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Expro has been awarded a contract by Pacific Drilling LLC’s subsidiary, Pacific Santa Ana, Ltd., for the provision of an intervention riser system (IRS) for Petronas’s Chinguetti Field Phase II plug and abandonment (P&A) contract, offshore Mauritania. The contract, valued at $20 million, will see Expro provide its IRS system with associated surface support equipment, …

The combined company will produce more than 100,000 BOE/D from the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale and is switching its focus to “mega-pad” developments.

Offshore personnel are reboarding Gulf of Mexico platforms, oil and gas production begins recovery.

All 20 dynamically positioned rigs have returned to pre-storm locations. Operators' reports of evacuated personnel remain unchanged from yesterday.

The Gulf of Mexico disturbance, Barry, made landfall today near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, and weakened to a tropical storm.

Equinor awarded Subsea 7 a contract for installation and diving operations on the Europipe II, Heimdal, and Statfjord (EHS) fields, located in the Danish and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea. Subsea 7 terms the contract “sizeable,” between $50 million to $150 million.

Shell is continuing its exploration of blockchain with yet another investment in the technology, this time investing in LO3, a startup using a modified version of the Ethereum blockchain to make it easier for individuals to buy and sell locally produced energy.

Digital transformation: It’s a phrase that seems to be on the lips of everyone in the oil and gas industry, and that was certainly true at the inaugural Energy in Data conference held in Austin. The conference, however, showed that the transformation is more than on its way. It’s here.

The Caribbean nation hopes the auction will lead to at least two exploration projects in a region that has become increasingly attractive thanks to new discoveries and investments made in neighboring countries.

The practice of safety has a definite ethical component. Often, the most ethical actions to take are obvious, such as the choice between a legal action and an illegal one. Other times, there are many considerations that may cloud decision-making.

Firms such as Netflix have had a solid digital transformation strategy. Now, industrial companies, including in the oil and gas sector, are on a similar, if less dramatic, trajectory.

The Permian gets the lion’s share of attention when it comes to produced water, but other basins have a need to haul volumes off-site. How has the market changed in these areas recently? Is there a greater enthusiasm for pipelines, and can water midstream thrive?