China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) signed a rig and logistics integrated service contract with Mexico’s Hokchi Energy S.A de C.V. as part of the country’s energy reform. The COSLHunter, from COSL…
Verisk Analytics, Inc. entered a deal to acquire the data and subscriptions business of Quest Offshore Resources, which supplies market intelligence to the offshore oil and gas sector. The data and subscriptions business will become part of Wood Mackenzie…
Shell is divesting 100% of its Brutus and Glider assets in the Gulf of Mexico in a US$425 million cash deal with Houston-based and privately held EnVen Energy Corp. Brutus, during dockside integration…
A threatening storm in the Gulf of Mexico has forced oil and gas operators to evacuate six production platforms and one rig, and shut-in oil and natural gas production, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said today (29 August)…
There could be 25.5 billion bbl in place and 20.6 Tcf of gas in the West Orphan Basin, in the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) 2016 Eastern Newfoundland Call for Bids, according to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador…
Only three companies participated in the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) first ever online lease sale. Out of the 4399 blocks offered, the sale only received bids for 24 of those blocks for a total of just over US$18 million…
Anadarko Petroleum has appointed two of its executives as its new executive vice president of operations, and executive vice president, international and deepwater exploration. Hollek. Image from Anadarko…
Independent subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) service provider, ROVOP, is set to increase its Houston workforce by 10% as a result of further business growth including recent contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico region. The growth…
The president and CEO of Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC), Steven T. Benz, will retire on 30 April 2017. Benz joined MSRC as CEO in 1996 after an extensive career working for a major oil company. During his tenure, notable achievements…
J.R. Sult, executive vice president and CFO, has elected to leave Marathon Oil for personal reasons following an appropriate transition period. Sult's departure is not related to any disagreement with the company regarding financial disclosures…
Premier Oil and its partners in the upcoming shallow water bid round offshore Mexico are anticipating to go out to tender for a moored, semisubmersible rig for Block 7 in Q4 2016, the company revealed in its 1H 2016 report. Map of Blocks 2 and 7…
The Block Island Wind Farm, operated by Deepwater Wind, has completed the construction phase, according to the firm's CEO Jeff Grybowski. The executive tweeted out a photo of the moment when the last turbine blade was installed on 18 August (Thursday)…
Noble Corp. is adding to its cold stacked and warm stacked list, in addition to receiving an early termination notice, and signing a short term contract with Apache. Noble Tom Prosser, from Noble…
Total E&P Services awarded Emerson a 10-year contract to provide control and safety system maintenance services that will support Total’s global upstream oil and gas operations. The 10-year frame agreement is part of Total’s Integrated Control and Safety Systems standardization strategy…
Sperry Drilling, a Halliburton (HAL) business, released the 9.5in Azimuthal Lithodensity (ALD) service, providing real-time density measurements and images in boreholes up to 17.5in. ALD is designed to provide downhole density measurements…