Gulf Of America News


81m Acres Opened in Gulf of America Lease Sale

Aug 12, 2026

The Trump administration will offer more than 81 million acres (32.8 million hectares) in the Gulf of America to oil and gas drillers as part of an effort to boost domestic energy production with regular offshore lease sales.The sale is the second since the U…

Chevron Halts Petronius Output as Tropical Storm Nears

Jul 22, 2026

Chevron has shut in production at its Petronius platform in the U.S. Gulf of America and evacuated all associated personnel to shore as Tropical Storm Bertha approaches.The company said production from its other Chevron-operated assets in the Gulf remains at normal levels…

BOEM Advances Third US Gulf Lease Sale

Jul 08, 2026

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued the final notice for its third Gulf of America offshore lease sale required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, offering about 80.4 million acres on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf…

Shell Agrees $1.7B Gulf Deepwater Assets Sale to Talos Energy and Ridgewood

Jul 01, 2026

Talos Energy and an affiliate of Ridgewood Energy Corporation have agreed to acquire Shell's interests in the Na Kika platform and the Coulomb field in the Gulf of America in a deal valued at $1.7 billion.Under the agreement, Talos will acquire…

EnerMech Completes Pipeline Decom Job for Subsea7 in Gulf of Mexico

Jun 24, 2026

Energy services company EnerMech has completed a pipeline flushing and cleaning contract for Subsea7 as part of an offshore field decommissioning program in the Gulf of Mexico.The scope covered the flushing and cleaning of a long-distance deepwater…

Trendsetter Vulcan's TBOP Tech Brings Shut-In Gulf of America Well Back Online

Jun 23, 2026

Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore (TVO) has deployed its proprietary Hercules tethered blowout preventer (TBOP) system to bring a shut-in well in the Gulf of America back into production, enabling a deepwater drilling rig to carry out a shallow-water workover operation…

BP Looks to Shed Gulf of America Projects, sources say

Jun 12, 2026

BP has started a process to sell stakes in two of its Gulf of America projects, four people with knowledge of the matter said, in what would be one of new CEO Meg O'Neill's first moves.BP, one of the largest operators in the Gulf of America…

OneSubsea to Deliver Subsea Boosting System for BP’s Thunder Horse

Jun 08, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract by BP to provide a subsea boosting system for the Thunder Horse project, a development in the deepwater portion of Gulf of America.As part of the engineering…

Shell’s Deepwater Mars Hits One Billion Barrels, with More to Come (Video)

May 21, 2026

Shell’s Mars platform has produced its billionth barrel of oil equivalent, becoming the first single offshore platform in the Gulf of America to reach the milestone nearly three decades after production began.The deepwater oil and gas platform…

TGS to Embark on OBN Survey Job in Gulf of America

May 11, 2026

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has secured an ultra-high resolution OBN contract in the Gulf of America.A deep-water crew is scheduled to mobilize early June 2026, according to the company.'We are very pleased to secure this ultra-high resolution OBN contract…

Seadrill Lands $260M US Gulf Contracts for Drillships

Apr 22, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured contract awards in the Gulf of America for two ultra-deepwater drillships, adding about $260 million to its backlog.The West Neptune drillship received a 365-day contract extension, with operations set to begin in September 2026…

OneSubsea to Supply Production Boosting System for Shenandoah Field

Apr 10, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract by Beacon Offshore Energy to supply a subsea boosting system for the Shenandoah field in the Gulf of America.The contract covers delivery of a high‑pressure…

Oxy Makes Oil Discovery at Bandit Prospect in Gulf of America

Apr 09, 2026

Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) has made an oil discovery at the Bandit prospect in the Gulf of America.The exploration well, located in Green Canyon Block 680 about 125 miles south of the Louisiana coast, encountered oil-bearing Miocene sands.Occidental…

Oil Majors Eye US Gulf Deepwater Field Stake

Apr 06, 2026

European energy majors TotalEnergies and Shell are among companies eyeing a majority stake in one of the U.S. Gulf's most promising sites, three sources with knowledge of the process said, as interest in North American energy prospects rises due to the Middle East conflict…

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