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US & Gulf of Mexico Offshore Regional Report

Drilling & Completion

Keppel FELS jackup headed for Mexican waters

Keppel FELS has delivered the Laurus high-specification jackup to Mexican oilfield services company Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro.

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Resin emerging as alternative to cement

All frontiers invariably inspire expeditions. This has been true for the exploration and development of hydrocarbon as it was for the discovery and exploration of Mt. Everest.

Field Development

Shell orders FMC subsea equipment for Stones in ultra-deepwater GoM

Shell has contracted FMC Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FTI) to supply subsea equipment for the Stones ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico.

ExxonMobil to replace subsea power cables in GoM

ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has contracted Prysmian Group to supply and install 50 km (31 mi) of submarine power cables in the Gulf of Mexico.

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Subsea

Shell orders FMC subsea equipment for Stones in ultra-deepwater GoM

Shell has contracted FMC Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FTI) to supply subsea equipment for the Stones ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Heated pipeline for Lianzi-BBLT tieback offshore Congo/Angola

Wärtsilä is to supply a direct electric heating (DEH) system for Chevron Overseas Congo’s Lianzi development.

Aker doubling Brazil subsea capability

Aker Solutions has started construction of a new plant in Paraná state, which is designed to double the company’s subsea production capacity in Brazil.

Geology & Geophysics

Fastnet to analyze 3D data over Deep Kinsale prospect offshore Ireland

CGG’s SR/V Vantage vessel has completed acquisition of 500 sq km (193 sq mi) of 3D seismic data over the Deep Kinsale prospect in the Celtic Sea offshore southern Ireland.

TGS signs Madagascar, northwest Europe cooperations

TGS has signed a three-year agreement with China’s BGP to jointly acquire, process, and market 2D and 3D multi-client seismic data offshore Madagascar and East Africa.

EMGS lengthens hire of seismic survey vessel

Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has agreed to an extended charter hire of North Sea Shipping’s vessel Atlantic Guardian.

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Pipeline & Transportation

Pitting and crevice corrosion of offshore stainless steel tubing

Oil and gas platforms regularly use stainless steel tubing in process instrumentation and sensing, as well as in chemical inhibition, hydraulic lines, impulse lines, and utility applications, over ...

Cal Dive to install subsea pipeline for Pemex in Bay of Campeche

Pemex has contracted Cal Dive International Inc. (NYSE:DVR) to engineer, procure, install, and commission a 12 km (7.5 mi) long 8-in subsea pipeline and tie-ins involving four platforms in Abkatun-...

FoundOcean completes GoM pipeline grout job for Saipem

FoundOcean has completed installation and grouting for a clamp repair on an 18-in. pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico under contract from Saipem America.

Production

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Offshore development contributes to American energy renaissance

As the industry gears up for its biggest event of the year, operators, contractors, and vendors are looking forward to the growing development opportunities in the offshore market.

LLOG calls on FMC for Who Dat subsea production equipment

LLOG Exploration Co. has ordered $30-million in subsea equipment from FMC Technologies (NYSE:FTI) for Who Dat field.

Rigs/Vessels

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

New Noble drillships signed to PXP

Noble Corp. has signed three-year contracts worth $1.3 billion with Plains Exploration & Production for a pair of newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships scheduled for delivery next year.

LLOG contracts West Neptune to drill at Delta House in GoM

LLOG Bluewater Holdings LLC has contracted the newbuild drillship West Neptune for three years from Seadrill (XOSL:SDRL) for $662 million.

US & Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil & Gas News

Shell orders FMC subsea equipment for Stones in ultra-deepwater GoM

Shell has contracted FMC Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FTI) to supply subsea equipment for the Stones ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hess taps Wood Group for deepwater GoM platform services

Hess Corp. has awarded a five-year contract to Wood Group PSM (WGPSN) for operations and maintenance services to the Baldpate production platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Bureau Veritas gains provisional accreditation for Center for Offshore Safety SEMS audits

Bureau Veritas Certification has received provisional accreditation as an official Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS) audit service provider for the Center for Offshore Safety (COS).