US & Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Field Development News

BP has awarded Technip (Paris:TEC) a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the spar hull and mooring systems for the Mad Dog Phase 2 project in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

BHP Billiton (NYSE:BBL) says it has precommitted funding for Mad Dog Phase 2 in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

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.

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.

Ezra Holding Ltd. is due to move an FPSO to Vietnam in the near-term and hopes to work in deepwater in the longer-term, according to an interview with Dow Jones by Lionel Lee, Ezra Group managing director.

Shell has decided to make a multi-billion dollar investment to develop the Cardamom oil and gas field in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

The semisubmersible Sedco 704 has drilled and cased the final production well on the Athena field in the UK central North Sea.

Hess Corp. has awarded Williams Partners a letter to provide production handling services at Tubular Bells field development in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) says it will start decommissioning the Murchison platform in the UK North Sea.

Talisman Energy’s UK North Sea production averaged 92,000 boe/d in Q1 2011, up 9% on the previous three months.

Technip has been awarded a 10-year master agreement by BP Exploration and Production, Inc.

Nexen’s board has approved development plans for the Golden Eagle project in the UK central North Sea.

MyCelx has contracted to supply Chevron USA with a produced water treatment system for Jack/St. Malo to remove oil and water soluble organics to less than 10 ppm.

Chevron USA Inc. has contracted KBR for the detailed design engineering for the Jack and St. Malo FPU in the Gulf of Mexico.

Antrim Energy expects to submit a field development plan this year for the Causeway field in the UK northern North Sea.

Pemex says it has evacuated 638 workers from the semisubmersible Jupiter hotel in the Gulf of Mexico.