Gulf of Mexico upstream news

Subsea 7 has announced the award of a large contract by BP as part of the deepwater Mad Dog 2 development, located approximately 190 miles south of New Orleans.

EPCI contract includes supply of subsea production system.

Wood Group has won two separate contracts related to BP’s Mad Dog 2 project providing engineering services to further develop deepwater production.

New projects expected to create more than 45 000 high-paying jobs across the region and thousands more through multiplier effect.

TDI-Brooks International Inc. recently completed an exploration geochemistry programme in the Southern Gulf of Mexico.

Interventek Subsea Engineering has signed a two year exclusive deal with Professional Rental Tools LLC (PRT) to supply its in-riser Revolution valve for well intervention operations in the GoM.

New reimaged data covers 1000 OCS blocks ahead of large regional lease block turnover.

Hydrocarbon production from the ‘Golden Triangle’ – incorporating the deepwater (>500 m water depth) plays of Brazil, the US Gulf of Mexico and West Africa – will peak in 2019 due to the lack of projects sanctioned in recent years.

The company has announced that the Board has approved expenditure of US$2.2 billion for its share of the development of the Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Peterson will provide logistics consultancy services to support the planning and initial development of Port Cameron, a 500 acre deepwater staging port situated in Cameron, Louisiana, serving the Gulf of Mexico.