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Analytics, sensors, and robots are changing the way one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies does business. Underpinning all the new technology though is a shift in how BP thinks, and what it means to be a supermajor in the 21st century.

Petrobras has awarded McDermott with a significant contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of subsea rises and flowlines for the first phase of the Sepia field, located 174 mi from the Rio de Janeiro coastline in Brazil. The project scope includes detailed engineering, surveys, supply, installation, and pre-commissioning of rigid pipe…

The Colorado Petroleum Council named Lynn Granger executive director. She joins the council, a division of the American Petroleum Institute, from Colorado Concern, a business advocacy association in the Mountain West, where she served as chief operating officer. Previously, she was the communications director for the Colorado Department of Revenue. Granger began her c…

Oceaneering International appointed Charles (Chuck) W. Davison Jr. to succeed Clyde W. Hewlett as chief operating officer effective upon Davison's commencement of employment with Oceaneering, which is expected on or about 3 June. Oceaneering intends that Davison will have worldwide responsibility for Oceaneering's energy-related segments. Davison has served as CEO and…

Oceaneering awarded Deepsea Technologies a contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction of equipment to be used on drillpipe risers offshore Brazil, expected to deploy by Q4 this year. The contract is supported by project management, engineering, procurement, and QHSE efforts from both Houston and Brazil operations.

The escalation of the trade war between the US and China could jeopardize several LNG megaprojects that are awaiting final approval.

A final investment decision is expected later this year on the project, which will involve the construction of two trains with a combined annual capacity of more than 15 mtpa of LNG.

Construction for the field’s second processing platform begins on the same day the Norwegian authorities approved the plan for development and operation for the biggest field development on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The new deals, valued at approximately $2.9 billion over 3 years, cover services for liner hangers, downhole monitoring, and additional completions on the NCS.

Digitalization and new technologies are disrupting old practices and shaping a new safety landscape for the oil and gas industry. At OTC, a panel sponsored by the Center for Offshore Safety looked at the effects of some of these new technology trends.