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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010 when an explosion struck the rig, it occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.Killing eleven people, it is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and sources estimated that between 134–206 million barrels of oil was released into the gulf.
Nov. 24—The rig count in the Permian Basin was unchanged this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 311 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 352 rigs were active in the region.
The count of rigs exploring oil in the United States declines in four of the last five weeks. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
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The western and central Gulf of Mexico, which includes offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, is one of the major petroleum-producing areas of the United States. In 2007, federal leases in the western and central Gulf of Mexico produced 25% of the nation's oil and 14% of the nation's natural gas. [11]
Thunder Horse PDQ is a BP plc and ExxonMobil joint venture semi-submersible oil platform on location over the Mississippi Canyon Thunder Horse oil field (Block 778/822), in deepwater Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles (240 km) southeast of New Orleans, moored in waters of 1,840 metres (6,040 ft). [4]
In its weekly release, Baker Hughes Company (BKR) reports that the total U.S. rig count is up in six of the prior eight weeks. Permian Oil Drilling Rig Count Rises in 7 of Prior 12 Weeks Skip to ...
Noxal is a deep underwater oil field in the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico that was once believed to contain up to 10 billion barrels (1.6 billion cubic metres) of crude oil. Further drilling has revealed a modest 245 billion cubic feet (6.9 billion cubic metres) a modest natural gas find. The region is still expected to contain 10 ...