Seanamic Group’s Umbilicals International has opened a new quayside manufacturing site in Channelview, Texas – just 30 minutes east of downtown Houston – today (5 December). Umbilicals International's Channelview facility…
Fugro has been awarded contracts by Ørsted to undertake geotechnical investigations at two large-scale offshore wind development sites. Ørsted is pursuing the development of these two new projects - Bay State Wind, located 15mi off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard…
Gaspar Franco Hernández, of CNH, discusses the abundant opportunity to develop Mexico’s over 200 mature fields (First published in the December 2017 OE, access the full issue here). Map of Mexico’s mature fields. Image from CNH. There are several definitions of mature fields…
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has approved Eni’s drilling plans for the Beaufort Sea offshore Alaska. US Arctic offshore Source: BSEE The Italian-based exploration…
St. Louis-based technology firm Emerson Electric has withdrawn its recent offer for Rockwell Automation, citing the continued unwillingness of Rockwell’s board of directors to discuss merging the companies. Emerson Chairman and Chief Executive David N…
ExxonMobil has initiated production from its Hebron field development project offshore eastern Canada, the company announced today (28 November). Expected to peak at 150,000 bo/d, Hebron will be the fourth producing field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador…
Carlos Alberto Trevino Medina, Pemex's corporate director of administration and services, will succeed Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya as CEO of the company, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced on 27 November. Pemex's…
Talos Energy LLC and Stone Energy Corp. will merge in an all-stock deal, creating an exploration and production company with a significant acreage footprint in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico and shallow waters offshore Mexico. The…
Anadarko Petroleum will allocate US$1.1 billion toward its deepwater Gulf of Mexico operations in 2018, the US independent announced on 16 November. During a Q3 2017 earnings call in early November, President and CEO Al Walker said Anadarko…
St. Louis-based technology firm Emerson Electric has once again offered to buy Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation, this time proposing to acquire all of Rockwell’s outstanding shares in a deal valued at $29 billion. David N…
Trilateral cooperation between the US, Canada, and Mexico is needed, says US Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Rick Perry. Photos from OE Staff. Perry was speaking at the University of Houston’s…
Hess has shut in production at its Baldpate, Conger and Penn State fields in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico in response to the fire that occurred last week at the Shell-operated Enchilada platform. The Llano field…
Pacific Drilling has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 'to pursue a comprehensive restructuring' of its approximately US$3 billion in outstanding funded debt. The international drilling contractor reported on 12 November that it planned…
Halliburton business Sperry Drilling announced today (13 November) the release of JetPulse high-speed telemetry service, which provides consistent, high-data rate transmission of drilling and formation evaluation measurements. This new telemetry…
Shell said today (10 November) that industrial firefighters were able to safely land on the Enchilada platform in the US Gulf of Mexico and perform a preliminary inspection; however, there is no timeline to resume normal operations. 'Though the structure is visibly sound…
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