(September 12, 2008, 3:09 PM)
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico have evacuated platforms and rigs, and have shut-in oil and natural gas production in preparation for Hurricane Ike.
(September 10, 2008, 1:09 PM)
Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted today, personnel have been evacuated 452 production platforms, equivalent to 63.0% of the 717 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Minerals Management Service (MMS).
(September 09, 2008, 2:09 PM)
Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted to the Minerals Management Service (MMS), personnel have been evacuated from 167 production platforms, equivalent to 23.3 % of the 717 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
(September 05, 2008, 8:09 AM)
Unexplored areas offshore Iceland may hold significant reserves of oil and gas, according to industry and government officials who gathered here yesterday and today for a two-day conference on the potential for oil and gas exploration offshore Iceland.
(September 02, 2008, 4:09 PM)
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has updated evacuation statistics for platforms and rigs in the path of Hurricane Gustav.
(August 28, 2008, 7:08 AM)
Northwest Spain is looking to forge engineering links with Norwegian offshore contractors. At a seminar at ONS this week, the Galician Institute for Economic Promotion (Igape) outlined the potential in the regions of Ferrol, Eume, and Ortegal on the north coast.
(August 28, 2008, 7:08 AM)
Reliance Industries' deepwater MA-D6 field offshore India should ship first oil shortly, said Raymond Carlsen, Executive VP for Aker Solutions at ONS this week.
(August 27, 2008, 8:08 AM)
StatoilHydro will step up development of smaller fields on the Norwegian shelf to offset declining output from its major field centers.
(August 27, 2008, 5:08 AM)
While the price of oil has dropped off significantly from recent record levels, the prices is still too high, said Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), to an audience at ONS on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
(August 26, 2008, 11:08 AM)
Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg opened ONS on Tuesday, Aug. 26 with his strategy on increasing global energy supplies while decreasing global emissions of greenhouses gasses.
(August 26, 2008, 11:08 AM)
StatoilHydro has proven gas in the Snefrid structure west of the Luva gas field in the Norwegian Sea, said Exploration VP Tim Dodson at ONS today.
(August 26, 2008, 5:08 AM)
The opening ceremony at the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference and exhibition today will be presented on the Internet for two hours starting at 2 p.m. Stavanger time.
(August 20, 2008, 1:08 PM)
Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the province's oil industry co-venturers have signed the final deal for the development of the province's fourth offshore oil project, Hebron.
(August 12, 2008, 4:08 PM)
The Icelandic National Energy Authority and the Ministry of Industry have announced the Iceland Exploration Conference 2008, an international conference taking place Sept. 4-5 in Reykjavik.
(August 05, 2008, 2:08 PM)
The Minerals Management Services has updated information on platform and rig evacuations in the path of Tropical Storm Edouard.
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