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Fugro invests in Arctic survey capability

Jan 29, 2015

The Research & Development Corp. (RDC) is investing US$4.9 million in a multi-purpose survey, support and research and development vessel to be stationed in St John’s. The total cost to design, build and operate such a vessel over a 10…

Shell curtails $15bn spending

Jan 29, 2015

Super major Shell is curtailing its spending by more than US$15 billion over the next three years and has futher options to reduce spending, the supermajor announced this morning, citing the dramatic, nearly 60% drop in oil prices over the past six months…

Supermajors exploring GoM

Jan 28, 2015

A team of US and UK supermajors led by Chevron are exploring and appraising 24 jointly-help offshore leases in the northwest portion of Keathley Canyon in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Image from BP.   The deal between Chevron…

BG inks alliance with KBR

Jan 28, 2015

BG Group has signed a six-year global alliance with KBR to provide technical support, services (in both the pre-FEED and FEED stages), and project management expertise across BG Group’s global upstream portfolio. Under the agreement, which has options to extend up to 10 years…

US details new offshore leasing program

Jan 27, 2015

The US Department of the Interior today (Tuesday) announced details of a proposed oil and gas leasing program for 2017-2022. US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell (pictured, right, with President Obama) and Bureau of Ocean Energy…

McDermott DB50 lifts 3250-tonne jacket

Jan 27, 2015

McDermott’s Derrick Barge 50 (DB50) completed the installation of a drilling and production platform that included the heavy lift of a 3250-tonne jacket in the Gulf of Mexico. The DB50 installation…

Tubular Bells topsides lift

Jan 27, 2015

Hess shows the carefully staged choreography of 14 cranes as they hoisted the 1000-tonne Tubular Bells main deck 100ft in the air to set it into place atop the production and cellar decks at a Houma, Louisiana fabrication facility. The Tubular…

Technip lands Amethyst contracts

Jan 27, 2015

Technip won two contracts for flexible pipe supply and installation at the Amethyst field, in Mississippi Canyon 26, in the US Gulf of Mexico.  The Deep Blue. From Technip.   Both contracts are for operator Stone Energy…

Fire out on Energy XXI GoM platform

Jan 23, 2015

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) responded to an Energy XXI, GOM-operated platform that was damaged by a fire in South Timbalier (ST) Block 27 in the Gulf of Mexico. The unmanned ST 27 IA platform…

PPE opens new Texas facility

Jan 22, 2015

Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) announced the official opening of its new manufacturing facility in Brenham, Texas on 12 February 12 2015. The new site, which began production in November 2014, manufactures high performance compression…

Apache chief retires from post

Jan 20, 2015

After 25 years with the company, Apache President and Chief Executive Officer G. Steven Farris announced his retirement effective today. Farris. From Apache.   The 66-year old will continue…

UH to lead offshore energy research center

Jan 20, 2015

The University of Houston (UH) will lead a national research center for subsea engineering and other offshore energy development issues, including research and technology to improve the sustainable and safe development of energy resources in the Gulf of Mexico…

Madison fails Noble

Jan 20, 2015

Noble Energy’s Madison exploration well has been plugged and abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico after no commercial hydrocarbons were found. The well was drilled to a total depth of 16,859ft in the Mississippi Canyon 479 and reached its targeted Upper and Middle Miocene objectives…

Anadarko's Lucius on stream

Jan 19, 2015

Anadarko began first production at the Lucius field in the US Gulf of Mexico. Image of the Lucius spar. From Anadarko.   Lucius is located approximately 380km southwest of Port Fourchon…

Court rules on Macondo oil spill amount

Jan 16, 2015

A US federal district court judge in Louisiana ruled on Thursday that BP’s Macondo well discharged 3.19 million barrels of oil into the US Gulf of Mexico. The ruling means that BP faces a maximum fine of US$13.7 billion under the US…

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