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Total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by all vehicles in the United States vary greatly across the individual states. The latest annual data from the Federal Highway Administration show that in 2018 the maximum (348,796 million miles in California) was 94.5 times greater than the minimum (3,691 million miles in the District of Columbia).

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JULY 20, 2010

Marathon Oil Corporation announced that its Droshky development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico has begun production on time and under budget. This marks the first new deepwater production since the Obama Administration halted drilling after the Deepwater Horizon accident. The new well had already been drilled at the time of the incident.

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MARCH 21, 2014

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the latest oil and gas lease sales for federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico garnered $872,143,771 million in high bids on 329 tracts covering 1,707,358 acres. billion in bid revenues. —BOEM Director Tommy P.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Shell has begun production from the Mars B development through Olympus—the company’s seventh, and largest, floating deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mars B development is located about 210 kilometers (130 miles) south of New Orleans; 192 people will live and work on the Olympus platform.

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APRIL 14, 2023

bp has successfully started oil production at its Argos offshore platform, strengthening bp’s position as a leading producer in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. bp now operates five production platforms in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Argos, Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika and Thunder Horse. Earlier post.) bp is the operator with 60.5%

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The US and Mexico have signed an agreement on the exploration and development of oil and natural gas reservoirs along the United States’ and Mexico’s maritime boundary in the Gulf of Mexico. The US-Mexico maritime boundary (and Western Gap) in the Gulf of Mexico. Source: Richard McLaughlin.Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

The US Department of the Interior reported that Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 238 attracted $109,951,644 million in high bids for 81 tracts covering 433,823 acres on the US Outer Continental Shelf offshore Texas. A total of 14 offshore energy companies submitted 93 bids. The lease sale, which offered 21.6

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has started production at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Vito is Shell’s 13 th deep-water host in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell is the leading operator in the US Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas production.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Malo PS003 well in the prolific Lower Tertiary trend in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Malo development is located approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 7,000 feet (2,134 m) of water. Chevron Corporation announced that it had conducted a successful production test on the St. Chevron’s Jack/St.

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MAY 9, 2021

The K7M seats 22, has a range of up to 150 miles, and can be fully charged in 2.5 BYD has also been selected as a vendor for transit buses and motor coaches in statewide contracts for California and New Mexico. It has a range of up to 220 miles and can be fully charged in three to four hours. to 3 hours. content.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Beaudreau announced that Interior will offer more than 40 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico in March lease sales. million acres, located from three to 230 nautical miles offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, in water depths ranging from 9 to more than 11,115 feet (3 to 3,400 meters).

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JUNE 25, 2014

Scientists are expecting an average, but still large, hypoxic or “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico this year, and slightly above­average hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay. cubic miles, an early­summer oxygen­-free anoxic zone of 0.51 cubic miles, with the late-­summer oxygen­free anoxic area predicted to be 0.32 cubic miles.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Chevron Corporation announced a new oil discovery at the Moccasin prospect in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. The well is located approximately 216 miles (348 km) off the Louisiana coast in 6,759 feet (2,060 meters) of water and was drilled to a depth of 31,545 feet (9,615 meters). The Keathley Canyon Block 736 Well No.

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JULY 16, 2014

Shell announced its third major discovery in the Norphlet play in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico with the successful Rydberg exploration well. After more than 10 years of exploration activities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Shell continues to lead industry in exploring this Jurassic play. Norphlet play. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

BP announced the start-up of Na Kika Phase 3, a project supporting BP’s strategy of growing high-margin production at four BP-operated hubs in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Na Kika semi-submersible platform is located about 140 miles (225 km) southeast of New Orleans in more than 6,000 feet (1,828 meters) of water.

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JANUARY 1, 2014

In mid-December 2013, BP announced its discovery in the Gila prospect, its latest in the Paleogene in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. This is BP’s third discovery in recent years in the emerging Paleogene trend in the Gulf of Mexico, following Kaskida in 2006 and Tiber in 2009. BP co-owns the Gila prospect with ConocoPhillips.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

miles) below the water’s surface, is located in the Tobago Field 200 miles southwest of Houston in the ultra-deep water of the Gulf of Mexico. From Perdido, Shell accesses the Great White, Tobago, and Silvertip oil and gas fields through subsea wells directly below the facility and from wells up to seven miles away.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The I-10 Electric Corridor will consist of multiple facilities, called TeraWatt Charging Centers, that will be spread across California, Arizona, and New Mexico. The TeraWatt Charging Centers are located approximately 150 miles apart to support the mileage range of commercially available electric trucks.

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MAY 8, 2013

Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) made a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. Shell is also in the concept selection phase for the Appomattox and Vito discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Malo project in the Lower Tertiary trend, US Gulf of Mexico. Malo fields are among the largest in the Gulf of Mexico. Malo fields are located within 25 miles (40 km) of each other in approximately 7,000 feet (2,100 m) of water in the Walker Ridge area, approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

BP announced today the drilling of a successful appraisal well in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. BP is one of the largest producers of oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico with net production of more than 250,000 boed. in about 4,500 feet (1,371 meters) of water.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Sempra International’s Mexican business unit Sempra Mexico has been awarded two contracts by Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s state-owned electric utility, to construct, own and operate an approximately 500-mile (820-kilometers), $1-billion pipeline network connecting the Northwestern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

El Paso Electric (EPE) has filed its Transportation Electrification Plan (TEP) with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission ( NMPRC ) for approval.

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JUNE 21, 2012

The US Department of the Interior held a 39-million acre lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Central Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale attracted $1,704,500,995 in high bids for tracts on the US outer continental shelf offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

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JUNE 8, 2011

Shell is launching a multi-billion dollar investment to develop its major Cardamom oil and gas field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM). kilometers (four miles) below the seabed. Technological advances in seismic imaging and drilling have allowed us to both discover and access this new field.

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MARCH 1, 2017

An international consortium operated by Chevron Corporation’s subsidiary, Chevron Energía de Mexico, S de R.L. signed an exploration contract with Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH), representing the Mexican government, for Block 3 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Production is now underway from the Cardamom development, the second major deep-water facility Shell has brought online in the US Gulf of Mexico this year, following the start-up of Mars B in February. The Cardamom reservoir sits beneath thick layers of salt in rock more than four miles (6.4

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

announced discoveries at the Tamar Southwest (SW) exploration well offshore Israel and at the Dantzler exploration well in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The field is located approximately 8 miles southwest of the Tamar field. Noble Energy, Inc. with 20 percent.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

The US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the consolidated Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 216/222 in New Orleans on 20 June 202012. The Proposed 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program schedules 12 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Chevron Corporation announced a significant oil discovery at the Anchor prospect in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. The well, which was spudded in August 2014, is located approximately 140 miles (225 km) off the coast of Louisiana in 5,183 feet (1,580 m) of water and was drilled to a depth of 33,749 feet (10,287 m).

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MARCH 31, 2015

Production has begun in the Hadrian South Field in the Keathley Canyon area, located some 230 miles (370 km) off the coast of Louisiana, with water depths around 2,332 meters (7,651 feet, or 1.45 ExxonMobil, the operator, holds a 46.67% interest in the Hadrian South field, Eni 30% and Petrobras 23.33%.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Shell has begun production from the Stones development in the Gulf of Mexico. miles) of water. miles) of water. Stones, which is 100% owned and operated by Shell, is the company’s second producing field from the Lower Tertiary geologic frontier in the Gulf of Mexico, following the start-up of Perdido in 2010.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

BP) and ConocoPhillips Company (COP) to explore and to appraise jointly-held offshore leases in the emerging Paleogene trend in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Completing these agreements will enable BP to do three things that are at the core of our strategy in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

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JULY 2, 2015

Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) made final investment decision (FID) to advance the Appomattox deep-water development in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Appomattox project is located 80 miles offshore (129 kilometers) from the nearest shoreline in Louisiana, in approximately 7,200 feet (2,195 meters) of water.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

trillion miles in the first nine months of 2016, an increase of 3.0% billion miles were driven in September 2016 alone—a 2.4% billion miles were driven in September 2016 alone—a 2.4% The seasonally-adjusted vehicle miles traveled for September 2016 were 268.7 billion miles. US driving topped 2.4

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Beaudreau released the final details for an oil and gas lease sale that will offer more than 20 million acres offshore and will make available all unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. million acres, located from nine to 250 miles offshore, in water depths ranging from 16 to more than 10,975 feet (five to 3,346 meters).

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