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Tag: gulf of mexico

Energy & Environment

A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change

Nathan Rott, NPR

Posted on January 28, 2022 · The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico, in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.

Tags Donald Trump glasgow gulf of mexico Joe Biden

Energy & Environment

The Biden administration sold oil and gas leases days after the climate summit

Nathan Rott, NPR

Posted on November 18, 2021 · The Biden administration oversaw one of the largest oil and gas lease sales in American history just days after pledging to take action on climate change at the international climate summit.

Tags Climate Summit Department of the interior Exxon Mobil gulf of mexico Joe Biden oil and gas leases

Energy & Environment

Nicholas Spares Gulf Of Mexico Oil Production, But Ida Recovery Continues

Kyra Buckley

Posted on September 16, 2021 · Houston oil and gas companies are working to bring production in the Gulf of Mexico back online after a pair of storms hit the region.

Tags gulf of mexico Houston oil and gas Hurricane Ida Hurricane Katrina oil and gas Oil production Tropical Storm Nicholas

Weather

Nicholas, Now A Tropical Depression, Still Douses Gulf Coast

Juan A. Lozano, AP

Posted on September 13, 2021 · Nicholas is expected to weaken to a tropical depression Tuesday night. The storm has dumped more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, but it's a fraction of what fell during Harvey.

Tags coastal texas gulf of mexico Hurricane Nicholas mexico national hurricane center noaa South Texas Tropical Storm Nicholas

Hurricane Ida

Gas Prices Unlikely To Skyrocket As Oil Companies Assess Hurricane Ida Damage

Camila Domonoske, NPR

Posted on August 31, 2021 · The massive storm hit near the heart of Gulf oil production and refining, which will affect prices for a few weeks. But nobody expects the kind of price spike the U.S. saw after Hurricane Katrina.

Tags gasoline gulf of mexico Hurricane Ida Hurricane Katrina oil companies

Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida Strikes Louisiana; New Orleans Hunkers Down

Kevin McGill, AP / Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Posted on August 26, 2021 · The Category 4 storm hit Sunday with winds of 150 mph. It was the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.

Tags 2021 Atlantic hurricane season cuba gulf of mexico Houston area hurricane Hurricane Katrina Ida Louisiana Tropical Depression tropical storm

Energy & Environment

Weekly Oil Market Crash Update: Tropical Storms Add More Challenges Amid Coronavirus Downturn

Kyra Buckley

Posted on October 7, 2020 · Hurricane Delta could bring major problems to Gulf Coast-area oil producers. Plus: ExxonMobil is reportedly set to increase emissions.

Tags Coronavirus COVID-19 exxonmobil gulf coast gulf of mexico hurricane delta

Houston

2 Hurricanes Could Form In Gulf Of Mexico Next Week — An Apparent First

Bill Chappell, NPR

Posted on August 21, 2020 · One storm is currently forecast to hit near the Texas-Louisiana border; the other could reach the Florida Panhandle. Two hurricanes hitting the Gulf at once would be unprecedented, experts say.

Tags gulf of mexico hurricane storm Tropical Depression tropical storm

Weather

UPDATE: Hurricane Warning Issued For Corpus Christi Area, Coastal Flood Warning In Effect For Harris County As Hanna Approaches Texas Coast

Addison Antonoff, HPM Intern

Posted on July 23, 2020 · Tropical Depression 8 is expected to be upgraded to Tropical Storm Hanna on Friday.

Tags gulf of mexico Lina Hidalgo National Weather Service palacios port mansfield storm Tropical Storm Hanna

Weather

Disturbance In Gulf Of Mexico Could Bring Heavy Rain To Houston This Week

HPM Digital Team

Posted on September 16, 2019 · The National Weather Service forecasts widespread rainfall levels of two to six inches between Tuesday and Thursday.

Tags flash flooding gulf of mexico National Weather Service NWS rainfall texas

Houston Matters

Now That Occidental And Anadarko Have Merged, Are Layoffs Next?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 9, 2019 · Energy analyst Loren Steffy outlines which sectors of the new energy behemoth might see job cuts.

Tags Anadarko Petroleum business energy gulf of mexico Loren Steffy merger Occidental Petroleum oil and gas Permian Basin

Texas

Coming To A Gulf Of Mexico Near You: A ‘Dead Zone’ The Size Of Massachusetts

Andrew Weber, KUT

Posted on June 11, 2019 · An oxygen-sapping, fish-killing swath of algae is headed to the Texas coast this summer.

Tags gulf of mexico Massachusetts Mississippi River Delta National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science noaa

Texas

U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Awards $92M Contract To Expand Corpus Christi Ship Channel

Associated Press

Posted on January 4, 2019 · Plans include expanding the channel from the Gulf of Mexico to Harbor Island.

Tags Corpus Christi gulf of mexico U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Texas

Some Texas Coastal Residents Opposing Proposed Storm Barrier

Associated Press

Posted on December 17, 2018 · Bolivar Peninsula residents fear that a barrier would leave thousands of residents between a wall and the Gulf of Mexico, the Galveston County Daily News reports.

Tags Bolivar Peninsula George P. Bush gulf of mexico texas

Energy & Environment

How Two New Projects Aim To Boost Texas’ Declining Oyster Population (And Why It Matters)

Katie Watkins

Posted on December 10, 2018 · An estimated 50-85% of the Gulf of Mexico’s original oyster reefs have disappeared.

Tags gulf of mexico oyster industry oyster reef restoration oyster reef restoration Galveston wildlife conservation

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