Democratic leader eases opposition to U.S. offshore oil drilling International Herald Tribune | : Dropping her opposition to a vote on coastal oil exploration, Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, said that expanded offshore drilling would be considered as part of broad energy legislation when Congress returns next month. | In the weekly Democratic radio address on Saturday...
House will consider offshore drilling, Pelosi says The News & Observer Dropping her opposition to a vote on coastal oil exploration, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday that the House would consider expanded offshore drilling as part of broad energy legislation when Congress returns next month. | In the weekly Democratic radio address, Pelosi criticized Republicans as f...
Carl Arnet Takes Helm as BW Offshore's New CEO Rig Zone | BW Offshore has announced a change of leadership as Carl Arnet takes over as CEO from Svein Moxnes Harfjeld. Arnet, who is CEO of APL, has been Deputy CEO at BW Offshore since the APL acquisition in 2007. | Moxnes Harfjeld, who has been with B...
Enterprise, Oiltanking Holdings to build Texas offshore oil port Offshore Magazine | HOUSTON -- Enterprise Products Partners and Oiltanking Holding Americas have formed a joint venture to design, construct, own, and operate a new Texas offshore crude oil port and pipeline system to facilitate delivery of waterborne crude oil to ref...
Joint venture plans $1.8 billion Texas offshore oil port and pipeline system The Business Review | Two Houston companies and a German oil storage company are teaming up to build a $1.8 billion oil port and pipeline system off the Texas coast. | The Texas Offshore Port System, or TOPS, is a joint venture between Houston companies (NYSE: EPD) and ...
Joint venture plans $1.8 billion Texas offshore oil port and pipeline system Business Journal > | Two Houston companies and a German oil storage company are teaming up to build a $1.8 billion oil port and pipeline system off the Texas coast. | The Texas Offshore Port System, or TOPS, is a joint venture between Houston companies Enterprise Pro...
Democrats to Offer Bill With Offshore Oil Drilling Common Dreams | WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday when the U.S. Congress returns next month from its summer recess, Democrats will offer legislation that could give oil companies drilling access to more offshore areas. | By moving to open ad...
Democratic leader eases opposition to U.S. offshore oil drilling International Herald Tribune | : Dropping her opposition to a vote on coastal oil exploration, Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, said that expanded offshore drilling would be considered as part of broad energy legislation when Congress returns next month. | ...
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How energy firms protect offshore crews and production platforms The Oklahoman Forecasting is the key Companies looking for and producing oil and natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico work hard to make sure their crews are safe. | They also have taken steps to ...
Bush pushes offshore oil drilling TVNZ Jul 31, 2008 11:33 AM | The White House made a new push for expanded offshore drilling to help lower fuel prices, days after new government data showed American petroleum product e...
Geologist: Brazil oil reserves maybe 55B barrels The Star | BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - A prominent geologist says Brazil's offshore oil reserves could hold as much as 55 billion barrels of crude. | Marcio Melo, president of the Brazilian Association of Petroleum Geologists, says studies suggest reserves in the...
New platform would help handle oil imports Omaha World-Herald | HOUSTON (AP) - An oil terminal and pipeline network expected to be built off the Gulf Coast and to open in about two years would be capable of handling nearly 20 percent of the nation's daily imported oil. | Demand from expanding refineries along t...
Tropical Storm Fay threatens Gulf of Mexico rigs The Daily Telegraph | Oil prices fell slightly yesterday, reversing gains made earlier in the day, as the latest tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico looked set to miss major oil-producing facilities. | Royal Dutch Shell pulled out 425 workers from the eastern and centr...
Oil price rises above $ 114 on likely threat from Gulf of Mexico storm Manila Bulletin London, Aug. 18 (Reuters) – Oil rose above $ 114 a barrel on Monday on worries of a potential supply threat from Tropical storm Fay to oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico. | Shell and Marathon have pulled non-essential workers from the eas...
Platform may take 20 pct of oil imports The Examiner HOUSTON (Map, News) - An oil terminal and pipeline network expected to be built off the Texas Gulf Coast and open in about two years would be capable of handling nearly 20 percent of the nation's daily imported oil. | Demand from expanding refineries...
Pricey petroleum here to stay Canada Dot Com | We are not returning to an era of cheap energy. | It was three years ago, an eternity in the foggy world of commodities trading, when Arjun Murti, a New Jersey native and analyst at Goldman Sachs, published a research note that competitors charged was riddled with irresponsible conjecture. | On a day when oil was trading at $55 (all U.S. figures)...
Gov't told to answer suit vs oil exploration in Tañon Strait Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- The Supreme Court has asked government lawyers to comment on a petition filed by environmental lawyers to have oil exploration in the Tañon Strait in the Visayas declared illegal as it deferred the issuance of a temporary restraining order against the activity. | The suit was filed on behalf of marine mammals in the strait ...
