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Noble Energy is permitted to drill a bypass well in its Santiago project 70 miles southeast of Venice, La. (in Mississippi Canyon Block 519), where the water depth is 6,500 feet.
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BHP Billiton Petroleum is permitted to drill a well in its Shenzi field, 120 miles south of Houma, La. (in Green Canyon Block 653), where the water depth is 4,234 feet.
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ATP Oil & Gas is permitted to finish drilling a well at its Telemark Hub, 90 miles south of Venice, La. (in Mississippi Canyon Block 941), where the water depth is 4,000 feet.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. is permitted to drill a new well in its Hadrian North field, 240 miles off the Louisiana coast (in Keathley Canyon Block 919), where the water depth is 6,941 feet.
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Chevron Corp. is permitted to finish drilling an exploratory well in its Moccasin prospect, 216 miles off the Louisiana coast(Keathley Canyon Block 736), where the water depth is 6,750 feet.
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Statoil is permitted to begin drilling a well in its Cobra prospect 216 miles south of Texas City (in Alaminos Canyon Block 810), where the water depth is 7,134 feet.
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Shell Oil Co. is permitted to drill a well in its Cardamom Deep discovery 255 miles southeast of Houston (in Garden Banks Block 427), where the water depth is 2,721 feet. This was the first permit issued for a deep-water well proposed since the government banned those projects. It was the first drilling permit issued under a newly submitted (and approved) deep-water exploration plan.
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ENI U.S. Operating Co. is permitted to drill a sidetrack 57 miles southeast of Venice, La. (in Mississippi Canyon Block 460), where the water depth is 2,823 feet.
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Murphy Exploration & Production Co. permitted to drill a sidetrack 170 miles southwest of New Orleans (in Green Canyon Block 338), where the water depth is 3,325 feet.
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Statoil is permitted to drill a new well 219 miles south of Houma, La. (in Walker Ridge Block 969), where the water depth is 7,813 feet.
