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HAL releases ACX leak detection service

Sep 20, 2016

Halliburton (HAL) has released the Acoustic Conformance Xaminer service (ACX), a technology designed to help operators identify and pinpoint wellbore leaks by analyzing sound waves that describe flow patterns in the formation and casing. The…

CGG delivers Mexican seismic data

Sep 20, 2016

CGG's Fast Trax Reverse Time Migration (RTM) data from its Encontrado multiclient mega-merge project covering the Perdido fold belt has been delivered ahead of Mexico's December Licensing Round. The Encontrado reprocessing project is a merge of over 38…

InterMoor names Canada country manager

Sep 19, 2016

InterMoor has appointed Joe Price as country manager for InterMoor Canada based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the regional hub for the Canadian offshore oil and gas sector. Price, a native Newfoundlander, is a graduate of the Ocean and…

Cobalt cuts short Rowan drillship contract

Sep 16, 2016

Cobalt International has agreed to terminate its long-term contract for the Rowan Reliance drillship. The drilling contract was originally due to terminate on 1 February 2018. Instead, it will now end on 31 March 2017. Cobalt says it…

EIC opens new Houston office

Sep 15, 2016

The Energy Industries Council (EIC) has officially opened its new Houston office on 13 September.  (From left to right) Betty Russo, PCED, Community Relations, Office of the Governor Greg Abbott…

BOEM to offer 47 million acres in GoM in March

Sep 15, 2016

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer approximately 47 million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama for oil and gas exploration and development in a lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Central Planning Area (CPA)…

Frank's deploys FA-1 tool in GoM

Sep 15, 2016

Frank’s International provided its FA-1 casing running tool (CRT) for a project in the Gulf of Mexico that the company says established a new worldwide milestone in casing while drilling (CwD) operations. FA-1 was modified for 30in casing…

Pemex reveals six discoveries off Mexico

Sep 14, 2016

Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has made six oil discoveries offshore Mexico, with one particular find holding 140-160 MMboe of potential reserves. The company also revealed its plans to drill more than a dozen offshore exploration wells next year…

Anadarko boosts GoM acreage in $2 billion deal

Sep 12, 2016

Anadarko Petroleum will purchase the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) assets of Phoenix, Arizona-based minerals company Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) for US$2 billion cash consideration, the Houston-based independent said on 12 September. Anadarko’s…

Hummer's jacket arrives off Louisiana

Sep 09, 2016

Following a short weather related delay, the barge transporting the recently fabricated Hummer platform jacket has arrived on site in offshore Louisiana, according to Petsec Energy. Image of drilling operations at Hummer…

Turritella at Shell's Stones

Sep 09, 2016

SBM Offshore has released a video of the Turritella floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit, as the vessel started commercial production at Shell’s Stones development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico on 6 September. At Stones…

Schlumberger, ION in Mexico 3D reimaging

Sep 07, 2016

Schlumberger WesternGeco and ION Geophysical announced a new 3D multiclient reimaging broadband program offshore Mexico, which uses Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) data library. The Campeche 3D reimaging program comprises three survey areas covering approximately 82…

Shell brings Stones online

Sep 06, 2016

Supermajor Shell started production from its Stones development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the firm reported on 6 September 2016. The field’s FPSO, Turritella, is the deepest floating production unit in the world, operating in 9500ft of water…

TGS, SLB start GOM Revolution surveys

Sep 06, 2016

TGS and Schlumberger (SLB) have commenced the Dual Coil Shooting multivessel full-azimuth acquisition Revolution XII and XIII surveys in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM).  The surveys will cover approximately 7150sq km (306 blocks) in the Green Canyon…

GoM to restore production after Hurricane Hermine

Sep 02, 2016

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said after Hurricane Hermine hit Western Florida early this morning (2 September), offshore oil and gas operators are preparing to return to normal production in the Gulf of Mexico…

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