The White House announced today that all new deepwater drilling will require environmental reviews. What’s that you say? You assume an activity as transparently fraught with danger and risk as ...

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its approval of oil company BP’s ultra deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Deepwater drilling is becoming increasing important in the oil and gas (O&G) industry as shallower reserves are depleted. According to Global Energy Monitor’s Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker, in ...

Expanded Support for Offshore Well Intervention Operations Under the first contract, Weatherford will expand its services on Constellation’s UDW (“ultra deepwater”) semisubmersible Gold Star, which ...

Southeast Asia’s deepwater gas boom gains pace as India boosts offshore exploration to reduce import dependence ...

India’s state-controlled Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is poised to launch a deep-water exploration campaign in the Andaman basin, off the country’s eastern coast. ONGC told Upstream on ...

There is a lot of buzz over Senator Frank Lautenberg’s suggestion that oil companies be required to drill a relief well at the same time as they drill any deepwater production well. That would allow ...

Transocean Ltd. RIG, a global leader in offshore drilling services, has announced the signing of a major contract for its Deepwater Skyros drillship in Australia. This six-well contract, awarded by an ...

India has launched a renewed push to tap oil and gas resources hidden deep beneath the seas as it looks to reduce its heavy dependence on energy imports. The National Deep Water Exploration Mission, ...

How subsea engineering enables safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible deepwater exploration drilling and well testing at 1,000–3,500 m water depths. Assumptions (estimated): Deepwater ...