Hess Corp. (HES:NYSE) has awarded Technip a contract for development of the Tubular Bells field in 4,500 ft (1,370 m) of water in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hess has contracted INTECSEA and WorleyParsons to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Equus project in the WA-390-P permit on Australia’s Northwest Shelf.

Det norske oljeselskap has approval from Norway’s authorities to develop the Jette field in the North Sea.

Nexen says its UK central North Sea Blackbird production came onstream seven weeks ahead of schedule in November as a tieback to the Ettrick field FPSO.

The JKC joint venture has signed the formal $15-billion contract for engineering, procurement, and construction at the Ichthys LNG Project offshore Australia.

Major construction activity is on track for the Liwan Gas Project in the South China Sea according to partner Husky Energy (HSE:Toronto).

Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) and its partners in North Sea license 048 B have contracted Teekay to perform maintenance on the FPSO Petrojarl I.

Petrobras expects as much as $7 billion in bids to complete eight offshore platforms for use in the Santos basin, according to reports from Brazil.

Total and NNPC have started the second phase of the Ofon field development offshore Nigeria.