Former Louisiana state official Scott A. Angelle has been appointed as the director of the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), effective 23 May. Angelle. Image from BSEE. Angelle…
Talos Energy has started drilling the Zama-1 exploration well in Block 7 in the shallow water Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. The well is the first exploration well to be drilled on acreage awarded in Mexico's first international licensing round in 2015…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) says it will offer about 1.09 million acres in the Cook Inlet, offshore Alaska’s south central coast in a lease sale scheduled for next month. Map of the 224 areas included in the Cook Inlet Lease Sale 244…
Wild Well Control purchased subsea capping equipment from Shell EP Wells Equipment Services BV. Wild Well’s WellCONTAINED capping stack located in Singapore. Image from Wild Well. The…
NXT Energy Solutions has started work on the first-ever Stress Field Detection (SFD) Multi-Client Survey in the Gulf of Mexico. NXT’s patented SFD Technology has been approved by the Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos, (CNH), for work credits by exploration companies in Mexico…
Westwood Global Energy Group (WGEG) predicts to see stagnation in terms of dollar demand through to early next decade before signs of a recovery emerge. This is due primarily to the marked oversupply of equipment. Most critically, the newbuild offshore rig market (comprising jackups…
Houston-based oilfield services provider Halliburton has selected its current president, Jeff Miller, to succeed CEO Dave Lesar, effective 1 June 2017. Miller will serve as both president and CEO. Image of Miller…
Wood Group has signed a 10-year master services agreement (MSA) with Chevron that allows them to deliver conceptual engineering, pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED), FEED, detailed design and procurement services in multiple locations…
Oceaneering International will support the design, fabrication and installation of ancillary flowline hardware at Royal Dutch Shell’s Appomattox development in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the contract, Oceaneering will procure and install pre-lay and post-lay crossing mattresses…
A recent Wood Mackenzie survey finds that 80% of oil and gas operators expect oil prices to reach the US$50-$60/bbl range this year. Despite optimism over oil prices, survey respondents remain very cautious right now, with little appetite for risk…
LQT Industries has been awarded multiple Gulf of Mexico projects including aluminum accommodation rental packages, construction, and refurbishment projects. LQT is providing aluminum accommodation packages for major oil and gas operators on two separate offshore platforms…
Premier Oil says it will begin a short subsea tie-in campaign next month at the Varadero prospect, as its Catcher project remains on track to deliver first oil later this year. Image from Premier Oil Premier…
Avangrid Renewables and Vineyard Wind have formed a strategic partnership to jointly develop a large scale wind energy project off the coast of Massachusetts. Last summer, Massachusetts required utilities to procure 1600 MW of clean…
Gulf of Mexico operators BP and Murphy Oil sing the praises of a new below US$50/bbl breakeven world at this year’s OTC Houston. Audrey Leon reports. Image of Morrison presenting at OTC. Images from OTC…
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) is moving forward with its evaluations from six companies to conduct geological and geophysical (G&G) activities in the Atlantic Ocean, as part of the Trump Administration’s 'America First' offshore energy strategy…
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