Director RS Sharma told Hindustan Times. “If a vessel comes close to our platforms and blows, it can cause a lot of damage. The existing 500 meter safety zone leaves us with very little time for the company to react or inform the...
Tags: Petroleum Ministry, safety zone, offshore installations, Cairn India Ltd, gas installations, meter safety, India, Mumbai, Petroleum production, Oil platforms, BSE Sensex, Dehradun, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Disaster Accident, Business Finance, Environment
Plugging oil well will take longer: MP
Sydney :: Australia | 12 days ago
Credibility Australasia's Montara well in the Timor Sea, more than 200km northwest of WA's Kimberley coastline, in mid-August. The leak was "killed" earlier this month when the well was injected with a heavy mud mixture, creating a temporary plug. Mr Ferguson said...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Oil wells, Montara California, Wellhead, Timor Sea, Drilling rig, Disaster Accident, Petroleum production, Oilfield terminology, Oil platforms
Shell sees rise in Nigeria oil theft
Lagos :: Nigeria | 14 days ago
Credibility Suspected oil thieves in Nigeria have increased their attacks on Royal Dutch Shell-operated oil facilities, the company said on Friday, reporting five separate incidents already in the last three months. Shell said suspected thieves sabotaged five oil...
Tags: Shell, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil wellheads, Odidi, Lagos, Niger River Delta, Oil platforms, Wellhead, Shell Oil Company, Environmental disasters, OPEC, Royal Dutch Shell, Disaster Accident, Business Finance
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