Oil Spill Response has united with Fort Lauderdale, Florida based Clean Caribbean & Americas under the banner OSRL. The new organization will support adoption of best practices and will offer members enhanced response capability and equipment鈥
Robbins & Myers accepted NOV鈥檚 US$2.5 billion takeover bid. Shareholders will receive $60/share. The transaction transforms the engineered equipment and systems supply firm into a wholly-owned NOV subsidiary. The merger remains subject to approval by US and Canadian regulators.
Former senator Salazar to return to Colorado Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (Photo: DOI)U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will resign his position at the end of March, the agency announced on 16 January 2013.As secretary鈥
Bureau Veritas unveils certification guides Guide on 云顶赌场老虎机 Wind Farm Project CertificationBureau Veritas Certification France has released a comprehensive Guide on 云顶赌场老虎机 Wind Farm Project Certification, which allows industry players鈥
Time is the most critical factor when dealing with an Arctic oil spill, says Steve Potter, principal consultant, SL Ross. Small spills can usually be handled by onsite personnel with rig- or platform-based boats and booms. Larger spills require more resources鈥
Statoil receives 14 licenses during APA roundMinister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe (Photo: Lise Rist / OED)Forty companies walked away with shares in 51 new production licenses as part of Norway鈥檚 2012 APA Round, the country鈥檚鈥
OE talked to Steve Knowles, president and CEO of Wood Group Mustang, asking 鈥榳hat will be the most important things in the coming years?鈥橩nowles: I think that, although it鈥檚 not the expected subsea technology of big projects, rather, it鈥檚 data integrity associated with the projects鈥
The challenges of drilling in the Arctic have become so multifaceted it鈥檚 hard to know what position folks line up behind. If it were just the usual environmentalist vs oil companies 鈥 and that fight is perennial to be sure 鈥 things would be clearer鈥
'The most disappointing part of the empty energy pledges made by both candidates is that cutting oil imports does very little to address oil prices.'The US election is now over. However, from what the candidates said during the long campaign鈥
For years the oil & gas industry has faced a looming skills shortage: older, more experienced personnel are leaving the business while an influx of new blood with limited experience is coming onboard. Finding solutions for this skill shortage was on the minds of attendees at the Galveston forum鈥
Transocean pleads guilty for Gulf spill role Deepwater Horizon response efforts (Photo: USCG)Transocean has agreed to plead guilty for its role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and pay $1.4 billion in both criminal and civil fines, the U鈥
Lisa Jackson speaks at the WaterSense conference in Cleveland, OH (Photo: EPA)Jackson to leave EPA after State of the UnionHead of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa P. Jackson, will resign next month, the EPA announced on 27 December 2012鈥
President-elect Enrique Pena NietoPena-Nieto wants private investment in energyOilPrice.com - Big potential changes south of the border. Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto has announced that he wants increased private investment in the nation's energy industry鈥
UK to resume fracking with control measures The UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced on 13 December that hydraulic fracturing can resume although the practice will be subject to new controls.The new controls announced鈥
In October 2012, the government of the Comoros Islands issued a statement that only one company, Mozambique Channel Discovery Ltd. (MCD), a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Boulle Mining Group, has oil and gas exploration and production rights throughout the territorial waters of the Comoros鈥
