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Seatrium delivers Whale FPU for Shell GoM project

19 October 2023

Singapore-based Seatrium Limited has successfully delivered the Whale Floating Production Unit (FPU), for deployment in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, under a contract awarded by Shell Offshore Inc. in November 2019.

The Whale deep water development is in the Alaminos Canyon Block 773 and is adjacent to the Shell-operated Silvertip field, approximately 10 miles from the Shell-operated Perdido platform and approximately 200 miles southwest of Houston, with the Whale FPU being located in more than 8,600...

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Joint Venture to Develop First LNG Bunkering Hub in US Gulf

28 September 2023

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – A joint venture is developing the first dedicated liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering facility for ships in the U.S. Gulf amid efforts by the maritime industry to…

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The Gulf of Mexico Has a $30 Billion Unplugged Oil Well Problem

9 May 2023

(Bloomberg) — In the roughly 160 years since Edwin Drake drilled the first US oil well in the hills of northwestern Pennsylvania, more than 4.5 million oil and gas wells…

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BOEM Sets Date for First Offshore Lease Sale Under Biden Administration

1 October 2021

The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has set a date to hold its first offshore oil and gas lease sale under the Biden Administration after…

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BHP Divests Neptune Stake in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

21 May 2021

BHP announced Friday it has sold its 35 percent stake and will turn over the operation of the Neptune oil and gas field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to…

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Energy Industry Faces Hurricane Challenges Amid Pandemic

4 June 2020

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, June 4 (Reuters) – As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, experts said restarting wells and refineries will take longer and prove more costly this year because of COVID-19. Well...

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U.S. Gulf Put on Notice as Tropical Storm Cristobal Gains Strength

3 June 2020

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) –Tropical Storm Cristobal, now gaining strength in the southern Gulf of Mexico, could grow into a hurricane as it moves toward the Texas and Louisiana coasts early next week, threatening offshore oil platforms, coastal refiners and agriculture. The system’s winds...

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Imelda Disrupts U.S. Gulf Coast Energy Operations from Refineries to Terminals

19 September 2019

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Energy infrastructure on the U.S. Gulf Coast was hit hard by Tropical Storm Imelda on Thursday, as flooding forced a major refinery, a key oil pipeline, terminals and a ship channel in Texas to shut, according to sources familiar with operations....

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Gulf of Mexico lease sale attracts $159 million in high bids

22 August 2019

Yesterday’s Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 253 in New Orleans generated over $159 million in high bids for 151 tracts covering 835,000 acres in federal waters. Twenty-seven companies participated in the lease sale, submitting approximately $175 million in bids.

“We are excited about the results from today’s lease sale, which show a continued upward trend for the year. The total from today’s lease sale and the March sale is the highest since 2015 for high bids,” the Interior Department’s Deputy...

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