Foster Wheeler Upstream (FWLT:NASDAQ GS) has won a contract from Discovery Gas Transmission for design engineering and technical services for a junction platform, facilities, and associated pipelines within Discovery’s South Timbalier 283 Gulf of Mexico system.

McDermott International, Inc. says it has signed a 10-year frame agreement with Helix Subsea Construction, Inc. for spool base services in the Gulf of Mexico.

Williams Partners and DCP Midstream Partners plan to expand the Discovery natural gas gathering pipeline in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Genesis Energy have executed crude oil transportation agreements with a consortium of six Gulf of Mexico producers.

TDW Offshore Services L.L.C. has successfully completed a pipeline pressure isolation operation in the Gulf of Mexico for a major operator.

The 2010 Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico led to a number of investigations, reactions, and conclusions about the future of the US oil and gas industry, particularly regarding safety standards. In light of this, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulations and Enforcement (BOEMRE) created new regulations with the aim of enhancing safety standards.

Statoil is selling a 24.1% direct and indirect stake in the Gassled pipelines joint venture to SolveiG Gas Norway for NOK 17.35 billion ($3.2 billion).

A new hydrate remediation system from Wright’s Well Control Services (WWCS) recently cleared a hydrate-blocked pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in 7,200 ft (about 2,100 m) of water. According to Wright’s President David C. Wright, the WWCS skid provides previously unavailable functionality, as it does not depend on hydraulic energy from an ROV.

McDermott says that it has been awarded a contract by Pemex Exploración y Producción for procurement, construction and installation of three oil and gas pipelines in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche.