Mexico’s Agencia de Seguridad, Energia y Ambiente (ASEA) has found that Petróleos Mexicanos' (Pemex) Abkatún Permanente platform incident that left four dead, 16 injured and three missing, was caused by a leak in a rarely used gas fuel line that had corroded…
TGS announced that it has acquired 46,500km (25%) of the 186,000km 2D seismic project, Gigante. The survey is being acquired with four Seabird vessels and the fifth vessel, m/v Aquila, will join the survey in early November. Gigante…
UK-based SURF contractor Ocean Installer has been awarded a Regional Framework Agreement with BP for subsea work in the Gulf of Mexico region. The agreement covers subsea fabrication, transportation and installation of offshore facilities…
Mexican state owned company Pemex this morning announced it had evacuated the Sihil-A platform in the Bay of Campache, offshore Mexico, in the latest of a string of incidents offshore Mexico this year. The firm said the measure was taken…
Phoenix, Arizona-based minerals company Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) may be done with its foray into the oil and gas sector, nearly three years after the journey began. On Tuesday, the company announced that in consideration of spinning off its oil and gas business…
Anadarko Petroleum announced that topsides have been lifted onto the Heidelberg spar in the Gulf of Mexico this week. Heidelberg. Image from Anadarko Facebook. Using Heerema Marine Contractor's largest crane vessel…
The US and five Gulf states have reached a US$20.8 billion civil claims settlement with BP from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, according to the US Department of Justice (DOJ). Transocean's Deepwater Horizon before the explosion…
Image: Deep Blue/Technip Shell awarded Technip a contract for the development of subsea infrastructure for the Stones project. Included in the service are two subsea production tie-backs to the floating production…
Gregory Hale shows how web-based software utilizes high definition photos and video to extend the life of aging assets. Screen capture of a web-based software solution that utilizes high definition photo and video technologies…
Ezra Holdings Ltd., announced its Subsea Services division EMAS AMC has successfully completed the first two of three Noble Energy-operated subsea tieback projects in the US Gulf of Mexico. Image…
A midstream merger that will see Energy Transfer Equity (ETE) acquire The Williams Cos. (WMB) in a US$37.7 billion deal is linked to offshore operations in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Gulfstar spar…
Newpark Drilling Fluids announced the appointment of Tim Armand as vice president of US Offshore Operations. Armand began his career in the energy industry with Tetra nearly 30 years ago. He has since gained invaluable experience…
Freeport-McMoRan announced positive drilling results from the Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas (FM O&G) 100%-owned Horn Mountain Deep well in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Initial production from this well, which will be tied back to existing facilities…
Italian explorer Eni is set to spud its deepwater Gulf of Mexico Vernaccia exploration well in early October, according to partner Louisiana-based Stone Energy. The Vernaccia prospect, in Mississippi Canyon Block 35, will target the Miocene interval in a four-way structure…
Wood Group has been awarded a contract with Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC) to provide an operator training simulator; supporting training for containment in the event of a deepwater well control incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Image from MWCC…
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