ExxonMobil, through its subsidiary ESSO Exploration and Production Nigeria Offshore East Limited, has announced a $1 billion ...

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The Japan Trench is located on the "Pacific Ring of Fire," a region of special interest in earthquake and deep-water research. "It is here that oceanic plates bend, form ultra-deep-water trenches and ...

An international marine research team guided by Cornell expertise has successfully completed an ambitious drilling project to investigate the plate boundary fault that ruptured during the Tohoku ...

The federal government on Monday told Noble Energy Inc. it could resume a deep-water drilling project halted last year by the Obama administration's moratorium — the first work of its kind to be ...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has welcomed ExxonMobil’s decision to invest $1bn in the Usan Infill Project located in Oil Mining Lease 138, describing the development as a ...

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its approval last month of oil company BP's ultra deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups sued on the 16th ...

Deep-water drilling giant Transocean narrowed its net loss in the second quarter, and has a positive outlook for its high-specification assets and services. The company reported a net loss of $165 ...

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its approval last month of oil company BP’s ultra deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups sued on the 16th ...