Trump administration moves to expand offshore drilling — including in the Arctic

18 April 2025, 6:55 am

The Trump administration announced on Friday that it was moving to expand offshore drilling, potentially including in the Arctic. In a Friday press release, the Trump administration said that it ...... Read More »

Navigating deepwater drilling regulations for the oil and gas industry

17 April 2025, 12:18 am

With moves into deeper waters becoming more common as the search for new hydrocarbons continues, the regulatory framework needs to change.... Read More »

Brazil to Offer Oil Blocks Where Petrobras Fights to Drill

14 April 2025, 8:54 am

Brazil’s oil regulator is set to grant exploration rights in a promising offshore region where state-controlled oil producer Petrobras has faced a years-long dispute with environmental authorities to ...... Read More »

OPEC output hikes, trade wars have US oil producers wary of 'drill baby drill'

10 April 2025, 11:05 pm

President Donald Trump moved on his first day in office to increase U.S. oil and gas production, but the country's oil industry is actually starting to think about cutting output and jobs due to a ...... Read More »

Under Trump, Texas firm pushes to restart Santa Barbara oil drilling. Is it skirting California laws?

5 April 2025, 10:59 pm

An offshore oil platform with Santa Cruz Island in the background in California's Santa Barbara Channel. (Marli Miller/UCG/via Getty Images) ...... Read More »

Lawsuit seeks to block restart of offshore California oil facility

2 April 2025, 11:26 pm

A new courtroom challenge aims to prevent fossil fuel production from restarting on an aging oil platform that ... Sable Offshore will be allowed to restart drilling under “woefully outdated ...... Read More »

New lawsuit challenges plans to restart oil drilling off Central California coast

1 April 2025, 1:00 pm

Pelicans float on the water with an offshore oil platform in the background in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. in 2010 (AP photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) LOS ANGELES (CN ...... Read More »

Gloomy offshore rig market pins hopes on 2026 rebound

27 March 2025, 3:01 am

The offshore drilling rig ... oil output. This figure is expected to rise by another 3.9% in 2026, driven by deepwater developments in Brazil, Guyana, and Namibia. Additionally, the industry ...... Read More »

Drilling platform captures, stores carbon

2 March 2025, 7:54 pm

EDMOND TANG/CHINA DAILY In the heart of the South China Sea, about 200 kilometers southwest of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, lies the Enping 15-1 oil drilling platform, Asia's largest offshore oil ...... Read More »

Brazil: Offshore oil platform begins pre-salt operations

17 February 2025, 4:06 am

Brazilian authorities announced Saturday that the Almirante Tamandaré (Búzios 7) offshore oil production platform ... a production capacity above the industry average - which is around 150,000 ...... Read More »

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