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Technip awarded subsea contract for GOM project

Oct 14, 2013

Houston-based LLOG Exploration Offshore L.L.C. awarded Technip a substantial contract for the development of the Delta House field, located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The contract covers the project management…

Shutdown could affect GOM

Oct 11, 2013

Over the past week, the government shutdown has steadily crept into more sectors of the oil and gas industry. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) shuttered today, sending a message to subscribers at 1 pm ET that it would furlough…

Keppel secures jackups for Mexico

Oct 10, 2013

Keppel AmFELS LLC was awarded a contract from Central Panuco S.A. De C.V to build a KFELS B Class jackup rig worth US$240 million. Scheduled for delivery in late 2015, the jackup rig is intended for operations in offshore Mexico. This…

Contract Briefs: October 2013

Oct 10, 2013

Subsea 7 on Cardona Subsea 7 was awarded a contract worth more than US$70 million by Stone Energy for Cardona field in the US GOM. Scope includes engineering, procurement, installation, and flowlines commissioning, risers, pipeline structures…

Voices: “How will the US Coast Guard’s new rules on offshore cranes affect businesses in the Gulf?”

Oct 09, 2013

Regulatory update. OE asked, “How will the US Coast Guard’s new rules on offshore cranes affect businesses in the Gulf?” The proposed rule’s incorporation of API’s robust industry standards will ensure that businesses are using safe and proven technologies to design…

GOM preps for Karen landfall

Oct 05, 2013

With a relatively quiet Atlantic hurricane season under its belt so far, the US Gulf Coast states are bracing for Tropical Storm Karen, which is impacting US energy output in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). A hurricane watch is in effect from Grand Isle…

Keppel, PEMEX to develop Mexican yard

Oct 04, 2013

Keppel Offshore & Marine signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with PEMEX Exploración y Producción (PEP) and PMI Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V. (PMI) to jointly develop, own and operate a yard facility in Mexico specializing in construction…

Apache finalizes GOM asset sale

Sep 30, 2013

Apache Corporation announced it has completed the previously announced sale of its Gulf of Mexico shelf operations and properties to Fieldwood Energy LLC, a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings, for $3.75 billion in cash (subject to customary…

ACTE13: CARBO introduces new proppant

Sep 30, 2013

CARBO Ceramics Inc. unveiled KRYPTOSPHERE™, an ultra-conductive, ultra-high strength proppant engineered to maximize and sustain hydrocarbon flow at high closure stresses for the life of the well, at the 2013 SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans…

W&T picks up Dantzler stake

Sep 30, 2013

W&T Offshore announced that it has acquited 20% interest in the Noble Energy's Dantzler prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Dantzler prospect is located in Mississippi Canyon blocks 738/782 off Louisiana. Noble has begun drilling…

ATCE13: Archer launches gas-tight storm plug

Sep 30, 2013

Oilfield service provider, Archer, has released STORMLOCK—an ISO 14310 V0-rated, gas-tight storm plug specifically designed for suspension operations in the Gulf of Mexico and other deepwater markets. STORMLOCK is being launched at Archer's…

SEG13: Pemex official addresses offshore technology

Sep 24, 2013

High-quality technology and proper backing investments are keys to “[allowing] Mexico to continue as one of the main hydrocarbon producers of the world,” said Jose Antonio Escalera-Alcocer, deputy director of exploration for Pemex Exploration…

CGG delivers GOM IBALT StagSeis survey

Sep 24, 2013

CGG announced that the Fast TraxTM TTI RTM (tilted transverse isotropy reverse time migration) processed data from its IBALT broadband, full-azimuth survey covering over 5,000sq km (221 blocks) in the Keathley Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has been delivered on schedule…

Noble drilling off Nicaragua

Sep 19, 2013

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.'s Ocean Saratoga semisubmersible drilling rig spudded a well on Noble Energy's Tyra Bank concession off Nicaragua in mid August. The rig is under contract to Noble Energy for US$323,000/d and is expected to finish in late November…

Stones FPSO ordered

Sep 19, 2013

Keppel Shipyard has been awarded two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) conversion contracts, including one for Shell's Stone's project, worth a combined value of US$150 million (S$190 million). The first is from SBM Offshore…

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