Gulf of Mexico upstream news

InterMoor was contracted by Talos Energy to moor semisubmersible ENSCO 8503 in the Bay of Campeche, offshore Mexico.

The associated prospects are located in two promising plays and areas of the GoM: Wilcox in Central GoM next to the Anchor discovery, and Norphlet in Eastern GoM nearby to the Appomattox discovery.

API has welcomed a letter in support of the safe and environmentally responsible development of the US’ offshore energy resources.

W&T Offshore has contracted the Enterprise Offshore 264 jackup rig for drilling he ST 224 prospect.

BP continues to make progress in shifting its exploration portfolio toward natural gas and advantaged oil.

The DAV MX™ circulating sub from Churchill Drilling Tools, an oilfield service company specialising in drilling innovation, has been used to significantly cut process time and costs for two challenging deepwater cementing operations, without compromising string functionality.

Halliburton, Trendsetter Engineering and C-Innovations have announced the companies have formed a strategic alliance to provide Gulf of Mexico customers with integrated offshore well intervention packages.

Speedcast International Limited has announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with Tampnet for 4G/LTE services in the Gulf of Mexico. Speedcast is the first service provider to partner with Tampnet for its high capacity offshore network in the region.

Decom North Sea, the membership organisation for the oil and gas decommissioning sector, has announced it will host a networking business breakfast during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) next month.

Statoil resets its exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and was today deemed high bidder on 13 leases in the 2017 Central Lease Sale.