Deepwater Oil

    Exxon’s Offshore Lawsuit: The Rest of the Story

    By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  August 24th at 10:00 AM  | 

    Last week, ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior in the Western District of Louisiana. The lawsuit alleges that DOI, through the Minerals Management Service (MMS), acted improperly in cancelling three leases owned by ExxonMobil and Statoil, its 50% partner. The leases are in a field designated “Julia”, which lies in 7,000 feet of water, some 200 miles off the Louisiana coast. | Read More »