Gulf of Mexico upstream news

Eni has announced a new discovery on the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well in Block 9, approximately 63 km off the coast in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico.

Kosmos Energy has announced the successful start-up of oil production at the Winterfell development in the Green Canyon area of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Transocean has announced a 365-day contract extension for the Deepwater Asgard with an independent operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Seatrium has announced that it has been awarded a letter of intent by BP Exploration & Production Inc to provide services to carry out certain early engineering works pending the finalisation of a definitive contract for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning work for bp’s Kaskida floating production unit (FPU) project in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Seadrill announces two new drillship commitments

The company has announced the award of a sizeable contract by Talos Energy for the Sunspear development in Green Canyon Block 78, in the Gulf of Mexico.

Transocean has announced a 365-day contract extension for the Deepwater Asgard with an independent operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Dril-Quip has been chosen to supply the subsea wellhead systems for the Woodside Trion development offshore Mexico.

TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Shell for the first integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI™) project to use high-pressure subsea production systems rated up to 20 000 psi.

Woodside has announced that the Trion oil and gas project has received approval for its social impact assessment from the Mexican Ministry for Energy.