Record Gulf of Mexico oil production expected to continue

Crude oil production in the US federal Gulf of Mexico averaged 1.8 MM b/d in 2018, setting a new annual record, according to the Energy Information Offshore staff WASHINGTON, D.C. – Crude oil production in the US federal Gulf of Mexico (GoM) averaged...

Tullow finds oil with first well offshore Guyana

LONDON – Tullow Oil has proven oil in the Orinduik license offshore Guyana, the country’s first commercial discovery outside the prolific Stabroek block. The drillship Stena Forth drilled the Jethro-1 exploration well in 1,350 m (4,265 ft) of water, to a TD of 4,400 m...

BOEM plans Gulf of Mexico lease sale

        02/13/2019 The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management plans to hold a Gulf of Mexico-wide oil and gas lease sale in March 2019 that will include all available unleased areas in federal waters covering about 78 million acres. Lease Sale 252...

BP approves expansion at Atlantis field in

BP PLC approved a $1.3-billion expansion at Atlantis field in the Gulf of Mexico and said recent seismic imaging identified 1 billion bbl of additional oil in place at Thunder Horse field. In addition, BP expects its net gulf production will reach about 400,000 boe/d...