Oil Price

drillship-with-support-vessel-gom-generic-bp — An offshore service vessel alongside a drillship in the Gulf of Mexico. BP photo.

The East Coast oil drilling chimera

Kirk Moore

stacked-oil-equipment-texas-generic-cc-carol-m-highsmith — Oil rigs off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The western and central Gulf of Mexico, which includes offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, is one of the major petroleum-producing areas of the United States, accounting for 19.5% of all US oil.

Will The OPEC decision help the offshore market?

Guest Author

seismic-survey-ship-western-pride-by-shipspotting — The WesternGeco survey ship Western Pride could be one of five permitted to conduct seismic surveys off the U.S. Atlantic coast. ShipSpotting.com photo by user Patalavaca.

NOAA starts permit process for East Coast seismic surveys

Kirk Moore

Big Oil interests back Paris climate deal Trump may quit

WorkBoat Staff

harvey-stone-esg — The multipurpose field support vessel Harvey Stone is one of the types of specialized offshore service vessels most likely to attract demand as the gulf deepwater and ultradeepwater market recovers. Eastern Shipbuilding Group photo.

Boat blues: Demand for Gulf OSVs remains soft

Kirk Moore

offshore-rig-derrick-from-below-generic-bp — A rig's derrick from below. BP photo.

OPEC extension deal leaves market guessing, oil drops

WorkBoat Staff

opec-hq-cc-priwo — OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Creative Commons photo by Priwo.

OPEC, allies agree to extend production cuts to end glut

WorkBoat Staff

oil-tanker-FPSO-CC-Jon-Olav-Eikenes — An oil tanker approaches a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel. Creative Commons photo by Jon Olav Eikenes.

As U.S. exports more oil, OPEC sends less to U.S.

WorkBoat Staff

Grain-barges-NOLA-USDA — USDA photo/ Anson Eaglin.

Analysts foresee continued dry barge oversupply, but liquids could grow again

Kirk Moore

stacked_gulfmark_osvs_khocke — Gulfmark OSVs stacked in August 2016, Amelia, La. Ken Hocke photo.

A different take on recent OSV bankruptcies

Guest Author

inspectors_at_work_gom_platform_generic_bsee — BSEE inspectors at work on a pre-production platform inspection. BSEE photo.

Angelle to head Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

WorkBoat Staff