Deepwater
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April 05, 2017
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has issued a report about the potential impact of the Jones Act proposals published by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) on Jan. 18.
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March 30, 2017
According to a recent Wood Mackenzie report, a leaner and more cost-competitive deepwater industry is emerging from the downturn, with the most attractive projects now competing with U.S. tight oil plays.
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March 27, 2017
TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Shell), for the delivery, integration, and installation of the subsea production system (SPS) and subsea riser, jumper and flowline (SURF) equipment for phase one of the Kaikias deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico.
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March 23, 2017
India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp. is wading into deep waters, where energy giants BP Plc and Reliance Industries Ltd. found a sea of trouble.
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March 22, 2017
Eni today announced that it has obtained majority stakes in two new exploration blocks off the shore of the Ivory Coast. The two blocks are located approximately 50 km from the country’s coastline.
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March 22, 2017
JDR, a supplier of subsea cables and umbilicals for the global offshore energy industry, has expanded its presence in West Africa through a partnership agreement with Proserv Instrumentation Nigeria Ltd.
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March 15, 2017
Total has started production from the Moho Nord deep offshore project, located 75 km offshore Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo. The project has production capacity of 100,000 boed.
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March 13, 2017
Wood Group has won two separate contracts related to BP’s Mad Dog 2 project providing engineering services to further develop deepwater production.
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March 06, 2017
BHP Billiton has advanced its exploration and production interests in the Gulf of Mexico by executing a contract with PEMEX Exploration & Production Mexico (Pemex) to complete work on the significant Trion discovery in Mexico.
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March 06, 2017
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has formalized its Drill Riser Buoyancy Module (DRBM) repair service for the Gulf of Mexico through its partnership with the Deepwater Riser Services division of Chet Morrison Contractors.
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February 28, 2017
Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and MOEX North America LLC (MOEX NA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., have each taken the final investment decision to execute phase one of the Kaikias deepwater project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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February 27, 2017
Airborne Oil & Gas, a manufacturer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) has been awarded a qualification program from Shell for a high-pressure, deepwater TCP jumper spool.
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February 08, 2017
Eni has started production of the East Hub Development Project, in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore, ahead of development plan estimates and with a time-to-market among the best in the sector.
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January 23, 2017
BP today announced that it has started up the Thunder Horse South Expansion project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, 11 months ahead of schedule and $150 million under budget.
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January 12, 2017
Driven by the success of Eni’s major Zohr field gas discovery offshore Egypt in 2015, companies are rethinking the Eastern Mediterranean region’s gas potential, according to new analysis from IHS Markit.
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November 19, 2015
Shell completed the drilling and appraisal of Kaikias ahead of schedule and under budget, allowing the company to achieve more than 20% in cost savings.
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November 06, 2015
Petrobras has managed to reduce the impact of the strike on its operations by implementing its contingency plan, the Rio De Janeiro-based company announced Thursday night.
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November 05, 2015
Ashtead Technology has secured a global asset management agreement with Blue Ocean Monitoring to store, maintain and supply underwater gliders for ocean data monitoring.
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November 05, 2015
Centrica Energy Norway has just finished drilling a pilot hole for shallow gas on the Butch field in the North Sea. Instead of using a rig for the job, a well intervention vessel was chartered and coiled tubing drilling (CTD) was used.
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November 05, 2015
Eni has reported a new discovery of gas and condensates offshore Congo, in the Nkala Marine exploration prospect, in Block Marine XII, about 20 km from the coast and 3 km from the producing Nene Marine field.
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November 05, 2015
Transocean Ltd. posted a better profit than analysts expected as the world’s largest offshore rig owner races to slash costs to cope with falling demand for deepwater oil drilling. Lower taxes helped.
