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Drilling for Earthquakes
Scientists are increasingly confident about the link between earthquakes and oil and gas production, yet regulators are slow to react
Learn about deepwater drilling
Advances in technology have enabled ExxonMobil to produce offshore oil and gas deposits in water depths that were impossible a generation ago. Learn more.
Key Formula for Oil Executives’ Pay: Drill Baby Drill
Markets have been waiting for U.S. energy producers to slash output during a period of depressed crude prices. But these companies have been paying their top executives to keep the oil flowing.
How Ending Offshore Oil Drilling Would Help Fight Climate Change
The government has downplayed the climate impacts of oil drilling, but a new study shows that keeping oil in the ground will help fight climate chang...
Why We Must Stop Big Oil from Expanding Offshore Drilling
To protect our oceans, coastal communities, and climate, we must stop Big Oil from expanding offshore drilling. The Arctic is no place for drilling. Join us ...
What Does Turkey’s Drilling Mean?
Erdogan’s Turkey has been warning us for years, in the familiar, brutal and extortionist manner that is its specialty, not to open the chapter relating …
How to Cope With Low Oil Prices
Offshore drilling companies coming to terms with low oil prices requires more than laying off workers and just trying to hang on until the industry...
How Fragmented Is The Offshore Drilling Industry?
Ensco/Rowan merger leads to further consolidation of the offshore drilling market. Some observers even believe that it could lead to increased pricing power. I
Unfinished Business: Why Oil Output May Surprise
There are signs that the surge in drilling by shale-oil producers has ended, reducing estimates of U.S. oil output and pushing up prices.
How to Drill for Oil in the Brutal Conditions of the North Sea
The new generation of oil rigs: enormous, energy-conscious, and equipped with Internet cafes
How To Make A Bold Bet On Offshore Drilling Recovery
I discuss a potential long-term bet on the offshore drilling market. I believe that it's better to avoid the biggest established drillers and choose Pacific Dri
IADC Issues Cybersecurity Guidelines for Drilling Assets
With infrastructure cybersecurity becoming a growing concern for businesses globally, it is not surprising that yet another industry association – the International Association of Drilling Contractors (“IADC”) – has issued cybersecurity guidelines for its members. IADC’s Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Cybersecurity Risks to Drilling Assets address the cyber risks affecting the “digital oilfield” – … Continue reading
Drilling company banks on new rig to build success
Efficiency gains and technological advances have resulted in the need for far fewer rigs drilling oil and natural gas wells.
Why Drilling in the Arctic Could Kill the Planet
Polar Bear on Floating Ice Photo via Shutterstock As the planet warms, the Arctic is melting at an unprecedented rate. Huge dark blue lakes that were once
Gas prices are high. Oil CEOs reveal why they're not drilling more
If U.S. oil companies and OPEC fail to ramp up output, analysts have warned that energy prices will likely stay painfully high.
Can drilling in the Arctic help save the climate?
Oil prices have fallen. What effect will that have on the oil industry – and on the climate? Find out with our 60-second animation
Energy Dominance Or Flatulence? Shale Drillers Bleed Cash
This is classic overproduction based on time-preference mis-coordinating the use of capital due to artificially-low interest rates. It has nothing to do with a normally functioning market...
Documents Show Environmental Groups Invest in Oil Drilling
A News4 I-Team investigation found some of the world's biggest environmental groups have been investing in the oil and gas industry for years.
Why aren’t US oil producers drilling more as prices rise?
An old bust, nervous investors and the fight against climate change
Shell knows climate change is real, but it wants to drill in the Arctic anyway
Here’s the real story behind Shell’s climate change rhetoric.
