The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced a Proposed Notice of Sale for the second offshore oil and gas lease sale under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The proposed lease sale, known as Big Beautiful Gulf, or BBG2, is scheduled to take place on March 11…
Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has secured an ocean bottom node (OBN) acquisition contract in Gulf of America.The 4D monitor survey for an undisclosed client is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2025.The duration of the acquisition will be approximately four and a half months…
Rigs drilling beneath the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico will drive U.S. oil industry growth this year and next as onshore production slows due to lower prices and maturing shale fields, and analysts and consultants expect the trend to continue…
U.S subsea equipment and services provider for oil and gas sector KOIL Energy has secured a contract to deliver subsea distribution equipment for a project in the Gulf of America.As part of the contract, KOIL Energy will supply six Steel Tube Flying Leads (subsea umbilical) and associated equipment…
BP has reached a final investment decision (FID) on the Tiber-Guadalupe project in the Gulf of America, approving its second new production platform in less than two years in the critical U.S. offshore region.Fully-owned by BP, Tiber-Guadalupe…
French seismic firm Viridien, in collaboration with Norway’s TGS, has completed the acquisition of the Laconia Phase III ultra-long offset ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Gulf of America.The latest phase spans 151 OCS blocks and expands…
Texas-based oilfield services provider Expro has achieved a world record by deploying the heaviest casing string to date, using its advanced Blackhawk Gen III Wireless Top Drive Cement Head with SKYHOOK technology in the Gulf of Mexico.The record…
French seismic firm Viridien has taken ownership of seismic field data from the Momentum survey, which will be incorporated into Laconia, the company’s sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) program in the U.S. Gulf.The new coverage will extend Viridien’s…
C-Innovation (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has completed the decommissioning of the Joliet tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of America.Joliet was the oldest TLP installed in the Gulf of America…
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured contracts with Talos Energy and Murphy Oil for two of its drillships for operations in the Gulf of America.The first contract is with Talos Energy for the West Vela drillship for two-well drilling job…
BP has started up the Argos Southwest Extension project in the U.S. Gulf of America, adding 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in production at the existing Argos platform.Argos Southwest Extension is bp’s fifth major project start-up in 2025…
Scana-owned PSW Power & Automation has secured a contract for the design, manufacture, and assembly of six E-House modules for an offshore project in Gulf of America.The E-House modules will be used on three separate offshore installations in the United States…
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured work for two of its drillships in the Gulf of America.Valaris has been awarded a 940-day contract extension for drillship VALARIS DS-16, starting in June 2026, and a new 914-day contract for drillship VALARIS DS-18…
Seismic firms TGS and Viridien have started the Laconia Phase III ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Gulf of America, building on the previously completed Phases I and II.The goal of the Laconia Phase III is to extend extra-long-offset-low…