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2017 exploration outlook - a return to profitability?

Dec 12, 2016

A new study by Wood Mackenzie on what to expect from global oil and gas exploration in the year ahead, Global Exploration: What to look for in 2017, shows that exploration should return to profitability in 2017, after five years of only single-digit returns…

Baker Hughes, GE merger progresses

Dec 09, 2016

The new Baker Hughes is expected to generate a revenue of some US$34 billion, have approximately 70,000 employees, and operate in more than 120 companies, according to GE Oil & Gas CEO Lorenzo Simonelli. Image of Simonelli…

Zilift installs ESP in a live well

Dec 08, 2016

Zilift, a developer of permanent magnet technologies for innovative artificial lift applications for the energy sector, has successfully achieved the installation, operation and retrieval of a slim-line cable deployed electrical submersible pump (ESP)…

Chevron unveils $19.8 billion budget focused on short-term

Dec 08, 2016

More than 70% of Chevron's US$19.8 billion 2017 planned upstream investment will generate production within two years, the firm said yesterday.  Chevron says it is targeting shorter-cycle, high-return investments with its 2017 capital budget…

Ardent completes Troll Solution removal

Dec 07, 2016

Houston’s Ardent completed the removal of the Troll Solution jackup in the Bay of Campeche, off Mexico, that the company is calling the largest wreck removal in 2016.   Ardent deployed assets from several countries…

BP's Thunder Horse leaks in GoM

Dec 07, 2016

A joint connecting a hose at BP’s Thunder Horse platform disconnected and released drilling fluid into the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) last month, in an incident that the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is investigating…

Ocean energy powered subsea vehicle battery developed

Dec 07, 2016

A clean energy startup based in Southern California is developing a power supply for remotely operated vehicles, which draws on temperature gradients in the ocean.  Seatrec's Trec Thermal RECharging Battery uses a non-toxic material with…

Stone hits setback at Amethyst in GoM

Dec 06, 2016

Stone Energy is conducting tests to identify failure points at its Amethyst well in the Gulf of Mexico, with no assurance of production restoration, following a shut-in in April. Image from Stone Energy…

Atwood delays two drillships with DSME

Dec 06, 2016

Atwood Oceanics is to delay delivery of two new ultra-deepwater drillships being built by two years. The drillships are being built at by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). Atwood agreed with DSME to take delivery of the two drillships…

BP's Mad Dog Phase 2

Dec 06, 2016

In this video, BP shows an overview of its recently sanctioned Mad Dog Phase 2 project.  The supermajor sanctioned the US$9 billion Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the Gulf of Mexico on 1 December, with the anticipation of first production set to start in late-2021…

Mitsui joins Shell in the GoM

Dec 05, 2016

Japan's Mitsui & Co. has reached an agreement with Shell to acquire 20% working interest in the supermajor's 100%-operated Kaikias and Circius fields in the US Gulf of Mexico, the firm announced on 5 December. The two fields sit in four blocks (MC-767…

SLB, Subsea 7 alliance wins Dalmatian contract

Dec 05, 2016

The Subsea Integration Alliance (a collaboration between Schlumberger, OneSubsea, and Subsea 7) has been awarded a deepwater integrated subsea engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) multiphase boosting…

Mexico's deepwater round ends in success

Dec 05, 2016

Mexico's highly anticipated deepwater bidding round, Round 1.4, in Mexico City resulted in eight of the 10 deepwater blocks in the Gulf of Mexico awarded.  Evaluating submitted bids. OE…

A new twist on an old polymer

Dec 02, 2016

Audrey Leon speaks with California-based Materia about a resin the firm hopes will make waves for subsea thermal insulation and other deepwater buoyancy applications. Proxima thermoset norbornene resins create composites…

FMC, Technip gain Brazil antitrust clearance

Dec 02, 2016

FMC Technologies and Technip announced that the pending, combination between the companies has received a clearance decision issued by the General Superintendent of Administrative Council for Economic Defense, (CADE), the Brazilian antitrust authority…

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