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Gulf of Mexico

mars-platform — The Mars platform in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo.

In the oil patch, battle over Jones Act heats up

Kirk Moore

oil-platform-gom-generic-noaa — An oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA photo.

Does court ruling signal an end to BSEE regulatory overreach?

Guest Author

gom-jack-up-rig-osv-sun-crop-boem — Sun filters down on a jack-up rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo.

Industry applauds US Customs closing Jones Act 'loopholes'

Kirk Moore

Mad-Dog-Platform-GOM-BP — BP's Mad Dog Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. BP photo.

Cheap Gulf of Mexico crude oil bound for Asia

WorkBoat Staff

Coast Guard responds to platform fire — Four offshore supply vessels extinguish a fire on an oil production platform fire near Grand Isle, Louisiana, January 5, 2017. There were four people aboard the platform who evacuated into the water and were recovered by the offshore supply vessel Mary W.

Ashley_Herriman

OSV rescues GOM platform workers escaping fire

Ashley Herriman

bosuns-chair-orp-iskra-800x600 — A cadet on the Polish Navy training ship Iskra uses a bosun's chair. Creative Commons photo by Żeglarz.

When everything went wrong — and nothing had to

Kirk Moore

Mad-Dog-Platform-GOM-BP — BP's Mad Dog Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. BP photo.

Three days, $3 billion in deals for BP

WorkBoat Staff

Perdido-Platform-GOM-Shell — Shell's deepwater Perdido platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Shell photo.

World’s biggest oil companies invest in Mexico

WorkBoat Staff

la-muralla-iv-pemex — The semisubmersible La Muralla IV in the Gulf of Mexico. Pemex photo.

BHP Billiton partners with Pemex as Mexico’s waters are opened to foreign drilling

WorkBoat Staff

Ocean-Confidence-semisubmersible-GOM-BOEM — Ocean Confidence, a semisubmersible deepwater drill rig used in the Gulf of Mexico. Image via BOEM/Courtesy of Diamond Offshore

New Obama offshore plan forces drillers to focus on U.S. Gulf

WorkBoat Staff

Stacked-Rig-LA-KHocke — Stacked lift boats in Louisiana in August 2016. Ken Hocke photo.

Cold stack attack

WorkBoat Staff