Gulf of Mexico upstream news
Murphy Oil Corporation announces strategic deepwater, oil-weighted Gulf of Mexico acquisition
The company’s subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets from LLOG.
Delek Group acquire interest in Caesar Tonga
The company has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 22.45% interest in the Caesar Tonga oilfield from Shell Offshore Inc.
Otto Energy farms into Green Canyon ‘Bulleit’ oil appraisal drilling
The company has entered into a joint venture with Talos Energy which will see it earn a 16.67% working interest in the Green Canyon 21 lease in the Gulf Mexico.
Seabed Geosolutions awarded Gulf of Mexico ocean bottom node survey
Covering 270 km2 and in water depths up to 2100 m, the survey will commence in 3Q19 and take approximately 4 months to complete.
Telford Offshore awarded contracts in Mexico
The company has been awarded multiple pipelaying and construction services contracts by Protexa.
Gulf of Mexico lease sale yields US$244 million in bids
A total of 30 companies participated in Lease Sale 252, covering a 1.2 million acre area of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
Interior proposes region-wide oil and gas lease sale 253 for Gulf of Mexico
In support of President Donald J. Trump’s America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, it has been announced that BOEM proposes to offer 78 million acres for a region-wide lease sale scheduled for August 2019.
Sonardyne’s Sentry leak detection sonar deployed by oil major in the US Gulf of Mexico
The system, Sonardyne’s wide-area Sentry Integrity Monitoring Sonar (IMS), has been deployed on the seafloor at more than 2000 m (6500 ft) water depth.
BHP approves Atlantis Phase 3 project
This follows sanction by BP, as the Operator, of the Atlantis Phase 3 project, announced in January 2019.
TechnipFMC awarded integrated EPCI contract for the BP Atlantis Phase 3 Project in GoM
This contract includes provisional services for tooling and personnel required to install the hardware.