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Republican Gov-elect Bob McDonnell listens to a reporters question during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.
(photo: AP / Steve Helber)
Va. gov McDonnell signs offshore energy bills
The Boston Globe
| RICHMOND, Va.-Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law Wednesday offshore drilling legislation intended to realize his goal of making Virginia the East Coast's energy superpower. | The bills supporting offshore oil and gas exploration and directing royalties from drilling back to Virginia each hinge on ...
offshore wind farms
(photo: GFDL / Wilder Kaiser)
2 Va. firms seek to establish offshore wind farms
The Examiner
Comments RICHMOND, Va. (Map, News) - Federal regulators have received leasing proposals from two Virginia companies seeking to develop offshore wind farms capable of supplying clean energy to hundreds of thousands of homes. | Apex Wind Energy Inc. is proposing to lease 116,000 acres for an undetermi...
Offshore Brazil Beckons for BP
Wall Street Journal
By GUY CHAZAN And JEFFREY MCCRACKEN | British oil giant BP PLC agreed Thursday to acquire a big swath of oil assets from U.S. independent oil and gas producer Devon Energy Corp for $7 billion, in a deal that will vault BP into the hot new oil region ...
Offshore accommodation specialist appoints Chief Operating Officer
Offshore Shipping Online
| - | More | Ferguson Modular, the well known supplier and manufacturer of offshore accommodation solutions for the energy industry, has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer to lead its  Accommodation Support Vessel (ASV) division. |   | The compa...
Va. gov McDonnell signs offshore energy bills
The Boston Globe
| RICHMOND, Va.-Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law Wednesday offshore drilling legislation intended to realize his goal of making Virginia the East Coast's energy superpower. | The bills supporting offshore oil and gas exploration and directing royal...
EMGS awarded survey offshore West Africa
Offshore Shipping Online
| - | More Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has received a Letter of Award from an oil and gas company to provide 3D EM data acquisition services offshore West Africa. |   | The survey will be performed using the purpose-built 3D EM ...
Let's get offshore exploration right
Houston Chronicle
| When Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced last month that he was adding six more months to the public comment period on potential drilling leases for the Outer Continental Shelf, the response from the oil industry was swift, loud and negative: ...
Hercules Offshore narrows 4th-quarter loss
The Examiner
Comments HOUSTON (Map, News) - Oil driller Hercules Offshore Inc. on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter loss narrowed from a year-ago period hurt by a huge writedown. | The Houston company reported a net loss of $26.5 million, or 23 cents a share, in th...
** FILE ** This undated file photo taken in 2004 shows employees of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd. CNOOC Ltd. will press ahead with its takeover bid for Unocal Corp. despite a planned shareholder vote on a competing offer by Chevron Corp. and Unocal's recommendation that it should be accepted. (AP Photo/Xinhua)hg3
AP / Xinhua
N.L. offshore oil worker focusing on search and rescue
CBC
 | A worker in Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil industry said Wednesday that he has seen many safety improvements since the crash of Cougar flight 491 last March, but he...
LA proposed offshore oil drilling earthquake threat
The Examiner
| Related articles Which institution uses most oil but exempt from agreements? | America's green team, Texas Fuel ABA League honored at green carpet event | Copenhagen Summit plans ransack Global South poor and pollute CRUDE movie human rights worker...
Delta Petroleum Corporation Announces 2009 Annual and Fourth Quarter Results
redOrbit
Posted on: Thursday, 11 March 2010, 07:00 CST | DENVER, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Petroleum Corporation (Delta or the Company) (Nasdaq: DPTR), an independent oil and gas exploration and development company, today announced its financia...
Devon Energy Announces $7.0 Billion of Property Sales and Oil Sands Joint Venture
redOrbit
Posted on: Thursday, 11 March 2010, 01:00 CST | OKLAHOMA CITY, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) today announced that it has entered into agreements to sell all of its assets in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Braz...
Offshore Brazil Beckons for BP
Wall Street Journal
By GUY CHAZAN And JEFFREY MCCRACKEN | British oil giant BP PLC agreed Thursday to acquire a big swath of oil assets from U.S. independent oil and gas producer Devon Energy Corp for $7 billion, in a deal that will vault BP into the hot new oil region ...
Offshore accommodation specialist appoints Chief Operating Officer
Offshore Shipping Online
| - | More | Ferguson Modular, the well known supplier and manufacturer of offshore accommodation solutions for the energy industry, has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer to lead its  Accommodation Support Vessel (ASV) division. |   | The compa...
Offshore Companies
President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.
(photo: AP / Ann Heisenfelt)
Obama's liberal base 'disengaged'
USA Today
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   By Mark Lyons, Getty Images Then democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at the Ross County Courthouse on October 10, 2008 in Chillicothe, Ohio.  JOIN THE CONVERSATION   |  READ THE LATEST POSTS By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY WASHIN...
Explorations
Photo of North Sea oil platform as seen from ms Oosterdam
(photo: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 / Stan Shebs)
Government must take back control of North Sea oil and gas production
The Guardian
| Professor Peter Odell, adviser to OPEC, says state authority would ensure oil companies work in the national interest | Government needs to maximise remaining North Sea oil reserves. Photograph: Robert Garvey/Corbis | Ministers must wrench back control of and gas production from the private sector if Britain is to maximise the value of the remain...



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