Offshore Drilling

Crews Search Gulf For Missing Offshore Welder
Crews Search Gulf For Missing Offshore Welder
Crews Search Gulf For Missing Offshore Welder
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast between Lake Charles and Baton Rouge for a missing welder from the Philippines after an accident on a rig Sunday night south of Freshwater Bayou. Petty Officer Carlos Vega tells the Associated Press 38-year-old Peter Voces was knocked overboard when an empty "tank barrel" used for oil fell on him Sunday evening... R
Rig Evacuations Begin Ahead Of Tropical Storm
Rig Evacuations Begin Ahead Of Tropical Storm
Rig Evacuations Begin Ahead Of Tropical Storm
BP decides to evacuate personnel deemed non essential to oil and gas production from the world's largest platform and three others in the central Gulf of Mexico. This is done in response to a potential tropical storm passing over or near the area in the next couple of days.
Landry Calls On Obama To Drill Now Amid Egyptian Crisis
Landry Calls On Obama To Drill Now Amid Egyptian Crisis
Landry Calls On Obama To Drill Now Amid Egyptian Crisis
NEW IBERIA, LA – Amid the continuing unrest in Egypt and the speculation of a Suez Canal shutdown – causing the largest single day increase in the price of crude oil since 2009, Congressman Jeff Landry (Republican, LA-03) has called on the President to allow domestic oil and gas drillers to get back to work immediately in order to lower the price at the pump.
Vitter: Offshore Drilling Can Help Nation’s Fiscal Problem
Vitter: Offshore Drilling Can Help Nation’s Fiscal Problem
Vitter: Offshore Drilling Can Help Nation’s Fiscal Problem
(Washington, D.C.) — U.S. Sen. David Vitter and U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry (LA-3) this week sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew, asking for the administration’s projections for revenues from offshore energy production as well as their projections of revenue from renewable energy.
Boustany Comments On Obama Admin. Offshore Oil Decision
Boustany Comments On Obama Admin. Offshore Oil Decision
Boustany Comments On Obama Admin. Offshore Oil Decision
Washington D.C. - U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr., (R-Southwest Louisiana), released the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s decision to cancel future offshore drilling opportunities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts.