In the high-risk subsea world, innovation has historically been driven by safety, reliability, economics and efficiency. Now operators have added a new watchword to their...

Cobalt International Energy, along with the National Concessionaire Sonangol and the Block 21 partners, has made the first discovery in the syn-rift interval in the Bicuar...

Far from being a mere buzzword, efficiency is a critical driver in all E&P operations. In deepwater drilling, efficiency has become a more elusive goal as wells are drilled...

Gas production has started from the Juliet field, a subsea development on the western flank of the southern gas basin, 24 miles (39 km) east of the...

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is soliciting proposals for oil spill response research projects and will invest up to...

Petrobras’ P-55 platform, one of the company’s strategic projects under its 2013-2017 Business and...

Keppel FELS delivered ARABDRILL 60, a KFELS B Class jackup, to Arabian Drilling Co (ADC) five days ahead of schedule in December, on budget and with a...

PPL Shipyard, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has secured a repeat order to build a third Pacific Class 400 jackup worth US$211.5 million from Perisai Inc, a subsidiary...

BP, with co-venturer ConocoPhillips, has discovered oil at the Gila prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). This is BP’s third discovery and ConocoPhillips’ fourth...

Approximately 85% of acreage in federal offshore waters is inaccessible to offshore oil and natural gas...