U.S. Offshore
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September 18, 2024
The well will be drilled as a deviated hole with a total measured depth of approximately 7,500 m and is expected to take 50 - 60 days to drill and evaluate. The well lies within tie-back distance to both the Who Dat G subsea manifold (6 km) and the Who Dat FPS.
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September 12, 2024
bp has chosen ABS to support its deepwater Kaskida project in the Gulf of Mexico. ABS will provide classification and engineering verification for the project's new semisubmersible production unit.
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September 11, 2024
Personnel have been evacuated from a total of 171 production platforms, 46% of the 371 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Evacuations have also commenced from three non-dynamically positioned rigs, equivalent to 60% of the five rigs of this type currently operating in the Gulf. A total of four DP rigs have moved off location out of the storm’s path as a precaution. This number represents 20% of the 20 DP rigs currently operating in the Gulf.
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September 09, 2024
The American Petroleum Institute is raising concerns over the recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland to vacate the National Marine Fisheries Services’ (NMFS) Biological Opinion in the Gulf of Mexico.
News
September 09, 2024
Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell are among the companies taking measures such as evacuating workers from vulnerable installations, suspending drilling activities, and shutting in some wells. The storm’s forecast path intersects with fields that account for roughly 125,000 bpd and 300 MMcfgd. Francine may rake nine major platforms, including Enchilada, Cerveza, Perdido and Hoover.
News
September 08, 2024
A fight over Gulf of Mexico oil production is looming in Washington as U.S. regulators race to redo guidance on how to protect endangered species ahead of a deadline that could ultimately threaten about 15% of the nation’s crude output.
News
September 05, 2024
The EW 953 well encountered approximately 127 ft of net pay in the target sand at approximately 19,000 feet true vertical depth ("TVD"). Preliminary data indicates an estimated gross recoverable resource potential of approximately 15 – 25 million MMBoe from a single subsea well with an initial gross production rate of 8,000 – 10,000 boed.
News
September 04, 2024
Helix will provide an increased minimum number of days annually with the Q5000 riser-based well intervention vessel, Intervention Riser Systems (IRSs), remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and project management and engineering services to cover fully integrated operations from production enhancement to plug and abandonment well services.
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September 03, 2024
Chevron Corporation started water injection operations at two of its offshore projects to boost oil and gas recovery at the company’s existing Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti facilities in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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August 20, 2024
Engineering work for the Kaskida FPU has already begun, with Audubon designing the topside and EXMAR Offshore designing the hull.
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August 16, 2024
Subsea7 has secured a contract in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for an offshore project involving the installation of critical subsea infrastructure.
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August 14, 2024
Shell has approved a final investment decision for a waterflood project at its Vito asset in the Gulf of Mexico. The project involves injecting water into the reservoir to increase oil extraction and is set to begin in 2027.
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August 14, 2024
Petroleos Mexicanos has reached a deal with an oilfield-services provider to drill in the Gulf of Mexico as the heavily indebted state energy company turns to the private sector to boost crude production.
News
August 12, 2024
Anchor production marks the successful delivery of high-pressure technology that is rated to safely operate at up to 20,000 psi, with reservoir depths reaching 34,000 ft below sea level.
News
August 08, 2024
Recently, Talos agreed to acquire a 21.4% W.I. in Monument, a large Wilcox oil and gas discovery located in Walker Ridge blocks 271, 272, 315, and 316, for $32 million. Monument will be developed as a subsea tie-back to the Shenandoah production facility in Walker Ridge. The Monument discovery is post-FID with appraised proved plus probable gross reserves of approximately 115 MMboe.
News
August 08, 2024
The newbuild FSO, based on a Suezmax-type hull, will be equipped with a Disconnectable Turret Mooring (“DTM”) system designed by SBM Offshore. The FSO will be moored in water depth of about 2,500 m and will be able to store around 950,000 bbl of crude oil.
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August 06, 2024
The investments add to a buying spree this year for the Slim family, which continues to pour money into bets on oil exploration, production and refining both at home and across the Gulf of Mexico in the U.S.
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July 31, 2024
Transocean Ltd. announced a 1,095-day contract for the Deepwater Invictus with bp in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The program is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2025 and is estimated to contribute approximately $531 million in backlog.
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July 30, 2024
Kaskida will be bp’s sixth hub in the Gulf of Mexico, featuring a new floating production platform with the capacity to produce 80,000 bopd from six wells in the first phase. Production is expected to start in 2029.
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July 17, 2024
LLOG Exploration Company has acquired 41 blocks of offshore acreage encompassing approximately 236,000 acres in the East Breaks and Alaminos Canyon area of the deepwater GOM.
News
July 03, 2024
The first phase of the development, with five wells in total, is expected to deliver around 100 MMboe with upside from subsequent phases. The Winterfell unit consists of Green Canyon blocks 899, 900, 943, 944, 987 and 988 with follow-on opportunities in adjacent blocks where Kosmos also has an interest.
