Speaking at Tuesday's 2014 Deloitte Oil & Gas Conference in Houston, former Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) CEO Dr. Jesus Reyes-Heroles weighed in on the country's historic energy reform. Reyes-Heroles said that he expects the Mexican energy reform to impact the GDP by 4…
South Stream Transport, the company charged with overseeing the planning, construction and operation of the South Stream pipeline is ready to start construction on the most complicated part of the project, Gazprom says. Once built, South…
Hess Corp. began production from the Tubular Bells field, located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Tubular Bells floating production facility. From Hess…
Vallourec has received a contract to supply premium tubes and connections for the ultra-deepwater Kaombo field off Angola, operated by TOTAL E&P Angola. As part of this contract, Vallourec will supply 27,000 tons of OCTG (oil country…
Tullow Oil is to “significantly reduce” its 2015 exploration spend and focus on its West African producing assets, including the TEN development project, amid falling oil prices. The move will see Tullow’s investment focus on West Africa…
Technip is investing more than US$84.7 million and more than four years to modernize its flexible pipe manufacturing plant, Flexi France, in Le Trait, France. This plan focuses on the installation of new-generation machines and site optimization to fit 12m diameter reels…
McDermott International delivered its 7,200-ton riser support structure (RSS) tower for the Ichthys project in the Browse basin, about 124mi off Western Australia. Engineered in Singapore and fabricated on Batam Island, Indonesia, the RSS tower is more than 328ft tall…
Production could resume as early as 2016 for the Kashagan oil and gas project off Kazakhstan following the replacement of pipeline infrastructure, Total’s President of Exploration and Production Arnaud Breuillac told Bloomberg. Production…
While the specific terms of Mexico’s new contractual frameworks for its oil and gas industry are yet to be announced, the regime appears an attractive one and should be conducive to active bidding, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData…
The Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project is moving forward with the installation of a 6500-tonne riser support structure (RSS) tower at the Ichthys Field, marking the beginning of the project’s major installation campaign. The Ichthys LNG project RSS…
Texas-based Excelerate Energy has been selected by UK-based exploration firm Ophir Energy to lead a consortium to build Africa’s first newbuild, open seas FLNG project. Excelerate will lead a consortium of technology providers charged…
RWE Dea Norge has started drilling the Atlas exploration well in production license 420 after approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Atlas, also known as well 35/9-12 S, is located in the North Sea approximately 45km off Norway…
Statoil aims to shed a further 15% on the capital cost for the Johan Castberg development, offshore Norway, before it can move forward, its project manager said. The up to 600MMboe Barents Sea Johan Castberg project has been delayed twice…
How much does Russia’s oil and gas industry stand to lose in light of increasing Western sanctions? Sarah Parker Musarra reports. In April 2014, the first oil produced from the Russian Arctic Shelf…
ABS Group’s Brian Gibbs and David Hua discuss long-term strategies to extend the service life of aging offshore assets. Structural integrity is critical to sustaining stable, reliable, and optimal performance…