The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received 380 bids on 19 Mar 2014, for 326 blocks in the central Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than US$850 million. Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 231 attracted operators to bid on almost 40 million acres…
Sevan Drilling ASA today (October 23) took delivery of the Sevan Louisiana from Cosco Quidong Shipyard in China. The drilling rig has a cylindrical hull design and will be capable of drilling in water depths to 10,000ft. Sevan Louisiana…
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)…
The US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has clearly returned to the spotlight as one of the hottest offshore regions in the world. The impact of Macondo appears to be in the past and the number of both drilling rigs and major production projects are increasing…
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…
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, was recently awarded a steel catenary riser (SCR) detailed design project from LLOG Exploration. The scope of work includes detailed design of the production and export SCRs tied back to the Exmar OPTI- 11000…
Seadrill has signed a contract with LLOG Bluewater Holdings for employment of the new-build drill-ship, West Neptune, offshore Gulf of Mexico. The contract duration is a minimum of three years plus an option for a one-year extension at mutually agreed rates…
Après the moratorium of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, operators are once again exploring for opportunities offshore. Yet, escalating costs for production facilities can prohibit the profitability of some marginal fields. Jeannie…
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced it has won multiple subsea contracts this week. Subsea tree (Image: FMC Technologies)The Houston-based equipment supplier said on March 21 that it won a $30 million subsea equipment order from LLOG Exploration Co…
2H Offshore Inc., an Acteon company, has recently been awarded a Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) detailed design project with LLOG Exploration. The SCRs will be the first attached to the Exmar OPTI-11000 semi-submersible.Delta House Model (Image…
Dolphin Drilling and Petrobras have agreed to a one-year contract extension for the semisubmersible Borgny Dolphin. The contract, worth US$90 million, extends its deployment until September 2014.GDF Suex E&P UK picked Technip to provide installation…
Exmar's Opti-EX FPS in deployment at LLOG's Who Dat field in the Gulf of MexicoPrivate equity firm Blackstone Group has partnered with LLOG Exploration to invest $1.2 billion in the Louisiana-based company's Gulf of Mexico operations, the two companies announced on 13 November 2012…
OE's latest review of deepwater subsea tieback projects ongoing in the Gulf of Mexico shows the region is still suffering from the after-effects of the drilling moratorium that followed in the April 2010 Macondo disaster's wake. Jennifer Pallanich…
Long content to remain under the radar, Louisiana's LLOG is set to make a big splash with its first Gulf of Mexico deepwater development using a floating production system. Russell McCulley joins LLOG officials at the company's new digs north of New Orleans to talk about the Who Dat project…
Earlier this year, Douglas-Westwood forecast † the industry will spend $139 billion on subsea hardware 2011-15, a 23% jump on the previous five years, with the deepwater Golden Triangle inevitably dominating the anticipated spend. Despite the trials and tribulations of the past year…
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