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Apr 2013

• A client-contractor partnership and new seismic technology help Pemex achieve effective deepwater E&P

  Author Marco Vázquez-García, Jorge Luis Ortíz-Durán, Humberto Salazar-Soto, José Trinidad Martínez-Vázquez, Madain Moreno-Vidal, Bill Howieson, Chu-Ong Ting And David Gonzalez

  In 2009, CGG won a four-year contract with Pemex for a dedicated seismic vessel to acquire large narrow-azimuth surveys in the deep offshore Mexican Gulf of Mexico, which was later extended to include two large 3D wide-azimuth projects. Since the start of the original contract, Pemex has acquired the world’s first full-scale broadband, high-density, wide-azimuth survey, specifically designed for field development.

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Apr 2013

• Adaptation: The (r)evolution of FPSO development

  Author Gerald Mosley

  Chapter One: The NOV Harsh Environment FPSO signals a transition in vessel design that will be tested first in the North Sea. Additional versions of the new design will eventually be built and put to work in Brazil, West Africa and other regions.

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Jan 2013

• A new perspective emerges on Angola’s pre-salt

  Author Jennifer Greenhalgh

  The 2006 discovery by Petrobras of Tupi field, Santos basin, Brazil, and subsequent related pre-salt discoveries, has increased interest in the pre-salt analogues of Angola’s conjugate Kwanza-Benguela and Namibe basins. Common origin and similar tectonic history suggest that a similar play should exist in Angola. The depth migration of a PGS dual-sensor survey across the Kwanza-Benguela and Namibe area will assist exploration.

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Jun 2008

• 08-06_ASME_staff.html (Jun-2008)

  Vol. 229 No. 6   OTC.08 POST-SHOW REVIEW ASME-IPTI presented two awards at OTC Hoisting and lifting technolog

  Industry Overview, Offshore Read More

Nov 2007

• Deepwater statistical report

  The 2007 US Gulf of Mexico Western Lease Sale attracted great interest, with bids concentrated in the deepwater region.

  Offshore, Deepwater, North America Read More

Mar 2007

• 07-03_Deepwater_Murray.htm (Mar-2007)

  Vol. 228 No. 3     Deepwater Statistical Report Alan Murray , Wood Mackenzie The &ldq

  Offshore, Deepwater, South America Read More

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

• 'Greed devastated the gulf,' prosecution says as BP trial opens

  'Greed devastated the gulf,' prosecution says as BP trial opens

  BY JULIE CART

  NEW ORLEANS -- With the drilling of its deepwater Macondo well running behind schedule and $50 million over budget, energy giant BP was under intense financial pressure to save money, setting in motion a reckless disregard for safety that led to the largest oil spill in American history, the prosecution said as the company's long-awaited civil trial got underway.

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

• 11 still missing after oil rig explosion in Gulf

  11 still missing after oil rig explosion in Gulf According to CNN reports, At least 12 people were missing and seven were critically injured after an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

• 200 million barrels of oil confirmed in offshore Tunisia

  200 million barrels of oil confirmed in offshore Tunisia Following conclusion of the conceptual field development plan for the Hammamet West oil field in the Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia, Cooper Energy is pleased to announce that the field is estimated

  Exploration, Drilling and Completions, Offshore, Deepwater, Africa Read More

Monday, September 05, 2011

• 2H Offshore announces new appointment, promotion

  2H Offshore announces new appointment, promotion 2H Offshore has announced two new appointments. Tim Eyles becomes the managing director of the 2H Offshore group of companies. He will also continue to share the running of 2H Offshore’s engineering office in

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