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First oil from Beacon Offshore’s Shenandoah is on track for the second quarter of 2025. Project partners also have sanctioned a second phase of development and are advancing plans for a related project.

The new rules add some specific equipment and reporting requirements and apply to projects with more than 15,000 psi or more than 350°F.

Since the late 1930s, the offshore industry has advanced from the first platform in 14 ft of water to the ultradeepwater 20K era. Driven by seismic, drilling, and development breakthroughs, the industry has pushed into deeper waters, high-pressure reservoirs, and new frontiers like Guyana, continually expanding the limits of offshore exploration.

This study proposes graphene nanoplatelets as a preflush system to extend the lifetime of a conventional scale-inhibitor squeeze treatment.

The updated rules are designed to increase safety during operations in the US Outer Continental Shelf, including in high-pressure/high-temperature environments in the Gulf of Mexico.

By the end of 2025, a floating wind turbine will supply power to the operator’s Culzean platform in the Central North Sea.

First oil is expected in 2029 from the development, which has a budget under $5 billion.

The deepwater Gulf of Mexico project in the Paleogene will require a 20K-psi production semisubmersible.

The operator remains on track to green light the nearby Kaskida find before year-end.

Drillships Deepwater Asgard and Deepwater Atlas have fresh US Gulf Mexico campaigns upcoming that will earn the driller more than $500,000 per day.