Mexico’s Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has signed agreements with Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) and with Argentina’s YPF, to take advantage of new opportunities opening through Mexican energy reform. Heads of the three national oil companies met last week in Cancún…
The importance of technological innovation in the oil and gas industry has risen over the past two years, according to a survey by Lloyd's Register Energy. Image from Lloyd's Register Lloyd's Register surveyed operators in America…
FoundOcean and Ranger Offshore Inc. signed a strategic agreement this month, formalizing a relationship that has previously developed between the two companies. FoundOcean, Ranger Offshore combine…
TGS and FarifieldNodal will conduct two ocean bottom projects in the shelf region of the US Gulf of Mexico. Z700 at sea from FairfieldNodal. The two surveys include the Calypso Full Azimuthal…
Norway's Cubility has appointed Jose Limia as the company’s regional manager for North America. Limia’s role will be to grow sales of the MudCube technology across the North American market, with specific emphasis on offshore drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico…
Nalco Champion and BP plc representatives recently participated in a contract signing event to officially commemorate a new chemical managed services global framework agreement (GFA) between the two companies. The 10-year GFA was awarded to Nalco Champion at the beginning of Q2 2014…
Houston-based Friede and Goldman, Ltd. (F&G), a naval architecture and marine engineer firm, approves the use of the Siemens jacking control system for use on their jackup rig designs. F&G says their customers will have an option to choose…
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s well intervention vessel, the Skandi Constructor, is moving to the Gulf of Mexico to begin operations in 1Q 2015. The Skandi Constructor, a dedicated light intervention mono hull equipped with the Helix 7 3/8in…
The results of Mexico’s upcoming bidding round for 109 exploration blocks and 60 producing fields could be crucial in determining the country’s future position as an oil and gas powerhouse, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData…
Forum Energy Technologies is beginning the construction of its new European operations center. Forum’s multimillion-dollar investment in its new Westhill facility will bring together five Forum businesses that are currently spread throughout Aberdeenshire…
Kongsberg Maritime Embient last week received the 2014 Compass International Award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of marine science and technology from the Marine Technology Society (MTS). The German subsea technology specialist and systems integrator…
Louisiana-based Bordelon Marine announces that its second Stingray vessel, MV Shelia Bordelon, under construction at Bordelon Marine Shipbuilders, will feature a familiar, eye-catching pink stripe, along with the Susan G. Komen New Orleans logo…
Mirage Machines, an Acteon Company, has invested in the launch of a subsea-focused engineering research and development subsidiary for North America in Houston. Mirage Subsea has been established with an initial staff of five operating…
Polarcus Adira is in transit from Las Palmas to the Gulf of Mexico to begin a 6-month charter for TGS. It will be Polarcus' first project in the US. The survey for TGS will cover an area of 11,500sq km. It will entail the towing of a…
Fran Rowe, Technical Advisor of Rowe Technologies, recently received the Lockheed Martin Award for Ocean Science and Engineering at the Oceans 2014 MTS/IEEE conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. The Lockheed Martin sponsored…
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