Fugro completed a year-long wellhead monitoring project for BP Americas measuring BOP stack motions and calculating wellhead fatigue during a deployment in the Gulf of Mexico. The drilling campaign was conducted throughout 2014 in…
EMAS AMC’s subsea construction vessel, the Lewek Constellation, established an industry record for pipelay in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in 7368ft (2246m) of water during her sea trials. The Lewek Constellation…
A former high-ranking BP executive, David I. Rainey, has been acquitted of charges relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident. On Friday, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed charges that Rainey,…
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) will return to Mexican waters for Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) to continue a 3D electromagnetic (EM) acquisition that was part of a 2013 contract between the two companies. The BOA Galatea…
First production for Chevron’s Big Foot in the Gulf of Mexico is being delayed after its subsea installation tendons suffered damages. Big Foot. From Chevron. The US supermajor…
LLOG Exploration and its partners Ridgewood Energy and Stone Energy Corp. drilled a successful exploration test at the Viosca Knoll 959 “Crown & Anchor” prospect. The initial exploratory well encountered greater than 50ft of net oil bearing sand in a high-quality Miocene reservoir…
Houston headquartered Apache Corporation has shaken up its leadership team and regional operating structure to 'streamline' the business, including creating an 'offshore' division. The move includes creating 'more integrated, super-region structures…
Apparently undeterred by low oil prices, oil and gas output from ultra deepwater (>1000m water depth) fields will continue the relentless growth seen in recent years. Image from Shell. In…
Following Mexico’s historic energy reforms, Fernando C. Hernandez of Reaching Ultra, discusses what is still needed in order to make Mexico a major deepwater player. Fig. 2: The Perdido Hub as seen from a crew boat…
Murphy Oil completed and achieved first production at its Medusa SS #6 well in the Gulf of Mexico, according to partner W&T Offshore. Medusa SS #6 is located in the Medusa Field, in Mississippi Canyon 538/582 approximately 100m south of New Orleans…
W&T Offshore encountered hydrocarbon pay at Ewing Banks 910 with the successful drilling and evaluation of the Ewing Banks 910 A-5 ST well in the Gulf of Mexico. The company logged 160ft of gross hydrocarbon interval and is currently completing the well…
Harris CapRock Communications, a provider of managed communications services for remote and harsh environments, has been selected by Hess Corp. to provide a turnkey, integrated telecommunications solution to support the Stampede offshore field development project…
Anadarko shows its largest spar facility, Lucius. In this video, Anadarko explains the process of Lucius and what it has taken to get the project to where it is today, including its 25-day journey to the Lucius oil field located in the Keathley Canyon Block…
Both Halliburton and Transocean have reached settlement agreements with BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon incident occured on 20 April 2010, spilling millions of barrels of oil into…
As part of an unusual mortality event investigation, a team of scientists has discovered that dead bottlenose dolphins stranded in the northern Gulf of Mexico since the start of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have lung and adrenal lesions…
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