View full size The surface blowout preventer on the Rowan Ralph Coffman oil rig is seen as Interior Secretary Ken Salazar tours the rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday ...

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO-The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico-with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface-when out of the sea rises a.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, third from left, toured a Murphy Oil deep water oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, in 2010.(Gerald Herbert / AP) A century ago, in ...

But the gleaming new rig sits idle, shut down by the government's freeze on drilling at 33 ocean wells. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited the colossal structure this past week while on a tour ...

Producers are successfully implementing new, tougher drilling standards and resuming activity in the Gulf of Mexico, US Interior Sec. Ken Salazar said on July 28 after visiting three rigs in the ...

Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now, while touring rigs. Matthew Daly. ... But the gleaming new rig sits idle, shut down by the government’s freeze on drilling at 33 ocean wells. ...

Murphy Oil reports that production downtime at the Medusa field, located in Mississippi Canyon Blocks 538 and 582, could be as much as five weeks to remove a platform workover rig that incurred ...

Murphy Oil has commenced production from its Medusa field located in Mississippi Canyon Blocks 538 and 582. The Medusa development is located in 2,200 feet of water and consists of a spar facility ...

Murphy is in two minds on Medusa spar US operator on verge of seeking alternatives to early favourite 1 September 2000 0:00 GMT Updated 1 September 2000 0:00 GMT ...

Murphy Oil Co. said today that it has shut in and is evacuating its ThunderHawk facility in the Gulf of Mexico due to the approach of Tropical Storm Isaac, and will evacuate additional facilities ...

Murphy operates Medusa with 60% working interest; Agip Petroleum Co. Inc., an affiliate of Italian company Eni SPA, holds 25%; and Callon Petroleum Co., 15%. Continue Reading ...