Two years after the Macondo oil spill, offshore operators and drilling rig contractors are gradually increasing their E&P activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

Discussion of offshore exploration and production in Latin America has to begin with Brazil, where state oil company Petrobras and a growing number of foreign oil companies continue to score drilling successes on a regular basis.

Much of the recent focus offshore Norway has been on the giant oil discoveries in the far north and south.

Exploration and development continues at a rapid pace offshore West Africa, with confirmations of previous discoveries and new finds that indicate more drilling and production ahead.

The eastern Mediterranean is emerging as a rival to Russia and Azerbaijan as a future source of gas for Europe.

The economic growth in the Asia/Pacific region, particularly India and China, has made a dependable energy supply sufficient to meet the increasing demand critical to maintaining the expansion.

The next offshore frontier is the Arctic, according to Andrew Reid, CEO of energy analysts Douglas-Westwood.

As the offshore oil and gas sector congregates in Houston this month, it arrives at a time of renewed optimism.

The government of Malaysia has put together a sweeping program to position itself as the support hub for Southeast Asia offshore oil and gas operations.

No one doubted that the Deepwater Horizon accident would lead to significant and lasting changes in how offshore oil and gas facilities are managed around the world.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) gave offshore oil and gas companies until Nov. 15, 2011, to implement new regulations. The new rules, Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS), are meant to provide a comprehensive approach to safety and environmental risks.

Few exploration technologies have moved as quickly up the value chain over the last few years as full tensor gravity gradiometry (FTG).

HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. is an independent Brazilian oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) holding company formed by a group of senior geoscientists and engineers who previously held key positions at Petróleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) and the ANP (Agência Nacional do Petróleo, the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels).

The 74th annual EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating for the eighth year SPE EUROPEC is scheduled to meet June 4-7 in Copenhagen, Denmark, under the theme "Responsibly Securing Natural Resources."

Non-retrievable drilling-with-casing (DwC) systems are being used in harder formations and over longer intervals with much less drill-out, milling, and cleanout based on recent developments in drillable bit technology.

The Well Control School, in conjunction with AXON Energy Products, has developed a new deepwater well control drilling course, a competency‐based training course that has been accredited by the International Association of Drilling Contractors.

Oil companies continue to push the boundary of deepwater drilling, but technology sometimes trails their requirements.

Construction is under way of the world's first offshore floating LNG (FLNG) facility.

Steel catenary riser (SCR) technology has emerged as a potential solution for subsea field development in deepwater.

The continued design and installation of floating offshore structures intended for 20 or more years of service, combined with the industry trend to extend operations beyond the original design life, provides a challenge for an operators' structural integrity management (SIM) program.

Venturing further and deeper into the world's offshore basins in search of hydrocarbon production requires economically and technologically savvy solutions.

When Statoil's Åsgard subsea compression system comes onstream in the first half of 2015, it will be the world's first – unless pipped at the post by the company's Gullfaks subsea compression system, due to be operational at around the same time.

Advances in electronics enable subsea equipment to deliver enhanced capabilities, but the increased system complexity imposes tough integration challenges.

As the world of offshore exploration and production changes, more companies are looking to remotely operated vehicles for drill support, surveying, and light construction activities.

Advances in equipment and technology contribute to making it possible to produce more oil from old fields and deepwater reservoirs and to reducing the associated financial risk.

Managing risk and the performance of offshore oil and gas pipelines has become increasingly important in recent years.

Last July, France's two foremost oil and gas associations completed their merger.

Offshore project management is a new and developing activity for Doris Group.

Pipelay engineering specialist IMECA has developed new all-electric cylinders for use in offshore pipe tensioner systems.

Development drilling was due to start in April from Total's new AGMN wellhead platform offshore Gabon.

A new software program known as orKsof and just launched by Amethyste provides an integrated platform for asset integrity management and risk-based management.

Each spring, Houston hosts the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), an industry event that, simply put, is unlike any other.

This March, I was selected Chairman of the National Ocean industries Association (NOIA) during our annual meeting in Washington, DC.

This year, the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) is marking 40 years of commitment to America's offshore energy industry.

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Subsea power cables, umbilicals, pipelines, and flowlines must be protected against impact from trawling activities, anchors, heavy dropped objects, and ocean currents.

TDW Offshore Services AS (TDW) says it has successfully designed and built a customized 48-in. SmartPlug pipeline pressure isolation tool for Nord Stream AG.

Emerson Process Management has released Roxar RMS 2012, the latest version of its reservoir modeling software.