Tag: offshore

American oil giant, ExxonMobil, has discovered more oil offshore Guyana as it continues its exploration. According to ExxonMobil's partner, Hess Corporation, the Liza 3 well was drilled to a depth of 18,100 feet in 6000 feet of water on a location about 2.

Houston-based Oceaneering International Inc., a provider of offshore oilfield engineered services and products, has reported to seeing a big push from its oil and gas customers for communications and data management technology that allows them to bring workers in from their offshore facilities, said Mark Stevens, Director of Global Data Solutions at Oceaneering, in an interview with Rigzone at a recent conference in Houston.

Frames and partner Mokveld have completed two high integrity pressure protection systems (HIPPS) for PEMEX’s Lakach field gas collection station.

Statoil ASA and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras have agreed that Statoil will acquire Petrobras’ 66 percent operated interest of the BM-S-8 offshore licence in Brazil’s highly prolific Santos basin.

Houston-based McDermott International, Inc. has announced that its new flagship vessel, the DLV 2000, has secured scope as part of the current McDermott work schedule for the INPEX Ichthys LNG Project offshore Western Australia.

Technip has been awarded a contract by Deep Gulf Energy III, LLC for the development of the South Santa Cruz and Barataria fields. These ultra-deepwater fields are located in Mississippi Canyon, offshore New Orleans, in the Gulf of Mexico, in approximately 2,000 meters of water depth.

Trelleborg, a provider of sealing solutions to the oil & gas industry, with branches in North and South America, recently announced that the firm's offshore operation has secured a significant contract with a major shipyard.

Houston, Texas-based CIRCOR Energy Instrumentation Group is set to supply products to the Statoil Johan Sverdrup Development (Statoil). Statoil has chosen CIRCOR Energy Instrumentation products as part of a significant supply package awarded to MRC Teamtrade, a Norwegian unit of MRC Global Inc.

Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels agency (ANP) has announced the first 12 companies pre-approved for the country’s upcoming 13th bid round to be held on October 7th, 2015.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno has announced that Shell has received approval of one Application for Permit to Modify (APM) to conduct exploratory drilling activities into potential oil-bearing zones offshore Alaska at one of the wells at the Burger prospect, Burger J.