Juggling the current oil and gas issues
Do the environmental impacts of potential oil spills outweigh the economic effects of stifling exploration efforts, and can more be done to make oil and gas drilling safer?
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Do the environmental impacts of potential oil spills outweigh the economic effects of stifling exploration efforts, and can more be done to make oil and gas drilling safer?
More than 2200 commercial divers will be needed to help build and develop Europe’s offshore wind sector as it rapidly expands over the next six years, according to leading industry analysts.
Plans to drill for oil and gas in Sicilian waters have met with stiff opposition from local authorities and campaigners.
BP has started to scale back its clean-up operations but there is still disagreement about how much more work is necessary.
BP is selling its gas, exploration and processing business in Colombia to a consortium of Ecopetrol and Talisman.
Ecuador has pledged not to drill for oil in an area of pristine Amazon rainforest in exchange for US$ 3.6 billion worth of payments.
BP has announced that the MC252 well appears to have reached a static condition. The well pressure is now being controlled by the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud, which is the desired outcome of the static kill procedure carried out.
Ultra Green has unveiled new technology that can potentially clean up the majority of the estimated 4 million bbls of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of September.
Infield Systems Ltd considers how the shockwaves of the Deepwater Horizon incident will be felt across the deepwater sector.
NPRA’s Drevna comments on National Journal’s Energy & Environment blog.
In spite of the furore over the Macondo spill, deepwater drilling is continuing unabated in Africa.
The most recent EIC Monitor which tracks new energy projects has found that though there has been significant investment in the sector, total investment is still down 6% since the same quarter last year.