Buccaneer Energy has agreed to acquire the two main productive leases in the former Cosmopolitan Unit (Cosmo) from Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has tagged FMC Technologies Inc. to supply subsea systems and life-of-field services for the Lucius project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Development of the $2-billion Lucius project in the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwater Keathley Canyon will proceed.

Nexans has won a contract to supply a total of 138,000 ft (42 km) of power umbilicals and terminations for the Jack and St. Malo fields in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Following Hess Corp.’s announcement to proceed with development of Tubular Bells in the Gulf of Mexico, Williams Partners L.P. says it has moved from letters of intent to signed agreements with Hess and Chevron to provide production handling, export pipeline, oil and gas gathering, and gas processing to the development.

Hess Corp. has announced plans to proceed to develop the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Tubular Bells oil and gas project, subject to receipt of the necessary government permits.

Delmar Systems, Inc. says it has completed preset mooring systems installation and facility connection operations for the Mississippi Canyon 547 “A” floating production facility, as part of the WhoDat field development for LLOG Deepwater Development Company, L.L.C.

Anadarko Petroleum corp. has signed a letter of intent for Technip to engineer, construct, and transport a 23,000-ton truss spar hull for the Lucius field.

Sterling Resources says proven and probable reserves for the Breagh gas field in the UK southern North Sea have risen, following drilling success at East Breagh earlier this year.