Gulf Of Mexico News

 

Stone hits Cardona oil

Feb 25, 2014

Stone Energy Corp. hit oil at its deepwater Cardona (MC 29 #4) well at Mississippi Canyon 29 in the US Gulf of Mexico, the company announced on 24 Feb 2014. Drilling operations are underway using the ENSCO 8502 drilling rig, which Stone Energy contracted last April…

BP kickstarts Na Kika

Feb 24, 2014

The third phase of the Na Kika field in the Gulf of Mexico recently entered production, BP announced. Phase 3 production started on 19 Feb 2014, with a second well expected to come online 2Q 2014. Sitting in around 6300ft of water…

Tri Tool launches counterboring service

Feb 24, 2014

Tri Tool Inc. introduced a new high production counterboring service for the offshore market. To meet the demand for deep counterbore machining of steel catenary risers and critical pipeline needs in the Gulf of Mexico, Tri Tool has designed…

Ceona on GOM contract

Feb 20, 2014

SURF contractor Ceona has been awarded a contract for work in the Gulf of Mexico from Bennu Oil and Gas, LLC. The Clipper Contingency Umbilical Installation Project consists of the installation of a 1.1mi-long dynamic umbilical and two…

Marin opens gulf coast base

Feb 18, 2014

Marin has expanded its subsea business by establishing a base in the gulf coast. The objective is to support clients in the areas of deepwater excavation, claycutting and route preparation. The recent appointment of Frank Hazen, President of Marin Deepwater Operations…

Noble orders umbilicals

Feb 14, 2014

Houston-based Noble Energy has contracted Norway-headquartered Aker Solutions to provide umbilicals and subsea equipment for use in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Israel. In the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Noble Energy sanctioned two subsea…

USGS aids oil spill tracking

Feb 12, 2014

US Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have been developing a computer model that could potentially assist scientists in tracking and predicting where oil will go following a spill, sometimes years afterwards. The tool could also assist in oil spill clean-up…

First oil from Mars B field

Feb 04, 2014

A closer look at the integration and delivery of first oil in Mars B through the Olympus tension-leg platform.

Giant Olympus starts-up

Feb 04, 2014

Shell announced it has begun production from the Mars B development through Olympus, its seventh, and largest, floating deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico.   It is the first deepwater project in the region to expand an existing oil and gas field with significant new infrastructure…

BP profits drop

Feb 04, 2014

BP has reported a fall in profits in 2013, as the company feels the brunt of its divestment program.  Underlying replacement cost profit for Q4 was US$2.8 billion, compared with $3.9 billion for Q4 2012. Full-year underlying replacement cost profit was $13…

EnVen gas leak stopped

Jan 31, 2014

Update: The Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement (BSEE) announced that weighted drilling fluids pumped into well A-7 stopped the uncontrolled gas flow in Vermilion block 356 in the Gulf of Mexico. BSEE approved operator EnVen’s plan to kill the well with mud…

FMC wins Pemex contract for wellheads

Jan 24, 2014

FMC Technologies Inc.  announced today that it signed a 3-year contract with Pemex Exploration and Production to manufacture and supply surface wellheads to support drilling and well maintenance programs in the Gulf of Mexico. The award…

First dual-fuel OSV launched in GoM

Jan 23, 2014

Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, a manufacturer of a variety of ocean-going and inland marine vessels for commercial and military markets, announced today the launch of the first of six Harvey Gulf International Marine 302’ x 64’ dual-fuel Offshore Supply Vessels…

Port of Gulfport leases dock space

Jan 23, 2014

Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, Inc.—a manufacturer of a variety of ocean-going and inland marine vessels for commercial and military markets as well as the Trinity Yachts brand— announced signed a three-year lease with one-year options with the Port of Gulfport…

BSEE cites 12 for SEMS non-compliance

Jan 16, 2014

Brian Salerno, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), cited 12 Gulf of Mexico operators for failure to comply with the Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS) requirements of the Workplace Safety Rule…

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