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WoodMac sees first signs of growth

Jan 11, 2017

The first signs of growth in the oil and gas industry can be seen, says analyst Wood Mackenzie. The firm's forecast shows a double growth in the number of final investment decisions in 2017, compared to 2016.  According to Wood Mackenzie's global upstream outlook for 2017…

W&T strikes extra pay at Mahogany

Jan 06, 2017

Houston-headquartered W&T Offshore is looking to make its US Gulf of Mexico Mahogany field the cornerstone of its 2017 investment program after hitting oil across five zones in a new appraisal well. The Mahogany field, discovered in 1993…

Updated: GoM platform fire out, investigation launched

Jan 05, 2017

An investigation has been launched into a fire that broke out on an oil production platform in the US Gulf of Mexico yesterday.  Image from the USCG Twitter. The fire was on Renaissance…

Samsung wins Mad Dog FPU

Jan 05, 2017

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won the first offshore drilling project for Korean shipbuilders in 18 months, with an order for BP's Mad Dog II project in the US Gulf of Mexico.  The US$1.27 billion order is for a floating production unit (FPU) weighing 58…

LQT awarded five GoM projects

Jan 04, 2017

LQT Industries, a service provider and construction company, has been awarded five insulation projects in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) from major oil and gas companies. These projects consist of the execution of projects on offshore platforms…

Cobalt hits at North Platte appraisal

Jan 04, 2017

Houston’s Cobalt International Energy encountered “encouraging” results at its North Platte #4 appraisal well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and is preparing for a geologic sidetrack for further analyzation. Image of the Rowan Reliance…

Statoil: 2017 drilling to increase 30%

Jan 04, 2017

Norwegian oil firm Statoil has set out its plans to drill around 30 exploration wells, in up to 11 countries on five continents, as operator and partner, in 2017 - an increase of around 30% compared to 2016. More than half of the wells will be drilled on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…

Looking upward

Jan 01, 2017

2017 may be the year things start to look up in the oil and gas sector. Audrey Leon speaks with Robin Mann of Deloitte, to get a clearer picture on the activity front. Image from iStock. OE…

Slow and steady wins the race

Jan 01, 2017

Hess is dedicated to bringing its Stampede project online on-time and on-budget, with safety being the key to success. Jerry Lee dives into the finer details of the project, slated for 2018. In September 2016…

The show must go on

Jan 01, 2017

Despite reductions in exploration spend, work goes on. Elaine Maslin speaks with Wood Mackenzie’s Andrew Latham to find out where explorers will aim their drillbits this year. Stena DrillMAX. Photo from Stena Drilling…

BP's 2016 review

Dec 27, 2016

In this video, supermajor BP gives a look back at its projects in 2016. Progress was made on several of its projects including Shah Deniz 2 off Azerbaijan, the Southern Gas Corridor pipeline from the Caspian Sea into Europe, Juniper in Trinidad and Tobago, Quad 204 in the UK, and more.

BOEM offers 48 million acres in Central GoM

Dec 23, 2016

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer more than 9000 blocks, spanning more than 48 million acres in the Central Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Lease Sale 247, which is the Obama Administration's final GoM sale in its five year program…

Total, Petrobras form exploration pact

Dec 22, 2016

Total and Petrobras have agreed to work together on exploration and upstream technology, which will see Total become a partner on two pre-salt licenses in the Santos Basin. Image from Total. The licenses are the BMS-11 license…

KBR inks global BP work

Dec 19, 2016

Houston’s KBR has been awarded two global agreements by BP International for the provision of conceptual engineering services, and another for the provision of pre-front end engineering design (FEED) and FEED engineering services.  Each…

Anadarko in two GoM deepwater finds

Dec 16, 2016

US deepwater player Anadarko has completed a deal to buy Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets and announced two new Gulf of Mexico finds: Warrior and Phobos. Anadarko said the two finds highlighted the value of its…

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