The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has approved Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.’s Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP) for the Chukchi Sea.

Buccaneer Energy (ASX:BCC) has secured two permits for oil and gas exploration in the Cook Inlet offshore Alaska.

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.

Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) has approval from Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to permanently plug an exploration well in the Barents Sea.

Statoil has commissioned Aker Solutions to provide six to nine subsea trees and control systems for the Troll field in the Norwegian northern North Sea.

PGS has completed a 3D seismic acquisition program for Chariot Oil & Gas offshore Namibia.

PA Resources has issued an update on its development programs offshore Tunisia.

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.

The US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is no stranger to adversity.

Petrobras expects to start production of the Cascade/Chinook fields, in the Gulf of Mexico in January, according to a report by the company.

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.