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.

Today's industry standard work-class ROV can be designed to accomplish underwater almost any task that can be performed at the ocean's surface while allowing the vehicle operator to remain secure while the ROV works below.

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-Pol-Chuc field in the Bay of Campeche.

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

Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has awarded a project management contract to a partnership of Petrofac (LONDON:PFC.L) and Doris Engineering for technical assistance and supervision on construction, installation, commissioning, testing, and startup of deepwater subsea wells and infrastructure for the Lakach project offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.