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Chevron Begins Oil Production In Blind Faith Field In Gulf of ...  -  16 Nov 2008
Your Oil and Gas News (press release),Wednesday said it has commenced crude oil production in its deepest offshore production facility, Blind Faith Field, in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Officials bullish on trade mission to Mexico  -  16 Nov 2008
The News Herald,Part of this trade mission schedule will focus exclusively on one-on-one meetings designed to promote the Gulf of Mexico trade corridor to a wider audience,

You didn’t have to be in combat to be considered a veteran  -  16 Nov 2008
Daily Comet,During the late spring and early summer of 1942, I can document 400 combat deaths in the Gulf of Mexico. Many of these were US Naval sailors just out of

They also served  -  16 Nov 2008
Troy Messenger,He spent a lot of his time sailing the Gulf of Mexico with his head hanging over the side of the boat. “I got seasick and that’s about as sick as you can

Did Hurricane Ike kill the chances of Texas 87 being rebuilt?  -  16 Nov 2008
Beaumont Enterprise,..."If the McFaddin Refuge disappears, which is the direction it's headed, it would remove from five to 10 miles of marsh width from between the Gulf of Mexico

A home with a view  -  16 Nov 2008
Henderson Gleaner,Bill Davidson retired early and now cruises on a 35-foot sailboat through the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Courtesy Bill Davidson The San Blas Islands

Divers encounter 20-foot whale shark  -  16 Nov 2008
The News-Press,Whale sharks are usually solitary animals, but they congregate at feeding areas such as the northern Gulf of Mexico, Holbox, Mexico, Belize,

Clear skies in forecast  -  16 Nov 2008
Press-Register - al.com,For the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 24 hours.

US drilling activity falls  -  16 Nov 2008
Oil & Gas Journal,That was offset by an increase of 1 rig in offshore drilling to 61 active units in the Gulf of Mexico and 64 total in US offshore waters.

Searching the frontiers of science  -  16 Nov 2008
Toronto Star,All of those youngsters were flying within 10 days, following the continental shelf waters toward the Gulf of Mexico independently of their parents.

<p>Throughout the year ending 2007, the Howth stat  -  16 Nov 2008
Irish Times,Among its many habitat are the subtropical and sub-Arctic waters in north America from the Gulf of Mexico to Newfoundland; in the Missouri and Mississippi

Study shows Alaska holds another source of energy  -  16 Nov 2008
Waterbury Republican American,Although there are tremendous hydrate deposits in Arctic regions, they also exist in the deepwater regions of the Gulf of Mexico, an area where there are

Candus Thomson | On the Outdoors  -  16 Nov 2008
Baltimore Sun,..."I'm still learning," says Reusing, who was a member of the crew that ferried the state's last research boat from the Gulf of Mexico to the bay in 1972.

Chevron Announces First Oil From Blind Faith Field in Gulf of Mexico  -  Nov 12, 2008
WELT ONLINE,Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced that it has started crude oil production from its Blind Faith Field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Fall fishing action is good off the Gulf of Mexico coast in west ...  -  Nov 15, 2008
Tampabay.com,By Larry Hoffman, Times Correspondent What's hot: The fall kingfish season continues to provide outstanding action up and down the coast.

Oceans reveal city of stars and carpet of crustaceans  -  Nov 10, 2008
The Australian,WASHINGTON: A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand a carpet of tiny crustaceans on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor and an Arctic comb jelly are

Iowa helps save the Gulf  -  Nov 15, 2008
Fort Dodge Messenger,The Gulf of Mexico is far from Iowa's productive farmlands, but agriculture in the Hawkeye State can have a huge impact on this important body of water.

Gulf of Mexico marine sanctuary idea dead for now  -  Nov 7, 2008
The Associated PressNEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Bush's proposal to create a string of marine sanctuaries in the Gulf of Mexico, known as the "Islands in the Stream," has died

Chevron Announces First Oil From Blind Faith Field in Gulf of Mexico  -  Nov 14, 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced that it has started crude oil production from its Blind Faith Field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Mexico mass kidnap in spiral of suspected drug crime  -  Nov 13, 2008
AFP...cartels of Ciudad Juarez, on the central US border; Sinaloa, in northwest Mexico where the farmers were abducted; and the Gulf of Mexico in the east.

Mexico's Pemex remains upbeat  -  Nov 15, 2008
Calgary Herald,Mexico hopes the reform will bolsterPemex'sexplorationcampaign in the virtually untouched waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where the government believes up to

Supercomputing Our Way to Energy Security  -  Nov 14, 2008
Motley FoolWell, Repsol's drilling partners include Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) in Brazil and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) in the Gulf of Mexico. These firms may benefit from

Mississippi man still missing after boat capsizes on Gulf of Mexico  -  Nov 11, 2008
Press-Register - al.com,...missing after their 12-foot fishing boat capsized Sunday afternoon near Cat Island in the Gulf of Mexico off the Mississippi coast, officials said.

Old DuPont Bridge Destined for the Bottom of the Gulf  -  Nov 12, 2008
WJHG-TV,More of the old DuPont Bridge is headed for the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The Department of Transportation is preparing to sink two more trestles of the

Falling crude prices could slow deep-water drilling  -  Nov 11, 2008
Houston Chronicle,By BRETT CLANTON HOUSTON CHRONICLE So far unscathed by plummeting oil prices, costly deep-water drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico could soon become

Firs GeoStreamer survey in the Gulf of Mexico  -  Nov 12, 2008
Offshore Shipping Online,...that it will acquire a new multi-client 3-D seismic survey in the area of DeSoto Canyon located offshore Alabama and Florida in the Gulf of Mexico.

Atwood Announces Exercise of Option Under the RICHMOND Contract  -  Nov 7, 2008
MarketWatch...announced today that the RICHMOND (the Company's only rig in the Gulf of Mexico) has been awarded another well with a dayrate of $85000 by Contango

Gag grouper fishing picking up in shallower depths of Gulf of Mexico  -  Nov 12, 2008
Tampabay.com,By Dave Mistretta, Times Correspondent Great bottom fishing: Gag grouper fishing is starting to pick up in depths of 40 feet and less.

Public’s views sought on energy leases off Virginia  -  Nov 12, 2008
Houston Chronicle,In July, President Bush lifted a presidential ban on drilling off the East and West coasts as well as the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico.

Murphy Oil Announces Eastern Gulf of Mexico Drilling Results  -  Oct 21, 2008
WELT ONLINE,Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) announced the results of two recent exploration wells in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. A discovery was made at its Dalmatian

Neptune wins $14m NEPSYS projects in the Gulf of Mexico  -  Nov 11, 2008
Subsea World (press release),...wholly owned subsidiary, US Underwater Services LP, has been awarded two NEPSYS® repair projects in the Gulf of Mexico worth US$10 million (AUD$14.65m).

Gulf Energy Output Still Hobbled in Ike's Aftermath  -  Nov 7, 2008
Wall Street JournalAlmost two months after Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast, nearly a quarter of oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico remains offline,

Hit the water before approaching cold front  -  Nov 13, 2008
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,Jim Zacharias of the Dee-Jay II out of Parrot Cove Marina said Spanish mackerel and little tunny are cooperating in the inshore Gulf of Mexico.

Cold front to move through  -  Nov 14, 2008
Press-Register - al.com,An upper-air low-pressure area should move eastward across the Gulf of Mexico as a trough of low pressure heads out of the Plains, bringing an affiliated

Colombia's Ecopetrol to explore Gulf of Mexico gas  -  Oct 22, 2008
ReutersCN said on Wednesday it would explore offshore in the Gulf of Mexico for natural gas with affiliates of BP (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) with

Paloma's warning: Late-season hurricane should remind us about ...  -  Nov 11, 2008
Houston Chronicle,PRAISE BE: Hurricane Paloma has spun its way down from a Category 4 storm to an autumn breeze in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. But not before it inflicted

Chevron: Nearly 50% Of US Gulf Output To Be Restored By 4Q 09  -  Oct 31, 2008
CNNMoney.com...(CVX) said Friday that about half of its Gulf of Mexico production will be restored by the fourth quarter of 2009 and that about 10000 barrels of oil

Energy Partners announces positive earnings, successful Gulf of ...  -  Nov 6, 2008
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com,Partners Ltd. this morning announced positive third-quarter earnings and its seventh successful well this year in the Gulf of Mexico's East Bay field.

Hornbeck Offshore to Present at the Bank of America 2008 Energy ...  -  Nov 12, 2008
MarketWatchInc. is a leading provider of technologically advanced, new generation offshore supply vessels primarily in the US Gulf of Mexico and other select US

Gulf of Mexico council delays vote on aquaculture  -  Oct 29, 2008
Press-Register - al.com,Federal fishery regulators have delayed a vote on an aquaculture proposal that would open the Gulf of Mexico to fish farms -- a plan that has drawn concern

Blue Dolphin Energy Company Reports Third Quarter Results  -  Nov 13, 2008
MarketWatch...("we" or "our"), an independent oil and gas company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico, today released financial results for the three and nine month

Apache Reports Third-Quarter Net Income of $1.2 Billion or $3.52 ...  -  Oct 30, 2008
MarketWatchThe decline was the result of two hurricanes that curtailed production in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore Louisiana and continued shut-ins following the June

Petsec's Gulf of Mexico output curtailed  -  Oct 23, 2008
NEWS.com.au,PRODUCTION for Petsec Energy fell significantly in the three months to September because of platform and pipeline shut-ins at its Gulf of Mexico projects

Anadarko's earns rise on derivatives, crude prices  -  Nov 3, 2008
Forbes,Anadarko said output at Independence Hub, its largest platform in the Gulf of Mexico, was restored within three days of Hurricane Ike.

No beads, but plenty of artifacts in 'Mardi Gras' shipwreck  -  Oct 29, 2008
Houston Chronicle,By ERIC BERGER A mysterious shipwreck deep in the Gulf of Mexico has provided a glimpse of life aboard a sea vessel two centuries ago, when the body of

Cheers and jeers  -  Nov 15, 2008
Daily Comet,Plant a tree — It’s no secret that our region is losing land at an alarming rate as the Gulf of Mexico continues to carve out new territory inland.

The week in Mexico  -  Nov 2, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,...during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 23, 2007, an independent commission headed by a University of California San Diego scientist said Friday.

Sediment That Could Protect Coast Goes To Waste  -  Nov 12, 2008
WDSU,...“Rather than just taking that material and sending it out to deep-water Gulf of Mexico, we'll say, ‘Hey guys, just let us know where you are dredging.

Repsol Now Applying Advanced Seismic Imaging Technology to Energy ...  -  Nov 10, 2008
SYS-CON Media,KaleidoscopeProject.info) -- has begun exploration operations in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil . Kaleidoscope is powered by reverse-time migration (RTM),

UPDATE: Plane owner, occupants identified in East Naples crash  -  Nov 15, 2008
Marco Eagle,In June a twin-engine airplane carrying a pilot and five passengers crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near Goodland on a return flight from Key West.

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