Gulf of Mexico operators BP and Murphy Oil sing the praises of a new below US$50/bbl breakeven world at this year’s OTC Houston. Audrey Leon reports. Image of Morrison presenting at OTC. Images from OTC…
Cobalt International Energy has opened a data room for its deepwater US Gulf of Mexico North Platte field as it announced the latest appraisal well drilling results on the field. Cobalt, which says the field, with an estimated 500-800 MMbbl resource range…
In this video, Weatherford shows the benefits of the company’s RipTide RFID (radio-frequency identification) drilling reamer that can be enhanced with the ReamSync borehole enlargement performance system—a three-tiered process that combines dull grading analysis…
OE charts the top 10 deepest water projects currently in production and in development.
Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has signed an agreement to license data from the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) multiclient seismic survey in the Salina del Istmo province of the southern Gulf of Mexico, said Schlumberger (SLB)…
Prospects are looking up in the US Gulf of Mexico as operators make final investment decisions. EIC’s Jake Gillian outlines activity in the area. The US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) has seen somewhat…
Audrey Leon chats with Statoil’s Helge Hove Haldorsen about the positive results emerging from Mexico’s energy reform, how it compares to Statoil’s own experience as a state-owned operation, and its overall strategy in the Mexican Gulf. Helge…
Audrey Leon profiles the Thunder Horse field, speaking with project manager Steve Raymer about the BP-operated field’s most recent expansion project, which came in 11 months ahead of schedule and $150 million under budget. Loading…
Greg Myers, of GE Oil & Gas, explains how the digital transformation of offshore assets enables a competitive advantage by reducing excessive inspection and maintenance costs and increasing uptime with real-time operational data. Fig…
Jerry Lee reports on the development of Weatherford’s latest advancement in underreamer technology, the RipTide RFID. The premium cutter blocks on the RipTide drilling reamer are designed as a single set to evenly distribute the work…
US President Donald Trump signed executive orders today (28 April) to increase domestic energy production in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Planning area including the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, Cook Inlet, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic…
Halliburton, Trendsetter Engineering and C-Innovations have formed a strategic alliance to provide Gulf of Mexico (GoM) customers with technologically advanced, integrated offshore well intervention packages. The ISLAND VENTURE…
BP says it has made “a major breakthrough” in seismic imaging that has identified more than 200 MMbbl of additional resources at its Atlantis field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Atlantis. Image from BP…
The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas Division, received an order from BP to provide rotating equipment for the Mad Dog 2 project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Mad Dog 2. Image from BP…
BHP Billiton spudded the Wildling-2 ultra deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month, and plans to spud the nearby Scimitar wildcat in September. Image from BHP. The…