Aberdeen-based Return To Scene Limited, a SeaEnergy subsidiary, has been awarded a contract for provision of an R2S visual asset management system by Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), following a competitive public international tender process…
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced on 17 June that it has acquired Spectrum Sales & Services LLC, a nondestructive examination company that has developed subsea pipeline inspection technology based on the use of Electro Magnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) technology…
Noble Energy, Inc. announced on 16 June that it has reached an agreement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. to acquire interest in 17 deepwater exploration leases located in the Atwater Valley region of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). According to the terms of agreement…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a more than US$50 million contract in the US Gulf of Mexico by Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas in support of its velopment of the KOQV and Holstein Deep fields. The work scope covers the installation of flexible pipelines and umbilicals for both fields…
The US Department of the Interior has opened its new five-year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore oil and gas leasing plan to public comment, the agency announced on 13 June 2014. DOI said the publication in the federal register of…
Seven employees of Mexico’s largest construction company, ICA Fluor, died while working on Pemex’s Ayatsil-C platform during an accident that occurred 11 June, ICA Fluor announced 12 June. Another employee sustained serious injuries. The…
Sevan Marine’s Sevan 300-designed circular FPSO, which serves Petrobras’ Piranema field off Brazil. Photo from Sevan Marine. A new study by RPSEA, Doris-Inc., and Sevan Marine investigates…
MV Connor Bordelon is the host vessel for Baker Hughes new StimFORCE stimulation system in the Gulf of Mexico. Nina Rach went to Houma, Louisiana, to see the modular installation. Baker Hughes recently constructed a new stimulation vessel dedicated to the Gulf of Mexico market…
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) responded to an equipment failure onboard Transocean's Deepwater Nautilus semisubmersible drilling rig in the US Gulf of Mexico, the agency reported on 10 June 2014. Operator Shell Offshore Inc…
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on 10 June that they predict US oil and natural-gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is at low risk of hurricane-related production outages for the 2014 hurricane season. The EIA…
Rowan Companies has secured a two-year drilling contract for the Rowan Relentless, the fourth and final drillship in the firm's current construction program. The contract is with Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc…
Today's Baker Hughes North American offshore rotary rig count listed 58 rigs operating this week, down 2 rigs from a week ago but up 2 rigs from a year ago (4% year-over-year increase). Gulf of Mexico The majority, 56 rigs, are working in the Gulf of Mexico…
UK-based oilfield services company Expro has successfully deployed its new design ExACT (Expro annulus-operated circulating and test tool) in its first live offshore well. The operation, a tubing conveyed perforating 'shoot and pull'…
Superior Performance Inc. (SPI) announced it appointed Mitch Thibodeaux as its next president. Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, Thibodeaux will oversee the company’s field service operations, rental tool equipment line and new product development…
ASV’s C-Worker 6 successfully carried out a seabed transponder calibration in 1300m deep waters. The trials took place in the Gulf of Mexico and were conducted in rough conditions with 2.5m waves. C-Worker is an oil field services…