As the department observed, shallow-water drilling techniques and technology are well proven and have a strong track record. We've been drilling in shallow water safely for decades.

The supporters have described shallow-water operations as safer than their deeper counterparts, like the destroyed Deepwater Horizon and leaking BP well. In shallow drilling, critical safety ...

Interior has approved seven shallow-water drilling permits since updated safety requirements were issued on June 8, while seven are “pending plan approval,” the department said Friday.

<p>Senators from several Gulf Coast states and Alaska are pressuring Interior Secretary Ken Salazar not to apply the administration’s moratoria on new offshore drilling permits to projects in ...

Leading shallow-water driller Shelf has boosted its backlog with new orders, including its first in the Dutch North Sea, ...

The exemption from the administration's moratorium on new permits for off-shore drilling will apply to wells in less than 500 feet of water, Salazar said in a Thursday conference call with reporters.

Shallow-water operators and contractors say they were just beginning to rebound from last year's economic downturn when BP's Macondo well blew out in April, causing a lethal explosion on the ...

SINGAPORE, Aug. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 22, 2017, the MSW-1 Shallow Water Mudline Suspension Wellhead System, a proprietary solution developed by Kerui Petroleum's high-end wellhead brand ...

Borr Drilling (NYSE:BORR) expects nearly a third of the global fleet of shallow-water rigs will be retired in the coming years, leading to higher daily leasing rates, CEO Patrick Schorn said ...

The Interior Department is taking longer to approve permits to drill for oil and gas offshore in shallow waters to ensure new safety rules are met, a top department official said on Monday.