Tag: Gulf of Mexico

In the wake of Hurricane Ida, US Coast Guard announced that is investigating nearly 350 reports of oil spills in and along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement released the results of its investigation of the October 28, 2020 incident when the Transocean Drillship Deepwater Asgard sustained major damage to various operational components while evacuating from an area impacted by Hurricane Zeta.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Gulf of Mexico will investigate a fatality that took place on May 15, at Eugene Island Block 158, Platform #14. 

Houston-based oil and gas company Fieldwood Energy has confirmed a fatal incident involving a contractor at one of its Eugene Island offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs.

The US Coast Guard recently announced that a 27-year-old male crewmember fell overboard from the tanker vessel Sagami near Sabine Pass, off Gulf of Mexico.

Oil major BP has deployed Boston Dynamics’ robot ‘Spot’ on one of its oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, to enhance safety of operations by reducing the number of people onboard. 

The US is preparing for another hurricane called Delta, the 25th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which has been intensified to Category 4 status and is expected to achieve sustained winds of 135 knots.

The Mexican-flagged offshore supply vessel MV NATALIE was reportedly boarded by armed men whilst conducting operations in the vicinity of the ODIN Offshore platform, about 12 nm northeast of Coatzacoalcos, in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Panama Maritime Administration strongly encourages all Panama Flag vessels transiting the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico and the state of Tabasco, in the Republic of Mexico, to continue to keep the utmost vigilance and increase security conditions aboard.