Aberdeen, UK-based services firm Proserv has won two significant contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico. The deals with Talos Energy and Hess Corp. will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Phoenix and Conger field expansion developments…
In advance of the Deepwater Intervention Forum this 9-11 August 2016, Jerry Lee reports on a new approach to riserless plug and abandonment carried out by Wild Well Control in the US Gulf of Mexico. PA Tool component description and diagram…
Ezra Holdings has received a total of some US$300 million in awards for several new deepwater projects in various offshore oil producing regions in the Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Asia and West Africa. The scope of work for these new projects include project management…
Aquatic Engineering & Construction and recent alliance partner James Fisher Offshore (JFO), have completed their first global collaboration project for Ocean Installer Texas in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The project scope includes recovery…
TransCanada's joint venture with Sempra Energy subsidiary IEnova was awarded a contract to build, own and operate the US$2.1 billion Sur de Texas-Tuxpan natural gas pipeline that will begin offshore Mexico near Brownsville, Texas, and end in Tuxpan…
The Cross Group Subsea Solutions Division, together with Fugro Drilling & Well Services, has been awarded a multi-well riser-based plug and abandonment campaign in the Gulf of Mexico, which commenced May 2015. The Cross Group is managing the program…
Hoover Container Solutions announced three new changes to its senior management team, supporting its continued global growth. Joseph Levy has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer; Johan Wramsby has been appointed senior vice president and chief operating officer…
Offshore mooring and subsea services supplier Delmar Systems has acquired privately-owned InterOcean Systems. InterOcean designs and manufactures oceanographic and environmental equipment and systems, including its proprietary rig anchor release (RAR)…
The Houston Technology Center (HTC) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers – Gulf Coast Section (SPE-GCS) are collaborating to promote the development and commercialization of technology developed by SPE-GCS members through SPE-GCS’s Ideas…
Incidents relating to the installation and operation of high voltage subsea cables are the costliest cause of financial losses in the global offshore wind industry and led to insurance claims totaling more than US$67 million (€60 million) in 2015…
Offshore wind is headed toward new highs with the North Sea region serving as the backbone of the global market, says Douglas-Westwood’s Celia Hayes. Image from iStock. The offshore…
Technip’s US arm has awarded Boa a contract for light construction, heavy lift and possible umbilical lay operations and installations in the Gulf of Mexico for up to five months, including mobilization and options. The scope of work…
Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has chosen its first-ever farmout deal by offering stake in its Trion deepwater field, in the Gulf of Mexico near the US border. Image of Gonzalez Anaya…
Diamond Offshore Drilling and Trelleborg's offshore operation have announced a joint development agreement to develop, manufacture and market Helical Buoyancy riser technology developed by Diamond Offshore. According to Diamond, its patented…
Statoil made two oil discoveries in the Bay du Nord area during its 19-month exploration drilling program offshore Newfoundland, which the company is estimating the finds to possibly be in the lower end of the anticipated volume range. Map…