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Technip, FMC get early US antitrust clearance

Jun 27, 2016

Technip and FMC Technologies announced that the pending US$13 billion merger transaction between the companies has received an early decision from the United States antitrust regulators under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act)…

Noble paid US$540 million by Freeport

Jun 23, 2016

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) paid out a US$540 million settlement to Noble Corp. after canceling two rig contracts operating in the Gulf of Mexico in May.   The Noble Sam Croft. Image from Noble Corp…

Shell resumes Canada drilling after riser drop

Jun 23, 2016

Shell has been cleared to resume drilling offshore Canada following a review to its procedures after an incident saw a 2km riser section drop to the seafloor.  Shell was drilling the Cheshire L-97 well, in about 2000m water depth, in the Shelburne basin…

Delta SubSea, Boskalis enter GoM MoU

Jun 22, 2016

Delta SubSea and Boskalis Subsea Services have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide integrated diving and ROV solutions in the Gulf of Mexico. Image from Boskalis. The…

Franks runs first string weight reduction system

Jun 22, 2016

Frank's International deployed its patented 1250-tonne Buoyancy Module (BM) Spider along with ExPert Landing String Solutions’ (ExPert) Drill Pipe Buoyancy Modules to help Anadarko achieve a nearly 250,000-pound reduction in total weight…

Proserv inks GOM contracts

Jun 22, 2016

Aberdeen, UK-based services firm Proserv has won two significant contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico. The deals with Talos Energy and Hess Corp. will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Phoenix and Conger field expansion developments…

A new way to P&A

Jun 21, 2016

In advance of the Deepwater Intervention Forum this 9-11 August 2016, Jerry Lee reports on a new approach to riserless plug and abandonment carried out by Wild Well Control in the US Gulf of Mexico. PA Tool component description and diagram…

Ezra lands US$300 million in deepwater contracts

Jun 20, 2016

Ezra Holdings has received a total of some US$300 million in awards for several new deepwater projects in various offshore oil producing regions in the Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Asia and West Africa. The scope of work for these new projects include project management…

Aquatic, JFO team up in GOM

Jun 20, 2016

Aquatic Engineering & Construction and recent alliance partner James Fisher Offshore (JFO), have completed their first global collaboration project for Ocean Installer Texas in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).  The project scope includes recovery…

TransCanada inks offshore Mexico pipeline gig

Jun 17, 2016

TransCanada's joint venture with Sempra Energy subsidiary IEnova was awarded a contract to build, own and operate the US$2.1 billion Sur de Texas-Tuxpan natural gas pipeline that will begin offshore Mexico near Brownsville, Texas, and end in Tuxpan…

Cross Group, Fugro win GoM P&A gig

Jun 17, 2016

The Cross Group Subsea Solutions Division, together with Fugro Drilling & Well Services, has been awarded a multi-well riser-based plug and abandonment campaign in the Gulf of Mexico, which commenced May 2015. The Cross Group is managing the program…

Hoover names new CFO, COO

Jun 16, 2016

Hoover Container Solutions announced three new changes to its senior management team, supporting its continued global growth. Joseph Levy has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer; Johan Wramsby has been appointed senior vice president and chief operating officer…

Delmar acquires InterOcean

Jun 16, 2016

Offshore mooring and subsea services supplier Delmar Systems has acquired privately-owned InterOcean Systems. InterOcean designs and manufactures oceanographic and environmental equipment and systems, including its proprietary rig anchor release (RAR)…

SPE, HTC in joint technology development

Jun 16, 2016

The Houston Technology Center (HTC) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers – Gulf Coast Section (SPE-GCS) are collaborating to promote the development and commercialization of technology developed by SPE-GCS members through SPE-GCS’s Ideas…

Offshore cable claims reach US$67 million

Jun 15, 2016

Incidents relating to the installation and operation of high voltage subsea cables are the costliest cause of financial losses in the global offshore wind industry and led to insurance claims totaling more than US$67 million (€60 million) in 2015…

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