Archive | The Offshore Frontier
InterMoor completes IRIS installation, recovery in Gulf of Mexico
Posted on 01 March 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed an installation and recovery project for Apache Deepwater…
ONGC announced it has set record for drilling well in deepest water depth
Posted on 19 February 2013 in News, The Offshore Frontier
ONGC has set the record for drilling a well in the deepest water by an offshore drilling rig with Transocean’s ultra-deepwater drillship…
Transocean, Oceaneering ink deal on subsea BOP control systems
Posted on 14 February 2013 in News, The Efficient Rig, The Offshore Frontier
To comply with the recently issued API 53, a Transocean subsidiary has signed a contract with Oceaneering…
To be effective, leaders can’t just ‘wing’ offshore site visits
Posted on 13 February 2013 in News, The Offshore Frontier
A guidance document under development at the Center for Offshore Safety (COS) aims to to help office-based leadership make…
Dew: On-time equipment delivery necessary for successful deepwater operations
Posted on 13 February 2013 in News, The Offshore Frontier
“Approximately 75% of the existing deepwater discoveries have yet to be developed or produced. It’s going to take…
Archer signs $115 million plug and abandon contract with Statoil in North Sea
Posted on 11 February 2013 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Archer has secured a contract with Statoil for the permanent plugging and abandonment of 12 gas wells on the Heimdal field…
Chevron makes 20th natural gas discovery offshore Australia
Posted on 08 February 2013 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Chevron Corporation’s Australian subsidiary has made the 20th discovery off the Western Australian…
Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale will offer 38.6 million acres for development
Posted on 07 February 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
The Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227 will offer 38.6 million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama for oil and gas…
Maersk Drilling, BP to develop next-generation drilling technology for BP’s Project 20K
Posted on 05 February 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
Maersk Drilling and BP have signed a partnership agreement to develop conceptual engineering designs…
Seadrill orders two jackups for 2015 delivery
Posted on 01 February 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Seadrill has entered into an agreement for the construction of two high-specification jackup drilling rigs with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Inc in China…
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