Gulf of Mexico upstream news

The company has completed a well cement placement project for a large international operator in the US Gulf of Mexico, delivering an inner-string cementing on a subsea well's 22 in. surface casing in a water depth of approximately 2000 m.

TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract to manufacture flexible pipe by Woodside Energy.

Seatrium Ltd (Seatrium) has announced the successful delivery of the floating production unit (FPU), Whale, for deployment in the Gulf of Mexico, in accordance with the contract secured in November 2019 with Shell Offshore Inc.

Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill said the quarter-on-quarter increase in output to 47.8 million boe was underpinned by strong operating results at Pluto LNG.

Kosmos Energy has announced an oil discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at the Tiberius exploration well. Kosmos is operator of the well and has a 33.34% working interest alongside Occidental and Equinor ASA (both 33.33%).

Arena Energy, LLC, has announced it was awarded seven leases by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in Lease Sale 259 .

The Woodside-operated Shenzi North project has commenced production in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico, with achieved production ahead of targeted first oil in 2024.

Transocean Ltd has announced that an independent operator awarded a 1080 day contract for a high-specification seventh-generation, ultra-deep-water drillship in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Mexico.

Expro has secured a contract with an operator for the first deployment of its single shear and seal high-debris 15K ball valve assembly.

TGS and SLB has announced engagement phase 4 in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.