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New Western Completes Drilling Magnus Well
2013-06-07 16:00:00| OGI
The well shows that it encountered several coal gas bearing formations.
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Lundin Norway completes drilling of appraisal well at Johan Sverdrup
2013-06-07 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Lundin Norway has completed drilling of appraisal well 16/2-21, located in PL501, at the Johan Sverdrup discovery in the North Sea.
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BP to pump $1 billion into its Alaska drilling efforts
2013-06-06 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Not content with wrecking the Gulf of Mexico`s ecosystem, BP has announced that it is expanding its operations at the far northern end of the country, on Alaska`s North Slope. BP plans to increase its spending in the region by $1 billion over five years, increasing its fleet of oil rigs at the North Slope from seven to nine by 2016. The announcement came after state leaders reduced taxes on oil companies. In May, Gov. Sean Parnell (R) signed legislation that cuts oil taxes to a flat 35 percent...
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US Coast Guard, BSEE to regulate mobile offshore drilling units
2013-06-06 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the US Coast Guard have announced they will be joining hands to effectively regulate mobile offshore drilling units (MODU) on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
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The Argument Against Expanded Oil Drilling in Arctic Seas
2013-06-05 23:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Natural Resources Defense Council has issued a statement concluding that recent events most notably the grounding of a Shell Oil drilling rig in Alaska show the oil industry is not ready to safely, cleanly drill offshore in the Arctic. I agree. Theres no logic for pushing fossil-fuel frontiers this extreme while neglecting energy-efficiency measures at home. Heres the groups argument, which builds on its earlier, and justified, criticism of President Obamas vague new National Strategy...
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