Gulf of Mexico upstream news

In its Short-Term Energy Outlook EIA implemented a new model for forecasting crude oil and natural gas production from the US Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico.

Talos Energy has announced that its Ewing Bank 953 well successfully discovered commercial quantities of oil and natural gas. Separately, Talos entered into an agreement to participate in the Sebastian prospect, currently drilling in the Mississippi Canyon Block 387 of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Shell, has taken a final investment decision (FID) on a ‘waterflood’ project at its Vito asset in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Chevron has announced that it started oil and natural gas production from the Anchor project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Transocean has announced a 1095-day contract for the Deepwater Invictus with bp in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

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