Marathon Oil is due to spud an exploration well on the Key Largo prospect, on Walker Ridge Block 578, Gulf of Mexico, in Q3. It will be the first well drilled with a new-build deepwater drillship. Marathon Oil is operator and holds a 60% working interest in the prospect…
TGS is to start Snipe Phase 52, a new long-offset 2D multi-client survey in the ultra-deep water, US Central Gulf of Mexico in Q3 this year. The survey, which will take about 100 days, will include 12,000km of data exending to the US-Mexico international boundary…
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lifted a suspension and proposed debarment and removed the statutory disqualification imposed on Houston-based explorer W&T Offshore, the company announced on 5 August 2014. US EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy…
Chevron’s Anchor-1 well was junked due to mechanical difficulties. Located in Green Canyon block 807, 131 mi. from Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, Anchor-1 was abandoned before reaching its geologic objectives, according to Cobalt International Energy’s 2Q 2014 results…
Mexico-focused junior explorer MX Oil plc reported on 1 August 2014 that it has established a joint venture with Geo Estratos SA de CV, an established oil services business in Mexico, that MX describes as 'potentially transformational' for the company…
Production began from two “high-rate” wells at Murphy Oil’s Dalmatian development in the US Gulf of Mexico. The US-based company announced that the project came online during its 2Q 2014 earnings report. Murphy Oil said the results were “better than planned…
Faces of the Industry is a monthly series dedicated to taking readers behind the job titles to learn more about key influencers and risk takers in oil and gas. Pull the curtain back to see that it is more than just rig counts and oil prices driving our industry…
The Inez H. Eymard lift boat. Photo from Nick Welz, Tetra Tech Inc. Dominion Virginia Power is using L/B Inez H. Eymard for geotechnical site work this summer. Throughout July…
Shore-side command centers are the hub for offshore communications and rescue coordination efforts. Images from McMurdo Group. McMurdo Group’s Remi Julien discusses how different…
A Cyberhawk ROAV in flight. Photos from Cyberhawk. Chris Fleming explains how using remotely operated aerial vehicles for inspections are reducing plant shutdowns at oil and gas production facilities in the UK and around the world…
Frank Verhoeven Boskalis is eyeing an increasing role in offshore oil and gas and renewables projects—including the potential to dry dock floating production vessels at sea. Elaine Maslin found out more…
Ellen Fussell Policastro examines how video surveillance meets DCS integration for faster event response. Video surveillance sees use for monitoring coastal traffic monitoring and preventing vandalism…
Optimum completion. Photo from Weatherford. Weatherford’s Yvonne McAnally and Ben Lake show how collaboration and integrated methodology delivered an operator’s first subsea well project in Norway…
In advance of OE’s 2014 Deepwater Intervention Forum held in Galveston, Texas, Managing Editor Audrey Leon spoke with representatives of Helix Energy Solutions, FMC Technologies, and consultant Robert Keith of R.J. Keith & Associates, to discuss topics affecting the intervention sector…
There is no doubt networking plays a vital role in the offshore oil and gas industry right now and it will be even more important in the future. With the potential of remote management of multiple platforms from an onshore location, as well…
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