Structural

Five salvage experts boarded the grounded drilling unit Kulluk Wednesday morning on the southeast shoreline of Sitkalidak Island, AK, to conduct a structural assessment to be used in salvage plans being developed by the Kulluk Tow Incident Unified Command.

Following 30 years of declining oil output in the Lower 48 states, the United States now is well on its way to becoming energy independent — a structural supply shift that promises to reach well beyond oil and natural gas stocks, analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said in a note last week.

Following 30 years of declining oil output in the Lower 48 states, the United States now is well on its way to becoming energy independent — a structural supply shift that promises to reach well beyond oil and natural gas stocks, analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said in a note Monday.

Reality suggests that even with a “modest” decline in the U.S. natural gas rig count in 2012, structural drivers should “more than offset” the drop and gas supply growth even may accelerate over the coming year, the energy team with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said last week.

Reality suggests that even with a “modest” decline in the U.S. natural gas rig count in 2012, structural drivers should “more than offset” the drop and gas supply growth even may accelerate over the coming year, the energy team with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said late Monday.

Halliburton is anticipating a “structural shift” in the U.S. land market as unconventional resources become a more prominent component of the production profile, according to CEO Dave Lesar.

Halliburton is anticipating a “structural shift” in the U.S. land market as unconventional resources become a more prominent component of the production profile, CEO Dave Lesar said Friday.

After a delay of more than six months due to “structural anomalies” in the hull’s pontoons, BHP Billiton said early last week that oil and natural gas production has finally commenced from the $1.2 billion Neptune development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

After a delay of more than six months due to “structural anomalies” in the hull’s pontoons, BHP Billiton said Monday that oil and natural gas production has finally commenced from the $1.2 billion Neptune development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.