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Churning around?

May 01, 2017

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…

Teaching machines to speak drilling

May 01, 2017

Maana’s Jeff Dalgliesh discusses a recent project with Chevron aimed at training a machine to understand how drillers describe problems encountered during operations. Image from iStock. Typically…

US to increase OCS drilling

Apr 28, 2017

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…

ABS approves ultra deepwater APS

Apr 28, 2017

ABS granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to Frontier Deepwater Appraisal Solutions for an ultra deepwater Appraisal Production System (APS) that will provide critical production data for reserves located in ultra deepwater areas. Intended for deployment early in the appraisal process…

IEA: Oil discoveries, new projects hit record lows

Apr 28, 2017

Global oil discoveries fell to a record low in 2016 as companies continued to cut spending and conventional oil projects sanctioned were at the lowest level in more than 70 years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which warned that both trends could continue this year…

Halliburton trio forms GoM subsea alliance

Apr 28, 2017

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…

Materia expands Proxima manufacturing facility

Apr 27, 2017

Materia, a developer and manufacturer of catalysts and advanced polymers, is supporting growth in its Proxima thermoset resins by expanding its manufacturing capacity fivefold in Huntsville, Texas. The expanded facility will complement Materia’s…

BP ups Atlantis ante

Apr 27, 2017

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…

Wood Group shakes up executive team

Apr 27, 2017

Wood Group has made changes to its executive leadership team. Andrew Stewart has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the asset life cycle solutions (ALCS) business in the Western region and Michele McNichol has been appointed to the new role of executive president – integration…

Dresser-Rand wins Mad Dog 2 train deal

Apr 27, 2017

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 spuds Wildling-2 in GoM

Apr 26, 2017

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…

eDrilling, Mims Well form partnership

Apr 26, 2017

eDrilling, a provider of drilling and well performance solutions, and Mims Well, an integrated solution and service provider, have partnered to support the upstream oil and gas companies in Norway and the US.  The partner initiative is designed…

SNC-Lavalin makes Atkins takeover official

Apr 21, 2017

Canada's SNC-Lavalin Group has finally reached an agreement with UK-based WS Atkins (Atkins) to acquire the company in a cash deal worth US$2.7 billion (CA$3.6 billion). OE previously reported in early April that the Canadian engineering firm was looking into a takeover of Atkins…

Updated: Hebron platform to leave Bull Arm in May

Apr 19, 2017

ExxonMobil’s Hebron platform will be towed from the Bull Arm construction site next month, on its way to the Hebron field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. The Hebron platform being towed from Bull Arm…

VAALCO appoints new CFO

Apr 18, 2017

VAALCO Energy has appointed Phil Patman as chief financial officer (CFO) effective 17 April 2017. Patman has over 20 years of experience in the oil, gas and other areas of the energy industry in key roles including finance, business development…

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