The move by the Minerals Management Service represented the first approval of a new shallow-water well since President Barack Obama last week lifted a ban on offshore drilling in less than 500 feet.

Drilling almost four miles down, producing wells pumped out, on average, 272 MMcfe/d gross in the fourth quarter of 2009 ( 25 percent working interest).

MEXICO CITY – A consortium of Mexican and foreign private companies says a well drilled in shallow water has found between 1.4 and 2 billion barrels of crude oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico.

Shallow water drilling operations were not affected by the deepwater drilling moratorium following the gulf oil spill. And there were lots more shallow-water well permits issued by the Obama ...

MCF Energy Ltd. (TSX.V: MCF; FRA: DC6; OTCQX: MCFNF) is pleased to announce an operational update for the Kinsau-1A well in ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. suspended shallow-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico until oil and gas producers resubmit plans to meet revised safety and environmental rules. The Obama administration ...

Mr. Stilley claimed that the slowdown in offshore shallow-water permitting after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig accident ruined his company, Seahawk Drilling, and threatens to ruin others.

The well was spudded on Jan. 15 by the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig. The well test was finalized end of March and the well will now be permanently plugged.

As is the case with SandRidge, many of these larger outfits treat their shallow water Gulf operations as a slush fund for other projects. Apache (NYSE: APA) produced 14% of its global volume there ...

A new study of 100 private water wells in and near the Barnett Shale showed elevated levels of potential contaminants such as arsenic and selenium closest to natural gas extraction sites ...

It’s one of the largest discoveries made in shallow water by a private firm in Mexico, where private drilling under a concessionary scheme was approved as part of the country’s 2013 oil reforms.