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Business , Shale Plays , Acquisitions & Divestitures , Trends
E&P A&D Playbook: Trends in US Land Prices
This play-by-play takes a deep look into pricing trends across six key oil and gas basin areas, including the two most active gas plays and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Exploration & Production , Technology , Subsea
US Gulf of Mexico: Keeping the Faith
Ingenuity and innovation are delivering steady growth in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry.
Deepwater
Top 12 Recent Gulf Of Mexico Discoveries
March 2020: Mississippi Canyon Block Discovery 726 Encounters 191 ft Of Miocene Pay
Umbilical , Risers , Flowlines
BHP Awards Trion Field Pre-FEED Contract to McDermott
The pre-FEED scope includes engineering tasks related to the configuration, sizing and preliminary analysis of the FPU, including topsides, hull, risers and mooring.
People , Exploration & Production
Murphy Oil CEO Takes Medical Leave over Coronavirus Concerns
In the interim, David Looney, Murphy Oil’s executive vice president and CFO, will temporarily assume RogerJenkin’s responsibilities as president and CEO.
Acquisitions & Divestitures , Trends
Energy A&D Transactions from the Week of March 25, 2020
Editor’s note: there were no updates from the previous week’s A&D transactions chart that ran March 18.
Shelf , Discoveries
Byron Energy Strikes Pay in US Gulf of Mexico Well
Byron Energy’s latest well located on South Marsh Island Block 71 in shallow water Gulf of Mexico was flowing at a rate of 8.3 million cubic feet per day of gas.
Deepwater , Drilling
Case Study: Weatherford Provides Fresh Approach for Ultradeep Gulf of Mexico Well
Fourteen days and $14 million saved by sidetracking from a collapsed expandable liner using an off-the-shelf casing-exit system by Weatherford in an ultradeep Gulf of Mexico well.
Exploration & Production , Transactions
France’s Total Renounces Rights to Deepwater Block in Mexican Gulf
The regulator said Total decided to return the block due to the results it had obtained to date and must pay a fine of $21.2 million for failing to comply with its contract’s minimum exploration work requirements.
Umbilical
Aker Solutions Wins 20-Year Umbilicals Deal with Chevron
Aker Solutions has entered a master agreement on March 23 to provide umbilicals for Chevron-operated oil and gas fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.