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2. Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)

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   The state of Louisiana issued its first offshore oil and gas lease in 1936, and the following year the Pure Oil Company discovered the first Louisiana offshore oil field, the Creole Field, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the shore of Cameron Parish, from a platform built on timber pilings in 10-to-15-foot-deep (3.0 to 4.6 m) water.

3. Thunder Horse Oil Field - Wikipedia

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   The field is being developed by BP plc and 25% partner ExxonMobil [1] It is the largest offshore production platform in the Gulf, with a processing capacity of 250 thousand barrels per day (40 × 10 ^ 3 m 3 /d) of oil and 200 million cubic feet per day (5,700,000 m 3 /d) of natural gas, and the field is believed to hold in excess of 1 billion barrels (160 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of oil. [2]

4. Offshore oil and gas in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Oil companies drilled six tests offshore Washington (three in state waters and three in federal waters) and seven tests in federal waters offshore Oregon. The OCS P-0130 well drilled offshore Oregon by Union Oil in 1966 was described as having "potential for commercial gas production", [ 17 ] but none of the wells were completed as producers ...

5. Don't Miss Out on These Offshore Drillers - AOL

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   The outlook for offshore drilling companies looks especially strong. A confluence of factors, including high oil prices and a recent spate of major offshore deepwater discoveries, has created an ...

6. Louisiana Offshore Oil Port - Wikipedia

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   The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico 29 kilometers (18 nautical miles) [1] off the coast of Louisiana near the town of Port Fourchon. LOOP provides tanker offloading and temporary storage services for crude oil transported on some of the largest tankers in the world.

7. Rising Debt and Uncovered Dividend Payouts, Is This Company ...

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   Seadrill offers a dividend yield of just under 6%, and based on market capitalization, the company is the largest offshore drilling company in the world. However, when glancing over the company's ...

8. 15 Largest Drilling Companies in the World - AOL

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   In this article we will present the 15 largest drilling companies in the world. Click to skip ahead and see the 5 largest drilling companies in the world. Our article focuses on the offshore ...

9. Port Fourchon, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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   Port Fourchon is Louisiana’s southernmost port, located on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is a seaport, with significant petroleum industry traffic from offshore Gulf oil platforms and drilling rigs as well as the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port pipeline. Fourchon's primary service markets are domestic deepwater ...