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Eni Wins BSEE Approval, Could Begin Beaufort Sea Drilling in December

Starting next month, a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni SpA could begin drilling up to four exploratory wells from an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea, after the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) approved the company’s application to drill.

November 29, 2017
BOEM Approves Eni’s Plans to Drill Four Test Wells in Beaufort Sea

BOEM Approves Eni’s Plans to Drill Four Test Wells in Beaufort Sea

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) gave conditional approval for a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni SpA to drill four exploratory wells on an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea, on leases the company acquired back in 2005.

July 17, 2017

Hilcorp Planning Island in Beaufort to Develop Offshore Alaska Targets

A subsidiary of Hilcorp Energy Co. has filed plans with the Interior Department for its proposal to build a manmade island six miles offshore atop North Slope oil targets in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, and a subsea pipeline connecting the island to the mainland.

December 14, 2015

Researcher Links Ohio Injection Well to Nearly 100 Small Quakes

Nearly 100 small earthquakes that hit northeast Ohio throughout 2011 and into early 2012 were triggered by a now-shuttered wastewater disposal well in Youngstown, according to a Columbia University researcher.

September 6, 2013