Wood Group Intetech (WGI), an asset integrity specialist, has been awarded US$1 million worth of work in the form of 11 new contracts from new and existing clients. The agreements span the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, and include…
Statoil’s exploration and discovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico are moving forward, as the Norwegian giant announced the spudding of the Yeti appraisal well earlier this month on 12 August. Transocean’s Discoverer Americas drillship…
Oceaneering International appointed Clyde Hewlett the company's new chief operating officer. In this capacity he will have expanded responsibility for managing all of Oceaneering’s oilfield business…
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) announced a cost reduction program that will generate cuts in its fleet, workforce, and capital expenditures, which the company is blaming on challenging market conditions. The EM Leader…
UK supermajor Shell awarded OneSubsea a contract to supply subsea services for the Stones ultra deepwater development project in the Gulf of Mexico. An artist's impression of the Stones FPSO. From SBM Offshore…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that its Western Gulf of Mexico (GoM) lease sale 246 held today (19 August) attracted US$22.7 million in bids. The BOEM and industry advocates say the sale reflects current market conditions…
Image: LQT Industries, LLC LQT Industries, LLC has been awarded two projects to upgrade and refurbish single lift accommodations that house a total of 320 personnel on a drillship and a semisubmersible located in the Gulf of Mexico…
Dutch motion-compsenated gangway firm Ampelmann has been awarded a contract by Boa Marine Services (BMS) for a gangway solution for the ExxonMobil-operated Gulf of Mexico Julia project. The work scope of Ampelmann comprises transferring…
COSCO Shipping Co. Ltd. (COSCOL) has signed a contract with Shell Offshore Inc. for the transportation of the Appomattox semisubmersible offshore platform hull from South Korea to Ingleside, Texas. This contract was awarded as part of an enterprise frame agreement between Shell and COSCOL…
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has given Shell final approval to drill into deeper into hydrocarbon-bearing zones at its Burger J prospect in the Chukchi Sea, off Alaska, in the US Arctic. “After extensive review and under a robust array of safety requirements…
“The call to delay next week’s Department of the Interior Western Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas lease sale shows how out of touch with energy reality and the American people some extremist environmental groups are,” Randall Luthi, NOIA…
Tendeka, a provider for completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has appointed Scott Watters as COO and Annabel Green as CTO. Watters brings with him more than 20 years of oil and gas industry experience in operations…
Houston-based Hercules Offshore has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a pre-packaged deal that will send the company into a reorganization and financial restructuring. Image from Hercules…
Image: TAM International TAM International has restructured its regional businesses into two individual hemisphere-based groups in order to achieve higher performance rates and streamline its business objectives…
InterMoor provided Anadarko Petroleum Corp. with rapid hook-up services for their Heidelberg truss spar in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico after stepping in at short notice for another contractor. The company hooked up the 80,000 b/d spar to three mooring lines in Green Canyon block 860…