The federal government Wednesday granted a permit for Bandon Oil and Gas to drill in shallow Gulf of Mexico waters, though a ban on new exploration in deeper areas continues. The move by the Minerals ...

Shallow-water drilling has been the heart of the offshore industry for decades. Ninety-eight percent of the 3,400 platforms operating in the Gulf are in shallow water. They produce 30 percent of the ...

If we could take a tiny glass elevator down the trajectory of a Marcellus Shale well, we would see slabs of coal, sandstone, shale and siltstone alternating and colliding with one another for ...

The drilling moratorium enacted after the BP oil spill applies only to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Yet energy exploration in the Gulf’s shallow waters has come to a virtual standstill as drillers ...

A well test via the Wisting Central II horizontal appraisal well in the Barents Sea has recorded a flow rate of more than 5,000 boe/d and has therefore proved the viability of shallow horizontal ...

WASHINGTON -- Oil industry leaders and their allies in Congress blame the government for a major shallow-water drilling slowdown that has forced some companies to sell rigs and lay off workers. But ...

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 22, 2025) - Kodiak Copper Corp. (TSXV: KDK) (OTCQB: KDKCF) (FSE: 5DD1) (the "Company" or "Kodiak") announces additional drill results from the ...

Todd Petroleum Mining is to drill its first well in almost 50 years without using Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd as operator. Todd Petroleum Mining Company Ltd is to drill its first well in almost 50 ...

Though its natural gas production is in decline, McMoran Exploration (MMR) remains convinced that there are still good ultra-deep oil and gas prospects at shallow depths in the Gulf of Mexico. That ...

The first well of a five well back to back program has been spudded in Norwest's Tennessee shallow gas project. The first well of a five well back to back program has been spudded in Norwest's ...