Post Tagged with: "Atlantic"

World Powers Increasingly See Icy Arctic as a Hot Property

World Powers Increasingly See Icy Arctic as a Hot Property

From AP News


From a helicopter, Greenland’s brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here — its whole population wouldn’t fill a football stadium — are poor, …

Panama Canal Will Not Block Venezuela Vessels Despite U.S. Sanctions

Panama Canal Will Not Block Venezuela Vessels Despite U.S. Sanctions

From Reuters


The Panama Canal will continue authorizing vessels coming from Venezuela provided they present the necessary paperwork, the waterway’s chief said on Wednesday, suggesting a new round of U.S. sanctions on the South American nation should not make a …

Husky Announces Discoveries in Atlantic and South China Sea, Signs PSCs in Asia

Husky Announces Discoveries in Atlantic and South China Sea, Signs PSCs in Asia

Husky Announces Discovery Off of Newfoundland/Labrador, Signs PSCs in Asia

President Declares “Indefinite” Offshore Drill Ban for Alaska and Atlantic Coastal Waters

President Declares “Indefinite” Offshore Drill Ban for Alaska and Atlantic Coastal Waters

White House Issues Memorandum Withdrawing Bulk of Alaska’s Arctic OCS and Portions of Atlantic OCS from Oil and Gas Drilling

Today the White House pulled the plug on offshore drilling leases in the bulk of the Arctic offshore Alaska and …

Source: Rosneft

Obama Administration Pulls the Plug on Atlantic Offshore Lease Sale

The White House changes course on allowing offshore drilling in the Atlantic

The U.S. Department of the Interior will not be offering leases for offshore drilling in the Atlantic in its next five-year plan, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell

Companies Begin to Apply for Seismic Testing Offshore in the Atlantic

Companies Begin to Apply for Seismic Testing Offshore in the Atlantic

Two applications for seismic surveys have been submitted following the announcement from the Obama administration that it would open up portions off the east coast for offshore drilling. The two companies, Spectrum Geo and GX Technology, both Houston based companies, …