Deepwater

Royal Dutch Shell plc on Wednesday pulled the trigger to advance the Appomattox deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico, its eighth and largest floating platform in the U.S. offshore. The final investment decision authorizes the platform to be constructed and installed.

Royal Dutch Shell plc on Wednesday pulled the trigger to advance the Appomattox deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico, its eighth and largest floating platform in the U.S. offshore. The final investment decision (FID) authorizes the platform to be constructed and installed.

The Lewek Constellation, a subsea construction vessel performing work for Noble Energy Inc. in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, said it has set an industry pipelay record in 7,368 feet of water.

The Lewek Constellation, a subsea construction vessel performing work for Noble Energy Inc. in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), said it has set an industry pipelay record in 7,368 feet of water.

The U.S. Coast Guard has published a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on a plan to overhaul its regulations for deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) import/export terminals that would streamline facility licensing, ease the process and clarify cooperating agency requirements.

The U.S. Coast Guard has published anotice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on a plan to overhaul its regulations for deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) import/export terminals that would streamline facility licensing, ease the process and clarify cooperating agency requirements.

Chevron Corp. and its partners have encountered more oil and natural gas reserves in the Lower Tertiary Trend of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), the oil major’s second major discovery in the estimable deepwater formation in less than a year.

A joint industry program is bringing together FMC Technologies Inc. and some of the biggest Gulf of Mexico (GOM) producers to develop standardized subsea production equipment for deepwater reservoirs.

Noble Energy Inc. is buying into 17 leases owned by BP Exploration & Production Inc. in the promising Atwater Valley (AV) region of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), an area that drew some big spenders in the March federal lease sale.