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Transocean Lines Up Work for Two of Its Drillships

Aug 02, 2022

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean on Monday reported it has secured contracts for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships.The company said its Deepwater Conqueror has been awarded a two-year contract by a major operator for work in the U…

TechnipFMC Wins Contract for Gas to Energy Project in Guyana

Aug 02, 2022

Oilfield services firm TechnipFMC announced it has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited for the Gas to Energy Project in Guyana.Subject to final project sanction, TechnipFMC will provide engineering…

Bilfinger Wins Maintenance Deal for Shell‘s Gulf of Mexico Facilities

Aug 01, 2022

Services firm Bilfinger on Monday announced it has been awarded a multimillion dollar annual contract for the routine mechanical maintenance scope for Shell‘s oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The industrial services provider…

Odd Job Multiphase Boosting for OneSubsea, Subsea 7

Jul 28, 2022

OneSubsea and its alliance partner, Subsea 7 have won an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract on Kosmos Energy's Odd Job field in the US Gulf of Mexico.Through the EPCI contract with Kosmos, OneSubsea, the subsea technologies…

ConocoPhillips Eyes US Gulf of Mexico Exit

Jul 20, 2022

ConocoPhillips is exploring a sale of its stake in the Ursa platform and Princess subsea well in the Gulf of Mexico, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in what would mark its exit from deepwater energy production off the U.S…

Shell Places US Gulf of Mexico Assets Up for Sale

Jul 20, 2022

Shell is exploring a sale of its stakes in two U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas developments which could raise as much as $1.5 billion for the energy major, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.Potential divestments of some aging…

Harbour Energy's Offshore Well in Indonesia Hits 'Material Gas Accumulation'

Jul 11, 2022

Oil and gas company Harbour Energy has completed the drilling of the Timpan-1 exploration well located 150 kilometers offshore Indonesia, encountering 'a material gas accumulation.'The well, in a water depth of 4,245 feet (1293.8 meters). was drilled to a total vertical depth of 13…

Pemex, New Fortress Energy Ink Deal on $1.5B Offshore Gas project

Jul 04, 2022

Mexican oil and gas company Pemex has signed a letter of intent with the U.S.-based company New Fortress Energy to resume work on a $1.5 billion offshore gas project in Mexico, Pemex Chief Executive Octavio Romero said on Friday.The agreement…

Shell Buys Operating Stake in Equinor's North Platte

Jun 29, 2022

Equinor said on Wednesday it has agreed to sell to Shell a 51% operating stake in the North Platte deepwater development project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Equinor will retain 49% interest in the project, now renamed Sparta.Discovered in 2012 by Cobalt International Energy…

Petrobras to Sell Deepwater Assets to BW Energy for Up to $75 Million

Jun 23, 2022

Brazilian oil company Petrobras' management approved on Thursday the sale of its entire stake in the Golfinho and Camarupim deepwater oil fields for up to $75 million to Norway's BW Energy Ltd.The sale is part of Petrobras' strategy to divest assets and focus on more profitable operations…

DOF Subsea Adds $100M+ in Backlog with Petrobras Extension

Jun 22, 2022

Norwegian subsea services company DOF Subsea has secured an extension for its four contracts with Petrobras for subsea inspection works in Brazil.DOF said that the extension would call for at least three vessels operating for 18 months, to the…

First Hydrocarbons Introduced into Coral South FLNG Offshore Mozambique

Jun 18, 2022

Italian oil and gas company Eni said Saturday that the first hydrocarbons had been introduced  from the Coral South reservoir offshore Mozambique into the Coral South FLNG unit.Eni operates the offshore Area 4 where the Coral South FLNG is located…

Deepwater Drilling: Venus Puts Southern Africa in the Spotlight

Jun 17, 2022

Shell's and TotalEnergies' Graff and Venus deepwater discoveries off Namibia have put southern Africa under the exploration spotlight. With deepwater offering high productivity reserves, it's a spotlight that's likely to linger for a few years yet…

MDL and Jumbo Conclude GoM Mooring Installation

Jun 14, 2022

Maritime Developments Ltd (MDL) and Jumbo Maritime have completed a deepwater polyester mooring rope installation in the Gulf of Mexico.The project moored a new floating production unit (FPU) at depths of 1,200m (4000ft). The operation was performed…

BP Buys Into Bay du Nord Project off Eastern Canada

Jun 13, 2022

BP announced it will buy Cenovus Energy's 35% stake in the undeveloped Bay du Nord project in the Flemish Pass offshore Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador.As part of the deal announced on Monday, BP will also sell its 50% non-operated interest…

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