Gulf of Mexico

Screen Shot 2020-11-03 at 10.50.25 AM — Tidewater's 3,490-dwt Cindy Brown Tide is among the growing number of PSVs stacked in the Gulf of Mexico. Tidewater Inc. photo

Distressed Gulf of Mexico looks to mid-2021

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na-kika-boem — Servicing multiple fields, Na Kika is located 140 miles southeast of New Orleans in 6,340 feet of water. It is designed to process up to 130,000 barrels of oil and 550 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. Photo courtesy of BOEM

Covid natural gas lift

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Lawsuit claims Gulf of Mexico drilling permits violate Endangered Species Act

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Inmarsat pic — The new Gulf of Mexico coverage extension adds to the existing agreement already in place with subsea fibre and offshore LTE network operator, Tampnet, following the Fleet LTE North Sea service launch in November 2019. Inmarsat photo

Inmarsat Fleet LTE service coverage extended to Gulf of Mexico

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BOEM Jackup Sun — Sun filters down on a jackup rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo

Trump extends offshore drilling moratorium

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hurricane-laura_cone_map-8-27-2020-10am — A total of eight dynamically positioned rigs have moved off location out of the storms

Almost half the platforms in Gulf evacuated ahead of Laura

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Noble Jim Day — offshore oil and gas supported 275,000 total domestic jobs and $60 billion total economic contributions in the U.S. Noble Energy photo

What does the rig count uptick mean for the Gulf?

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gom-jack-up-rig-osv-sun-crop-boem — Sun filters down on a jack-up rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo.

Gulf of Mexico lease sale set for November

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Greenbrier delivers new tank barge to Overseas Shipholding Group

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40a2e8467641aea25372d13d56e562ff — BOEM is continuously making efforts to improve its understanding of the location of hard-bottom habitats in the Gulf of Mexico. CSA Ocean Services photo

BOEM awards sensitive habitat contract to CSA

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Offshore oil and gas recovery fighting stiff headwinds

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