Volume 72, Issue 1

A new high-pressure drill pipe riser for intervention system (DPRIS) was deployed recently on the Cameron/Total Usan project offshore West Africa, and appears to be a cost-efficient...

As reservoirs mature there is an almost inevitable increase in water cut and associated sand production.

The wet-tree floater market in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) has been growing, largely due to reservoir properties that favor direct vertical wells, which leads to subsea production...

McMoRan Exploration continues to build on its successes in its shallow-water, ultra-deep gas play in the Gulf of Mexico.

Offshore decommissioning is growing more complex and challenging.

Alden J. "Doc" Laborde, a graduate of the US Naval Academy and World War II veteran, left his job with Kerr-McGee in 1950 to found the Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co.

The US Department of Energy, through its Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) initiative, working in concert with a consortium of seven deepwater operators...

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

With the prospects of drilling picking up in the Gulf of Mexico, seismic data acquisition is ongoing.

Shell and Noble Corp. have brought the Noble Bully 1 drillship into the Gulf of Mexico from Singapore to complete commissioning and acceptance testing.

In mid-December, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 218 in New Orleans.

Total oil and gas investments on the Norwegian shelf this year could reach a record NOK 184.6 billion ($31.7 billion) according to Oslo-based Statistics Norway, which has been...

Kenai Offshore Adventures has acquired the jackup GSF Adriatic XI from Transocean, renaming it Endeavour – Spirit of Independence.

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