Volume 73, Issue 6

Teekay's new Samba class of shuttle tankers is due to come into operation soon for BG Group in Brazilian waters.

When defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced in 2010 that it would consolidate its shipbuilding operations in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the news hit hard in New Orleans, ...

Since the Jabiru Venture became the first FPSO offshore Australia in 1986, the requirements for FPSOs have changed.

Hydrocarbon production and exploration has ventured into deeper, more hostile environments, and this change has required continual operational change to enable operators to address...

Significant technological and financial challenges to development notwithstanding, the past several months have witnessed a flurry of activity in the Gulf of Mexico's Paleogene...

Drilling, particularly in the deepwater environment, is becoming increasingly complex and expensive.

It has been a while since Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the Earth using geometry and optical analysis of the sun's reflection in a well bore.

Louisiana independent LLOG Exploration Co. is gearing up for an ambitious deepwater Gulf of Mexico drilling campaign at the Delta House project, scheduled for first oil in 2015...

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and its predecessor the Minerals Management Service (MMS) have conducted thousands of inspections of offshore exploration...

Drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico is rebounding slowly but surely from the events of 2010, and is part of a general recovery in E&P activity taking place in the Gulf in ...

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists held its annual meeting last month in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the theme "Go Deep: Making the Play with Geotechnology."

If you were not among the more than 104,000 attendees at the 2013 Offshore Technology Conference, you missed an excellent show.

Triyards has introduced what the Singapore-based fabricator deems a more "shipyard-friendly" premium class jackup capable of operation in 400 ft (122 m) water depths.

As part of the 2013 Offshore Technology Conference, BP held a press tour of its Houston deepwater emergency subsea response base.

Drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico are on the rise, as illustrated in a number of ultra-deepwater drilling contracts that the International Strategy & Investment Group ...

Growing belief in Ireland's exploration potential is attracting new players from outside Europe.

BG has signed terms for an exploration license covering 35,000 sq km (13,513 sq mi) offshore Honduras. Formal award is subject to approval by the Honduran National Congress.

This month, Infield Systems examines the expected reserve additions offshore US Gulf of Mexico going forward to 2017.

Entering the fourth year of sweeping regulatory reform, the US oil and gas industry is still grappling with clarity and compliance.