Redline Communications Group Inc., a provider of mission-critical wireless networks, announced that it has received a US$1.6 million contract to deliver a marine communications network based on the recently announced RAS Extend Marine product…
It has been less than a year since Mexico’s landmark energy reform, but the effects of this major restructuring on one of the world’s largest economies are already being observed. Gustavo Hernandez Garcia, acting director of E&P, Pemex,…
Helix Energy Solutions Group's robotics subsidiary, Canyon Offshore, is to provide a subsidiary of McDermott International remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services and equipment for McDermott’s fleet of subsea construction and pipelay support vessels…
Trelleborg announced it will open a new purpose-built facility in Berryville, Virginia, for its marine systems operation. As part of ongoing investment in its US operations, Trelleborg Marine Systems will relocate all of its existing employees from its current site in Clear Brook…
The first multi-client geohazard ultra-high-resolution 3D seismic survey is about to begin in the US Gulf of Mexico. NCS SubSea Inc., Geotrace Technologies Inc., and SpecPartners Ltd. have announced the start date for a multiphase, large-scale innovative project called SAFE-BAND…
This year's Offshore Technology Conference, held at Houston's Reliant Park on 5-8 May, broke records with 108,300 attendees, a 46-year high and a 3.3% increase over last year's numbers, the conference announced on 8 May 2014. Attendance surpassed the 2013 total of 104…
NCS Subsea, GeoTrace and SpecPartners set the start date for a multiphase, large scale project called SAFE-BAND. Acquisition is to begin 1 June 2014. NCS Subsea said it will be the first multi-client geohazard survey on a regional scale utilizing ultra-high resolution 3D seismic (UHR3D)…
CDI Energy Products recently announced the official release of its updated OptiSeal design guide for spring-energized sealing solutions at OTC in Houston, Texas. The 23 page, full-color design guide aids in the design and configuration of OptiSeal systems…
Apache Corporation's Gulf of Mexico subsidiary is to sell its non-operated interests in the Lucius and Heidelberg development projects and 11 primary term deepwater exploration blocks to a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold for US$1…
GE Oil & Gas has unveiled its next-generation blowout preventer (BOP) program aimed at making 20,000psi (20ksi) subsea formations the next frontier in offshore oil and gas exploration. Current GE subsea BOPs are only rated for 15ksi. However…
Milton Roy, manufacturer of controlled volume pumps, and a brand of Accudyne Industries, is launching the industry’s most powerful API 675 pump yet, Primeroyal X, during OTC this year. The addition of the Primeroyal X pump to the company’s…
Statoil has started its latest Gulf of Mexico exploration campaign with a well on Martin, a high-impact prospect, started on 20 April. The Martin prospect is in about 2916ft (890m) water depth in Mississippi Canyon 718, in the Greater Mars basin…
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates US total crude oil production averaged 8.3MM bbl/d in April—making it the highest monthly average production since March 1988. US total crude oil production, which averaged 7.4MM bbl/d in 2013…
Houston-based drilling rig operator Atwood Oceanics has been awarded a drilling services contract by BHP Billiton Petroleum for the semisubmersible rig Atwood Falcon. The contract is for 330 days and the work will be performed offshore Australia at a US$430…
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) director Brian Salerno outlined plans to establish a Houston-based BSEE Technology Center during a panel discussion at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. During the…