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BOEM announces Central GoM lease sale

Oct 25, 2013

As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced that it will hold Gulf of Mexico Central…

BMT picked for Stones FPSO mooring system

Oct 25, 2013

BMT Scientific Marine Services Inc (BMT) has been awarded a contract from SBM Offshore to provide an integrated marine monitoring system (IMMS) for the Stones floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the US Gulf of Mexico…

LAGCOE13: InterMoor grabs LLOG work

Oct 22, 2013

InterMoor has been awarded a contract for design, fabrication and installation of 12 suction pile anchors, pre-set installation of 12 chain polyester chain mooring lines and hook-up of the LLOG Delta House production semi-submersible floating production system (FPS)…

Subsea waterjet cutting goes ultra-deep and ultra-high pressure

Oct 18, 2013

Waterjet cutting went deepwater during the BP Macondo crisis. Now it is ready to go even deeper. By Elaine Maslin Ultra-high pressure (UHP) waterjet technology has been used since the mid- 1980s in the marine environment. Its use is well…

W&T adds to GOM portfolio

Oct 18, 2013

W&T Offshore Inc. is set to acquire a portion of Callon Petroleum Operating Co.'s Gulf of Mexico acreage, the company announced on October 18, 2013. W&T will take a 15% working interest in the Medusa field (deepwater Mississippi Canyon blocks 538 and 582)…

New frontiers: Depth drives intervention

Oct 16, 2013

Growing numbers of subsea wells in increasingly deeper waters will continue to drive the market for well intervention capabilities. Infields’ James Hearn outlines the market. Depleting oil and gas reserves within established shallow water…

US-Mexico agreement likely headed for conference committee

Oct 15, 2013

The US Senate bill ratifying the US-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement, S. 812, is reportedly on its way to a conference committee. The Senate's version of the bill, passed October 12, differed from that of the US House of Representative’s version…

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…

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