Delta SubSea and Boskalis Subsea Services have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide integrated diving and ROV solutions in the Gulf of Mexico. Image from Boskalis. The…
Frank's International deployed its patented 1250-tonne Buoyancy Module (BM) Spider along with ExPert Landing String Solutions’ (ExPert) Drill Pipe Buoyancy Modules to help Anadarko achieve a nearly 250,000-pound reduction in total weight…
Aberdeen, UK-based services firm Proserv has won two significant contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico. The deals with Talos Energy and Hess Corp. will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Phoenix and Conger field expansion developments…
Ezra Holdings has received a total of some US$300 million in awards for several new deepwater projects in various offshore oil producing regions in the Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Asia and West Africa. The scope of work for these new projects include project management…
Aquatic Engineering & Construction and recent alliance partner James Fisher Offshore (JFO), have completed their first global collaboration project for Ocean Installer Texas in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The project scope includes recovery…
TransCanada's joint venture with Sempra Energy subsidiary IEnova was awarded a contract to build, own and operate the US$2.1 billion Sur de Texas-Tuxpan natural gas pipeline that will begin offshore Mexico near Brownsville, Texas, and end in Tuxpan…
The Cross Group Subsea Solutions Division, together with Fugro Drilling & Well Services, has been awarded a multi-well riser-based plug and abandonment campaign in the Gulf of Mexico, which commenced May 2015. The Cross Group is managing the program…
Technip’s US arm has awarded Boa a contract for light construction, heavy lift and possible umbilical lay operations and installations in the Gulf of Mexico for up to five months, including mobilization and options. The scope of work…
Vancouver-based EnerGulf Resources entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with Houston-based Texas South Energy, to participate in six offshore Gulf of Mexico (GoM) prospects owned and operated by GulfSlope Energy. GoM operations…
Shell’s deepwater production could double, to some 900,000 boe/d in 2020, compared with 450,000 boe/d in 2015, the super major said this morning. Setting out its capital spending plans up to 2020, which are to be capped at US$25-30 billion a year…
Automating data collection reduces operator exposure to offshore hazards, as well as making it easier, says Emerson Process Management’s Craig Abbott. Statoil’s Gullfaks’ B platform. Photo from Statoil…
Michael Cole, Fugro’s manager of survey prospects, explains how dynamic alarms coupled with office assisted remote services, can help provide better early warnings and navigation for end users. Vessel…
We have the saying “digital oilfield” within the industry, but does it exist in reality? Audrey Raj reports. Technip CEO Thierry Pilenko. Images from OTC Asia. With offshore…
Jerry Lee discovers how Marathon and ConocoPhillips teamed up to drill difficult deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico using a custom MPD system onboard the Maersk Valiant drillship. The drill floor is the heart of the Maersk Valiant…
There’s no disputing the somber mood of this year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, but industry leaders attempted to stay upbeat. Melissa Sustaita reports. Wael Sawan executive vice president…