Interior

EIA, USGS Shale Reserve Estimates: What’s In the Numbers?

An estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) contained in the Marcellus Shale issued this week by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will be included in the next Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook (AEO), according to EIA.

August 26, 2011

Shell’s Long-Delayed Beaufort Drilling Plan Moves Forward

Royal Dutch Shell plc on Thursday was awarded conditional approval by the Department of Interior to drill up to four exploratory wells over two years in northern Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, where it has invested more than $3.5 billion in leases and predevelopment.

August 8, 2011

Interior Backs Shell’s Long-Delayed Beaufort Sea Drilling Plan

Royal Dutch Shell plc on Thursday was awarded conditional approval by the Department of Interior to drill up to four exploratory wells over two years in northern Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, where it has invested more than $3.5 billion in leases and predevelopment.

August 5, 2011

BOEM Completes Draft SEIS on Central Gulf Lease Sales

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) Wednesday released a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 216/222 in the Central Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico.

July 1, 2011

Piceance Projects Draw Lawsuit

Four environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in federal court, alleging the agency illegally approved dozens of oil and gas projects in the Piceance Basin in western Colorado without analyzing the impacts on air quality.

June 20, 2011

Environmental Groups Sue BLM Over Piceance Projects

Four environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in federal court on Monday, alleging the agency illegally approved dozens of oil and gas projects in the Piceance Basin in western Colorado without analyzing the impacts on air quality.

June 16, 2011

BOEM Bolsters Inspection Force in Gulf

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) has increased its inspection force of oil and natural gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by more than 40% since April 2010, according to the agency.

June 14, 2011

BOEM to Extend Some Deepwater Leases

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) is finalizing a plan to extend deepwater leases in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) for one year.

June 13, 2011

BOEM Finalizing GOM Lease Extension Plan

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) is finalizing a plan to extend deepwater leases in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) for one year.

June 13, 2011

Mariner Platform Fire Blamed on ‘Collapse of Fire Tube’

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) Wednesday issued the results of a nearly year-long investigation into the cause of a September 2010 fire aboard a Mariner Energy Inc. oil and natural gas platform that forced its crew to evacuate.

May 27, 2011
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