Since the suspension on deep-water drilling ended on Oct. 12, some members of industry, advocacy groups, as well as some public officials and editorial writers, have claimed that the lack of deep ...

In 2016, Total and Maersk Drilling bored a well off the coast of Uruguay in more than 11,140 feet of water, the equivalent of 11 Chase Towers stacked end to end and the the deepest water in which ...

Deep-water drilling's best days are behind it. For all the stiff upper lips at the Offshore Technology Conference, most people described a shrinking industry trying to accommodate a new low-price ...

When federal officials lifted the ban on deep-water drilling in early October, Houston-based ATP Oil & Gas was ready to roll. The small production company was finishing up work on a well that tied ...

Noble started drilling the well four days before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20. The project was put on hold on June 12 after the U.S. placed a moratorium on exploration in ...

For purposes of the moratorium, the federal government classifies any drilling in depths beyond 500 feet as “deep.” By that definition, there are about 600 deep-water wells in the Gulf of Mexico.

Since the April 20 explosion, Kish said, Interior has issued shallow water permits at a 10 percent clip of its previous rate over the past two years. “I don’t know what business can run at 10 ...

Not a single new well has been drilled in deep water since the April 20 BP oil spill, which killed 11 workers and spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude into the gulf.

News Obama administration lifts deep water oil drilling moratorium imposed after BP oil spill Published: Oct. 12, 2010, 8:39 p.m. By The Associated Press ...

Firstly, there is a six-month moratorium on new deep-water drilling permits for oil and gas. The current exploratory drilling on 33 wells in the Gulf of Mexico will be suspended.

Firstly, there is a six-month moratorium on new deep-water drilling permits for oil and gas. The current exploratory drilling on 33 wells in the Gulf of Mexico will be suspended.