Gulf Of Mexico News


Stone ahead on Cardona

Oct 01, 2014

Laffayete, Louisiana-based Stone Energy is ahead of schedule on the deepwater Cardona development project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Cardona South well (MC 29 #4), located in Mississippi Canyon 29, is expected to begin initial production by 1 December 2014…

TGS, FairfieldNodal conduct GoM ocean bottom surveys

Sep 29, 2014

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…

BHP Billiton, Pemex sign tech MOU

Sep 26, 2014

Melbourne-based mining and petroleum giant BHP Billiton and Mexican national Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to exchange oil and gas-related technical knowledge and expertise. In April, Pemex announced…

Ex-Baker Hughes director joins Cubility

Sep 26, 2014

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…

BP, Nalco Champion begin 10-year global framework agreement

Sep 25, 2014

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…

Helix’s Skandi Constructor moves to GoM

Sep 25, 2014

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…

Bordelon Marine is in the pink with second Stingray

Sep 24, 2014

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 opens North American subsidiary

Sep 24, 2014

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 begins TGS charter

Sep 24, 2014

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…

Delta SubSea secures Hornbeck MPSV

Sep 22, 2014

Delta SubSea (DSS) entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Hornbeck Offshore Services for the HOS Bayou for deepwater remote operated vehicles (ROV) operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The HOS Bayou is one of Hornbeck’s recently…

TGS gets new GoM deepwater 3D Survey

Sep 22, 2014

TGS is continuing its Explorer series seismic acquisition program in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico with Panfilo 3D. Panfilo 3D will add 11,500sq km to TGS' multi-client library in the Lund and Henderson Central Gulf of Mexico protraction areas…

Marine Contracting gets EPCI contract for Cantarell bridge

Sep 19, 2014

Singapore-based Marine Contracting Pte Ltd. has received an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract (EPCI) from Rotterdam-based Jord Oil & Gas Systems BV (JOGS) to install an interconnecting bridge and tripod support…

Wild Well unveils Singapore capping stack

Sep 18, 2014

Houston-based Wild Well Control has unveiled its new subsea capping stack for response to a global deepwater well control incident that will be located in Singapore. Image from Wild Well The Singapore capping stack…

LQT delivers GOM platform facilities

Sep 18, 2014

LQT Industries engineered and built a new series of aluminum accommodation modules that will be utilized by a major oil and gas operator on a platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The buildings are 10ft x 35ft and weigh 16,000lb. The built modules…

SBM Offshore gets Noble GoM contract

Sep 16, 2014

Noble Energy awarded Dutch services provider SBM Offshore a contract for the Big Bend and Dantzler fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Thunder Hawk from SBM Offshore The two companies signed a…

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