Gulf Of Mexico

Italy’s Eni SpA, one of Mexico’s leading private sector oil producers, has found more oil and natural gas offshore Mexico. Its most recent find was in the Yatzil exploration prospect in Block 7, located in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin in the Gulf of Mexico. Eni thinks there are…

Williams has inked agreements with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to build greenfield infrastructure onshore and expand a massive offshore system to support growing natural gas deliveries from the Haynesville Shale and deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In one deal, the Tulsa-based pipeline giant would provide gas gathering services for Chevron’s 26,000-acre Haynesville dedication. Chevron in turn made…

Bolstered by gains in the oil patch, including in the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale, the U.S. rig count rose three units to reach 775 during the week ended Friday (Jan. 13), according to updated numbers published by Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Changes in the United States for the week included a five-rig…

Houston-based Talos Energy Inc. has unearthed oil and natural gas at two U.S. prospects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).  The Lime Rock and Venice prospects “both successfully discovered commercial quantities” during sequential drilling operations in the final three months of last year, management said.  Talos holds a 60% working interest in the two…

Driven by strong growth in the Permian Basin and in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), the U.S. rig count surged nine units higher to 779 for the week ended Nov. 11, oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Co. (BKR) reported Friday. Oil-directed drilling accounted for the entirety of the domestic gains for the period, as the…

Talos Energy Inc. plans to acquire privately held deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) operator EnVen Energy Corp. in a $1.1 billion deal, the Houston-based independent said. The acquisition, slated to close by the end of the year would expand the company’s production by 40% and gross acreage by 35%. The buy would give Talos another…

Port Fourchon, a logistics hub near Leeville, LA, serving the Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas industry, plans to expand its use of advanced marine emissions monitoring technology, facility owner and operator Greater Lafourche Port Commission (GLPC) reported earlier this month. GLPC has partnered with SailPlan, a maritime transportation emissions tracking firm, to deploy…

Natural gas futures reversed lower early Friday as traders and analysts continued to assess balances following the latest government inventory data and in the wake of a disruption to Gulf of Mexico (GOM) production volumes. After surging 67.2 cents higher in the previous session, the September Nymex contract was off 16.4 cents to $8.710/MMBtu as…

The Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified two sites in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) that could support offshore wind development in an area that has long been one of the major natural gas and oil breadbaskets.  The largest of the two proposed wind energy areas (WEA) spans 546,645…