Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast in their new World Offshore Accommodation Market Forecast that, during the period 2015 to 2020, demand for offshore accommodation vessels will average almost 42,000 personnel on board (PoB) per year, which represents…
One person is dead and 60 were injured following an event related to the Mexican Petroleum Congress (Congreso Mexicano del Petróleo) being held in Guadalajara last night, according to a report by the Zapopan municipal government’s Facebook page…
MX Oil announced a number of amendments to its joint venture agreement with its local partner Geo Estratos (Geo), which include an increase in MX Oil's interest in any concessions or exploration and production contracts to 55% from 51%…
Spectrum announced that their vessel has arrived in Mexico and started the acquisition of their Gulf of Mexico 2D campaign, in collaboration with Schlumberger. The first phase of the acquisition program Mexico Campeche-Yucatan 2D Regional…
The global capital spending on newbuild and converted floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels could reach US$8.65 billion this year, according to consultancy firm Visiongain. The largest spend will be focused on offshore…
Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) discovered four new shallow water fields offshore Mexico with the potential to produce at least 200,000 b/d of crude oil and 170 Bcf/d of gas. Map of shallow water discoveries off Campeche and Tabasco…
Chevron awarded Technip a lump sum project for the decommissioning of the brownfield development and installation of new subsea equipment supporting a floating production system located in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, in a water depth of approximately 2000m…
There were many memorable presentations and product demonstrations at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston this past May. OE Staff reports on a few notable discussions. Safety post-Macondo This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster…
Fugro completed a year-long wellhead monitoring project for BP Americas measuring BOP stack motions and calculating wellhead fatigue during a deployment in the Gulf of Mexico. The drilling campaign was conducted throughout 2014 in…
EMAS AMC’s subsea construction vessel, the Lewek Constellation, established an industry record for pipelay in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in 7368ft (2246m) of water during her sea trials. The Lewek Constellation…
A former high-ranking BP executive, David I. Rainey, has been acquitted of charges relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident. On Friday, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed charges that Rainey,…
Houston-based Paragon Offshore entered into a US$300 million sale-leaseback agreement with SinoEnergy for two heavy-duty harsh environment jackup rigs. Propsector 1. From Paragon. According to the terms of the agreement…
Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) awarded McDermott International an engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) and pre-commissioning contract for the Ayatsil-C replacement jacket and associated deck installation, offshore Mexico…
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) will return to Mexican waters for Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) to continue a 3D electromagnetic (EM) acquisition that was part of a 2013 contract between the two companies. The BOA Galatea…
Saipem awarded Aker Solutions its first order offshore Mexico at the Pemex-operated Lakach deepwater natural gas field. Lakach map. From Pemex. Lakach, Mexico's first subsea gas development with onshore processing facilities…
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