Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) had restored 71,000 b/d of the roughly 421,000 b/d of oil production knocked offline by a fatal offshore platform fire as of Tuesday evening, according to CEO Octavio Romero Oropeza. In a video message posted late Tuesday night, Romero said Pemex expected to restore an additional 110,000 b/d…
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Pemex Gulf of Mexico Platform Fire Leaves Five Dead, Two Missing
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) CEO Octavio Romero Oropeza said five people died and two people remained missing as of Monday afternoon following a fire on the E-Ku-A2 platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon in the Ku, Maloob and Zaap (KMZ) megafield. Oropeza said an investigation was underway to determine its cause.…
Five People Dead, Two Missing in Pemex Gulf of Mexico Platform Fire
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) CEO Octavio Romero Oropeza said five people died and two people remained missing as of Monday afternoon following a fire on the E-Ku-A2 platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon in the Ku, Maloob and Zaap (KMZ) megafield. Oropeza said an investigation was underway to determine its cause.…
Murphy Oil Eyes Return to Salina Basin Drilling Next Year
U.S. independent Murphy Oil Corp. is advancing plans to drill in waters on the Mexican side of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) next year. Management said earlier this month the company is progressing permitting and regulatory approvals to drill at the Tulum prospect in Block 5 of the Salina Basin. CEO RogerJenkins said during Murphy’s…
API, Energy Trade Groups Sue to End Oil and Gas Leasing Pause on Federal Lands, Waters
A consortium of oil and gas industry groups said Monday they had sued the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to reverse its decision this year to indefinitely freeze oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands and waters. In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, the…
BHP, Pemex Push Ahead with Mexico Deepwater Project
With Gulf of Mexico (GOM) activity accelerating throughout both U.S. and Mexico waters, Australia’s BHP has given its stamp of approval to spend $258 million to advance the front-end engineering design phase for the Trion project in Mexico’s deepwater. Studies would be centered on completing engineering and commercial arrangements toward potentially sanctioning the project by…
Atlantic Hurricane Season Looking to Reignite, Impact Natural Gas Production, Says NOAA
Conditions are ripe for another above-average hurricane season that could potentially send ripples throughout natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) over the next three months, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a new forecast. Should the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center forecast bear out, it would mark the sixth consecutive…
Eni’s Gusher in Mexico’s GOM Waters Said Sign of Remaining Untapped Potential
Italy’s Eni SpA has announced another deepwater find in the Sureste Basin in southeastern Mexico’s Gulf of Mexico (GOM), with preliminary estimates indicating 150-200 million boe in place. The estimated resources “reflect that there’s still untapped potential to be brought to market,” Amexhi head Merlin Cochran told NGI’s Mexico GPI. Amexhi is a Mexico private…
Hess Moving Forward with Bakken Ramp-Up on Strong Oil Prices
U.S. independent Hess Corp. said Wednesday it was moving forward with plans to ramp up drilling activity in the Bakken Shale amid continued commodity price strength. Hess plans to add a third rig in the Bakken in September, something it previously said it would consider if oil prices continued to improve. “We have been operating…
Chevron, Shell, Total Partner with GHGSat in Tackling Methane Leaks
Chevron Corp., Royal Dutch Shell plc, and TotalEnergies SE are taking to the skies with Canada’s GHGSat as part of a year-long research project to detect offshore methane (CH4) leaks by satellite. The three supermajors are supporting the project by allowing six of their offshore facilities to be observed, including ones in the North Sea…