Technip awarded a subsea contract by DGE in the GofMFeb 10, 2016Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract by Deep Gulf Energy III, LLC (DGE) for the development of the South Santa Cruz and Barataria fields. These ultra-deepwater fields are located
CGG awarded survey extension Offshore ColombiaFeb 4, 2016CGG has been awarded an extension to a major 3D seismic survey it successfully completed on the Caribbean coast offshore Colombia in late 2015.
TransCanada files for ANR Pipeline rate revisionFeb 1, 2016TransCanada Corporation reveals that its ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) submitted a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under Section 4 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA)
Penn West Petroleum declares 2016 capital budgetJan 29, 2016Penn West Petroleum Ltd. says that the Board of Directors has approved a highly disciplined capital budget of $50 million for 2016.
TGS reaches 50% acquisition progress mark on Gigante seismic programJan 29, 2016TGS has acquired 93,000 kilometers (50%) of the 186,000 km 2D seismic project, Gigante. Gigante covers the entire offshore sector of Mexico and ties into TGS' regional 2D seismic
Lankhorst Ropes awarded mooring rope contract with ShellJan 29, 2016Offshore rope manufacturer, Lankhorst Ropes, has been awarded a contract by Shell Offshore Inc. to supply the mooring lines for the Appomattox development to be located approximately 140 nautical miles Southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. The semi-submersible four-column production platform will be moored in approximately 7,200 feet (2,195 metres) of water using 16 mooring lines arranged in 4x4 clusters. Lankhorst Ropes is supplying 78 rope lengths totalling over 63,000 metres of Lankhorst’s Gama 98® polyester deepwater mooring rope with minimum breaking strength of 21,545 kN.
Sky-Futures completes first ever drone inspection in the GoM for the O&G industryJan 25, 2016Sky-Futures, the provider of drone inspection services for the global oil and gas industry, last week completed the first ever oil and gas inspection by drone in the Gulf of Mexico for a global oil and gas service and drilling company.The inspection is the first ever legally carried out in the Gulf of Mexico by a drone for the oil and gas industry. It comes just over 10 months after Sky-Futures received the 46th Section 333 Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) Exemption Certificate to operate drones in the USA,
Petsec Energy to install platform jacket for hummer exploration wellJan 21, 2016Petsec Energy advised that a platform jacket will be fabricated and installed over the Main Pass Block 270 #3 BP 1 well on its Hummer exploration prospect.
88 Energy observes oil / condensate leaching from HRZ coreJan 21, 201688 Energy Limited updates on the evaluation of the core over the HRZ interval from the recently drilled Icewine#1 exploration well.
Tamarack Valley Energy achieves record fourth quarter 2015 productionJan 20, 2016Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. says that a successful second half 2015 drilling program in the Wilson Creek and Alder Flats areas of Alberta contributed to a record fourth quarter
Rockhopper and Falkland scheme of arrangement becomes effectiveJan 19, 2016On 24 November 2015, the boards of Rockhopper and FOGL had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share merger to be effected by means of a Court-sanctioned
Gran Tierra to acquire consolidating interests in the Putumayo-7 BlockJan 18, 2016Gran Tierra Energy Inc. has entered into an agreement with PetroGranada Limited to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of PetroGranada Colombia Limited.
Petrobras reports adjustments to the 2015-2019 business and management planJan 14, 2016Petrobras says that its Board of Directors has approved certain adjustments to the 2015-2019 Business and Management Plan (2015-2019 BMP).
88 Energy records oil shows at Icewine #1 wellDec 30, 201588 Energy Limited says that Icewine#1 reached its planned Total Depth of 11,600' on 24th December at 0008 (AK time), having successfully achieved all of the primary
Marquee Energy completes private placementDec 28, 2015Marquee Energy Ltd. has completed its previously announced private placement. Due to oversubscription the Company issued a total of 2,824,967 common shares in the capital
Pemex extends Fugro offshore geophysical and geotechnical campaignDec 25, 2015The contract extension is valued at approximately USD 20 million and the workscope includes geophysical and geotechnical field operations, laboratory testing and
LGO Energy no longer in active discussions to acquire Trinity-InnissDec 25, 2015LGO clarifies that whilst formal negotiations with the owners of FRAM Exploration (Trinidad) Limited, which holds the Trinity-Inniss Incremental Production Services Contract
Hawk Exploration amends bank credit facilityDec 24, 2015Hawk Exploration Ltd. Says that the $2 million principal payment on its term loan facility that was due on December 31, 2015 has been extended to May 31, 2016.
Schlumberger executes contract with Statoil for multiclient wide-azimuth deepwater seismic surveyDec 23, 2015Schlumberger and Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC have signed an agreement to license a large part of the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) deepwater multiclient seismic
88 Energy continues drilling on Icewine #1Dec 22, 201588 Energy Limited says that core was successfully acquired in the HRZ interval from 11,075' - 11,165' with a 96% recovery factor.
Weatherford lands world's heaviest casing stringDec 18, 2015Weatherford achieved a new world record by landing a 1,180-ton (2,360,700-lb) casing string at a total depth of 26,805 ft (8,170 m). The job was performed on a deepwater
Leucrotta Exploration updates Canada drilling programDec 17, 2015Leucrotta Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce an update on its fall drilling program.
Leucrotta had previously announced that it would drill and
First Subsea completes Heidelberg Spar MooringDec 17, 2015Deepwater mooring company, First Subsea Ltd, has completed the installation of subsea mooring connectors for Anadarko Petroleum Corp's Heidelberg truss spar platform moored in 5,310ft (1,620 m) of water in field development in the Gulf of Mexico.
The 23,000-ton spar has been moored by nine Series III Ballgrab ball and taper mooring connectors attached to polyester mooring lines. The connector's male mandrels are manufactured in compliance with American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) 2009 Approval for specialist subsea mooring connectors.
Bibby Offshore secures decommissioning project in the Gulf of MexicoDec 16, 2015Bibby Offshore Holdings Limited announces an update on its North American operations, including a significant contract win with a leading international oil company by Bibby
