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US senators propose offshore energy bill

May 19, 2015

The US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing regarding US Senator Bill Cassidy’s legislation S. 1276, the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act of 2015, to expand offshore energy production by opening parts of the Outer Continental…

Innovation in intervention

May 19, 2015

Welltec’s well tractor has transitioned from an unlikely vision to a solid reality now deployed in deepwater wells. OE explains. Image from iStock. Sometimes it takes an outsider to pinpoint how matters can be improved…

Ramboll spreads its American wings

May 19, 2015

Engineering firm Ramboll is bringing its Danish values to its newly acquired American businesses. Meg Chesshyre sets out the details. When Danish engineering consultancy Ramboll acquired Houston-based Excel Engineering in October 2013…

Security seeks parallel existence with safety

May 19, 2015

Gregory Hale highlights the importance of both safety and following proper security protocols. The April Pemex blast on a dehydration and pumping platform in the Gulf of Mexico showed that incidents will happen in a dangerous environment…

Frog-6 makes debut off Mexico

May 19, 2015

Reflex Marine’s first personnel transfer device is now operational in Mexico after being certified by the Mexican Merchant Marines. Reflex Marine’s six person transfer device, the FROG-6, was purchased by Olympic Shipping for use on their accommodation vessel…

Spectrum, Schlumberger enter 2D agreement

May 19, 2015

Spectrum entered into a cooperation agreement with Schlumberger to jointly acquire and process Spectrum's offshore Mexico Campeche-Yucatan 2D regional multi-client program. The cooperation agreement includes more than 44,000km of regional…

Mexico ramps up Gigante seismic work

May 18, 2015

Mexico is ramping up its offshore seismic data acquisition with recent awards to TGS-NOPEC and Norway-based Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS). The Atlantic Explorer. From PGS. Mexico's…

MMC Ventures invests in Sky-Futures

May 12, 2015

Sky-Futures, a provider of drone inspection services for the oil and gas industry, has raised US$3.9 million (£2.5 million) from venture capital fund, MMC Ventures, the largest investment into drone technology in Europe. The Series…

Technip gets BP Thunder Horse gig

May 12, 2015

BP awarded Technip a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit in the Gulf of Mexico…

Delfin proposes first GoM FLNG

May 11, 2015

Delfin LNG submitted an application to construct, own and operate the Delfin LNG project (Port Delfin) in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) under the Deepwater Port Act (DWPA). Map from Delfin.  The…

Red Marine develops subsea clamp solution

May 11, 2015

Red Marine developed and delivered the modular umbilical clamp system, made up of six purely mechanical elements to FMC Technologies.  Image of the modular umbilical clamp system. From Red Marine…

Wood Group wins OSRCL contract

May 11, 2015

Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has won a five-year contract with Oil Spill Response (Capping) Ltd. (OSRCL) to provide the maintenance support for a key part of a containment toolkit that would be used to control hydrocarbon release in the event of a subsea well control incident…

Wood Group completes MWCC vessels

May 07, 2015

Wood Group Mustang (WGM) completed engineering services for the two Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) vessels that can be deployed in the event of a deepwater well control incident in the US Gulf of Mexico. Services provided included the follow-on design engineering…

OTC15: Jack/St. Malo sets the trend

May 07, 2015

The Jack/St. Malo development is a bellwether for the Lower Tertiary Trend, Stephen Thurston, vice president of deepwater exploration and projects for Chevron said at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) this week. The Jack and St. Malo fields…

OTC15: Low oil price challenges for GoM companies

May 05, 2015

Low oil prices are challenging oil and gas operators. Two Houston-based companies, Fieldwood Energy and Schlumberger, whose operations are mainly in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) discussed some challenges that their companies face due to today’s…

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