Post Tagged with: "Gulf of Mexico"

BOEM Offers GOM Leases at Reduced Royalty Rate for Shallow Water Leases

BOEM Offers GOM Leases at Reduced Royalty Rate for Shallow Water Leases

In a step towards fulfilling the Five-Year National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke made known on July 13th the availability of 75.9 million acres in the Gulf of …

CorEnergy Has a Grasp on Stable Energy Infrastructure in GOM, Mid-Continent, NW

CorEnergy Has a Grasp on Stable Energy Infrastructure in GOM, Mid-Continent, NW

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (ticker: CORR) holds the unique position of being the first publicly listed Real Estate Investment Trust that has a focus specifically in energy infrastructure. The company owns midstream and downstream assets, including pipelines, storage terminals, and …

President Trump, Secretary Zinke Begin Comment Period for 5-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Program

President Trump, Secretary Zinke Begin Comment Period for 5-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Program

“This is a truly amazing moment in the energy sector…” – Secs. Perry, Zinke and Pruitt

At an event on Thursday, June 29, 2017, in order to help kick off what the Trump Administration has dubbed “Energy Week,” …

BOEM Extends its Review of Financial Assurance Requirements for OCS Decommissioning

BOEM Extends its Review of Financial Assurance Requirements for OCS Decommissioning

Secretary’s mandated review of NTL No. 2016-N01 will get more time 

In an announcement on June 22, 2017, BOEM reiterated that Secretary’s Order 3350, issued on May 1, 2017, directed BOEM to “promptly complete a review of Notice to Lessees …

Denbury: CO2 + Wyoming, Mississippi Acquisitions

Denbury: CO2 + Wyoming, Mississippi Acquisitions

Denbury Resources Inc’s (ticker: DNR) producing acreage is spread across seven states in both the Rocky Mountain and Gulf Coast regions, with an estimated 254.5 MMBOE of proved reserves, as of December 31st, 2016.

Denbury’s primary operational trait …

PetroQuest Translating Cash Flow Growth into Production Growth

PetroQuest Translating Cash Flow Growth into Production Growth

Between its East Texas and Gulf of Mexico assets, PetroQuest (ticker: PQ) produced 5.225 Bcfe during Q1, 2017 at an average rate of approximately 58 Mmcfe per day. The company’s 2016 reserves value was reported at approximately 115 Bcfe, 72% …

First U.S. Floating LNG Project Delfin Gets License to Export 1.8 Bcf/Day

First U.S. Floating LNG Project Delfin Gets License to Export 1.8 Bcf/Day

Delfin deepwater LNG clears export hurdle

The U.S. Department of Energy approved a long-term application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S.’s first offshore project, Delfin LNG, LLC.  Exports in the amount of 1.8 billion cubic feet per …

Energy XXI Gulf Coast Plans to Spud Development Well in June

Energy XXI Gulf Coast Plans to Spud Development Well in June

Energy XXI Gulf Coast releases Q1 results

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (ticker: EXXI), the post-bankruptcy incarnation of Gulf of Mexico operator Energy XXI, reported operational and financial results for the first quarter of 2017.

Energy XXI Gulf Coast Plans to Spud Development Well in June

Highlights:

  • Produced an average of
Energy XXI Gulf Coast Appoints Douglas E. Brooks President and CEO

Energy XXI Gulf Coast Appoints Douglas E. Brooks President and CEO

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (ticker: EXXI) has appointed Douglas E. Brooks as its CEO and president, effective April 17, 2017, the company announced in a news release.  The Energy XXI Gulf Coast Board of Directors concurrently increased the …

U.S. to offer 48 Million Acres in its Last Central Gulf of Mexico Oil & Gas Lease Sale

U.S. to offer 48 Million Acres in its Last Central Gulf of Mexico Oil & Gas Lease Sale

Final Notice of Sale announces lease terms for available acreage offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama – Lease Sale Number 247 is Mar. 22, 2017

Two days after President Obama used his pen to indefinitely ban most of the Arctic and …

Mexico Successfully Completes its First Deepwater GOM Auction

Mexico Successfully Completes its First Deepwater GOM Auction

BHP Billiton wins Trion farmout 

Mexico’s deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas auction, Round 1.4, resulted in eight of the 10 deepwater blocks in the Gulf being awarded to bidders outside of Mexico—a first for a country that has …

PEMEX Hopes to Attract Capital to Ultra-Deep Projects through Farm Outs

PEMEX Hopes to Attract Capital to Ultra-Deep Projects through Farm Outs

PEMEX hopes to attract its first consortium of international majors,  for Trion farm out

As Mexico continues the privatization of its oil and gas sector, state-run PEMEX is seeking international oil majors to help develop the country’s more technically challenging …

October 12, 2016 - 5:41 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Offshore, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Gulf of Mexico Operators: Prepare to Present the U.S. Government with Financial Assurance Covering 100% of Decommissioning Liability for your OCS Leases

Gulf of Mexico Operators: Prepare to Present the U.S. Government with Financial Assurance Covering 100% of Decommissioning Liability for your OCS Leases

Notices from BOEM to Gulf of Mexico operators will hit mail boxes starting in November: an Oil & Gas 360® Exclusive Interview with BOEM GOM Regional Director Michael Celata – Part 3 of a Series

New, much more stringent …

U.S. Offshore Drilling Changes Drastically on Sept. 12, 2016

U.S. Offshore Drilling Changes Drastically on Sept. 12, 2016

Part 1: What is NTL No. 2016-N01?

In July an agency under the executive branch of the U.S. government delivered what might be a killshot for a portion of the leaseholders and operators working to extract oil and natural gas …

Did a White House Appointee just Kill Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?

Did a White House Appointee just Kill Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?

U.S. Offshore Drilling Changes Drastically after Sept. 12, 2016 – Part 1

In July an agency under the executive branch of the U.S. government delivered what might be a killshot for a portion of the leaseholders and operators working to …

Royal Dutch Shell Divests GOM Assets

Royal Dutch Shell Divests GOM Assets

In exchange for $425 million in cash, Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDS) has sold off the company’s stake in assets held in the Gulf of Mexico, the transaction is expected to close in October. The sale agreement bodes well for …

Contango Oil & Gas Company – Day One Breakout Notes

Contango Oil & Gas Company – Day One Breakout Notes

Contango Oil & Gas Company presents at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference®

 During Contango’s breakout session, management was asked the following questions:

  • Your Southern Delaware Basin Asset well type curves (for 10,000 ft long lateral) were developed with your
Shell Announces 125 MMBOE Discovery in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico

Shell Announces 125 MMBOE Discovery in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico

Shell’s Fort Sumter discover in the Gulf of Mexico will help the company reach 900 MBOEPD of offshore production by the end of the decade

Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDSA) announced the discovery in the Mississippi Canyon Block 566, 73 …

EnerCom Conference Presenter Focus:  Contango Oil & Gas Company

EnerCom Conference Presenter Focus: Contango Oil & Gas Company

MCF will present at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference® on Mon. Aug. 15, 2016

Contango Oil & Gas Company (ticker: MCF) is an exploration and production company headquartered in Houston, TX, with operations in the Gulf of Mexico, onshore …

Lost at Sea: Offshore Drillers Face Difficult Road Ahead

Lost at Sea: Offshore Drillers Face Difficult Road Ahead

Oil prices have continued to move upward in recent weeks, and that has spurred the talk of rig counts possibly increasing and production coming back online. As oil prices flirt with the $50 mark, this may become a reality to …

What will Happen to Freeport-McMoRan’s Oil & Gas Assets without Jim Flores?

What will Happen to Freeport-McMoRan’s Oil & Gas Assets without Jim Flores?

“Having this kind of debt is a killer”: FCX’s CEO Adkerson – Q1’16 conference call

Mining giant Freeport-McMoRan (ticker: FCX) is known internationally as the world’s largest copper miner—one that would be happy right now if it can sell its …

GOM Drilling: Federal Government Proposes New Offshore Regulations

GOM Drilling: Federal Government Proposes New Offshore Regulations

New offshore regulations targeted at preventing emergency situations like BP’s Macondo come with $31-billion price tag: API

The Obama administration will issue new regulations for offshore oil and gas operators this Thursday. The regulations will require more preventative measures to …

BP Deepwater Horizon Lawsuit Settlement Receives Final Approval

BP Deepwater Horizon Lawsuit Settlement Receives Final Approval

A federal judge has granted final approval of BP’s settlement over claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for $20.8 billion. The Deepwater Horizon rig explosion killed eleven workers and millions of gallons …

Gulf of Mexico Production Expected to Reach Record High in 2017

Gulf of Mexico Production Expected to Reach Record High in 2017

Gulf of Mexico production will account for 21% of U.S. production next year

Gulf of Mexico expected production

Production from the Gulf of Mexico is expected to continue growing, despite the current price environment. With eight projects that came online in 2015, four expected in …

Interior Department Puts Alaska Offshore Lease Programs on Ice

Interior Department Puts Alaska Offshore Lease Programs on Ice

Arctic Offshore Leases Cancelled Through 2017; Shell, Statoil Fail to Extend Leases

The Chukchi Sea’s 29 billion barrels (U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s estimate of BOE) will have to wait for better times.

The U.S. Department of Interior announced …

October 19, 2015 - 6:05 pm Arctic, Offshore, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, Regulatory
Hurricane Joaquin Gains Steam in what is expected to be a Quiet Hurricane Season

Hurricane Joaquin Gains Steam in what is expected to be a Quiet Hurricane Season

Joaquin likely to be one of just a handful of storms this season

With official hurricane season two-thirds over, Americans on the east coast are on watch today as Hurricane Joaquin brushes close to the seaboard after pounding the Bahamas.…

Offshore Rigs Moving out of the Gulf of Mexico

Offshore Rigs Moving out of the Gulf of Mexico

U.S. GOM share of global offshore rigs is falling

The number of active offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has been steadily declining since 2000, according to a release from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Over the past …

W&T Offshore Sells Permian Assets, Sets Sights on Gulf of Mexico

W&T Offshore Sells Permian Assets, Sets Sights on Gulf of Mexico

WTI Deals Permian Position for $376 Million to Private Equity Firm

W&T Offshore (ticker: WTI), a Houston-based exploration and production company, has increased its focus on assets… offshore. On September 1, 2015, WTI divested the majority of its position in …

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12 of 14 Blocks Go Unsold in Mexico’s First Oil & Gas Auction

American Majors Avoid Shallow Water Round

Mexico offered its first auction for oil and gas rights in 77 years today.

It presented a total of 14 blocks in the shallow Gulf of Mexico. A handful of bids were received but …

$18.7 Billion Gulf of Mexico Settlement the Largest in History, Oil & Gas or Otherwise

$18.7 Billion Gulf of Mexico Settlement the Largest in History, Oil & Gas or Otherwise

BP will pay its record setting settlement over the course of the next 18 years

BP (ticker: BP) will pay $18.7 billion in settlements to the U.S. and the five states along the Gulf of Mexico to resolve the Deepwater …