Anadarko (NYSE:APC) as operator has awarded Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs:SUBC) a contract for work at the deepwater Heidelberg development in the Gulf of Mexico.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:APC) has ordered subsea equipment for Heidelberg field from FMC Technologies Inc. (NYSE:FTI).

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

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

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

ExxonMobil and partner Statoil have sanctioned development of the Julia field in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Marine Well Containment Co. will house its subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF) equipment at Mobile, Alabama.

EMAS (SGX: 5DN) has won four contracts totaling $120 million spread among the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, and the Philippines.

With a registered attendance of nearly 2,700, the 2013 Subsea Tieback Forum & Exhibition held March 5-7 in San Antonio hosted "nearly 90% of the world's oil and gas subsea professionals," observed Bob Writt of BHP Billiton, chairman of this year's conference advisory board.