Gulf Island Fabrication has received an award letter from Arena Offshore for the fabrication of two jacket/piles and topsides for Arena’s projects in the US Gulf of Mexico. Delivery for these units is set for late second quarter 2015…
Colin Smith joins Wood Group Intetech to lead the expansion of its operations across the Americas. Based in Houston, Texas, Smith’s role will focus on developing WG Intetech’s business throughout the region, supporting its well integrity management solutions…
Baker Hughes issued the July 2014 international rotary drilling rig count last week, showing a total of 1382 rigs operating outside the US & Canada. International activity in July was up 38 rigs from the 1344 rigs drilling in June 2014…
Pulse Structural Monitoring Inc. opened a new, purpose-built facility in Katy, Texas that will provide modern office, production and testing facilities. The modern 740sq m facility will support Pulse’s expansion plans in the North American market…
Deputy Director Margaret Schneider traveled offshore to Platform Houchin in California's Santa Barbara Channel, on 6 August, the US Bureau of Environmental Enforcement announced. The fixed production platform, operated by Pacific Operators Offshore LLC (POOLLC) is about 4mi…
Mexico’s senate has given the final congressional approval to the country’s watershed energy reform that will open up the oil industry to private investment in a 78-26 vote late Wednesday night. The reform, which initially became law 21 December 2013…
The ExxonMobil-operated Hebron oil field hit a milestone in late July when the gravity based structure (GBS) was towed from the dry dock to the project’s Bull Arm construction site. The 180,000-tonne structure arrived 10 hours after tow-out operations began…
J2 Subsea opened a new facility in New Iberia, Louisiana. This facility, which includes a new hydraulic workshop for tool preparation, servicing and support, will provide torque tools, analysers, Webtool cutters, intensifiers, grinders…
TGS has agreed a multi-year collaboration with FairfieldNodal to develop, plan and execute multi-client Full Azimuth Nodal (FANTM) seismic surveys across a substantial area within the US Gulf of Mexico. The initiative will combine FairfieldNodal's…
Woods Hole Group today announced the appointment of Robert (Bob) P. Hamilton Jr. to President. Dennis Aubrey, who served as President since 2001, transitioned the office to Hamilton, and will serve as CEO. Hamilton joined Woods Hole Group in 1994…
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has compiled a new web-based map tracking North American LNG export facility projects. API says approving the LNG sites are critical to US export goals: the proposed export terminals are a 'roadmap to a lower trade deficit…
Proserv appoints two vice presidents to its senior management team. Paul Douglas has been promoted to the role of VP operations with Bruce Stuart joining Proserv as VP sales and business development for Europe and West Africa (EWA) from FMC Technologies…
Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has been contracted by Mexican shipping company Naviera Petrolera Integral to construct three SPP17A offshore support vessels (OSV), marking the Chinese company’s first foray into the Mexican market. The vessels…
Jeffrey A. Miller has been promoted to president of Haliburton and also joins the Board of Directors, effective 1 August 2014. In this new role, Miller will complement the leadership of Dave Lesar, Halliburton’s chairman and chief executive officer…
Marathon Oil is due to spud an exploration well on the Key Largo prospect, on Walker Ridge Block 578, Gulf of Mexico, in Q3. It will be the first well drilled with a new-build deepwater drillship. Marathon Oil is operator and holds a 60% working interest in the prospect…