After an executive order signed last week by President Trump, the Interior Department announced the Gulf of Mexico would “officially” be renamed as the Gulf of America. Additionally, North America’s highest mountain will once again be called Mount McKinley. Both name changes “honor the legacy of American greatness,” the statement said…
Musk’s SpaceX Successfully Launches its Starship Mega-Rocket, Lands Successful Splashdown…
SpaceX on Thursday morning successfully launches its Starship megarocket into orbit…
Strengthening Storm Heads for Louisiana as Oil Rigs Evacuate…
A potential cyclone could become Hurricane Barry before slamming into Louisiana by Saturday, putting at risk oil and natural gas production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The system is about 170 miles (275 kilometers) from the mouth of the Mississippi River, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory at 11 a.m. New […]
BP Just Discovered a Billion Barrels of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico…
BP‘s investment in next-generation technology just paid off to the tune of a billion barrels of oil. The British energy company has discovered 1 billion barrels of crude at an existing oilfield in the Gulf of Mexico. BP also announced two new offshore oil discoveries and a major new investment in a nearby field. BP […]
Trump’s DOI Releases the Results of the Largest Oil Lease Sale In U.S. History…
The Department of the Interior released the results of the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history Wednesday, reflecting the state of industry interest in offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The results were similar to what experts expected, bringing in $124.7 million in high bids, slightly higher than the $121 million […]
‘Unprecedented’ Native American Burial Site Discovered in Gulf of Mexico…
A Native American burial site hidden for 7,000 years beneath the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida has been unearthed in what archaeologists are calling an “unprecedented” discovery. Florida Secretary of State, Ken Detzner, said in a news release on Wednesday the unmarked site near Venice, which measures roughly 0.75 acres, was first […]
Hurricane Nate – Warning Issued for New Orleans and Surrounding Region…
Tropical Storm Nate is nearing hurricane strength and is anticipated to enter the Gulf of Mexico later tonight. –National Hurricane Center here: A Hurricane Warning is now in effect for metropolitan New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain; A Storm Surge Warning is now in effect east of the Alabama/Florida border to the Okaloosa/Walton County Line; A […]
Mexico Invites Big Oil to Propose Offshore Blocks for Development…
Mexico will be happy to receive suggestions for offshore blocks to be included in the December bidding round for its section of the Gulf of Mexico, the country’s deputy energy minister said yesterday at an event in Houston. Speaking at the opening of the Offshore Technology Conference, Aldo Flores Quiroga added that oil companies have […]
Trump Opens ‘All Available’ Gulf Of Mexico Waters To Oil Drilling…
The Department of the Interior will include “all available” federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico that have not already been leased out for offshore oil drilling. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Monday 73 million acres off the coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida would be offered at a lease sale in August […]
BP Fined Further $2.5B Over Deepwater Horizon Spill…
BP is to take a further $2.5bn (£1.87bn) hit as a result of the Deepwater Horizon accident, bringing the total cost of the environmental disaster to almost $62bn…