Aker Solutions has, in collaboration with Kvaerner, secured additional hook-up and commissioning work for Equinor's Johan Sverdrup field offshore Norway.

In June, LLOG Exploration delivered first production from their Crown and Anchor field in the Gulf of Mexico. This milestone also represents a major achievement for Aberdeen based Enpro Subsea as it is the first of multiple deployments by LLOG of their patented Flow Access Module (FAM) technology.

TWMA, a provider of specialized drilling waste management services, has secured a three-year contract worth £5 million with Apache North Sea, Limited for the provision of drill cuttings containment and handling services on the operator’s Beryl assets.

Wison Offshore & Marine and Western LNG LLC announces that they have entered into a Technical Service Agreement (“TSA”) in relation to a new floating liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) project that Western is developing in British Columbia, Canada.

McDermott International, Inc. has announced a contract from Shell Exploration and Production Company Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) plc, for subsea umbilical and flowline installation at the Perdido development, located 230 miles south of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico.

The contract with Shell involves a team which will deliver an integrated verification and class project for the operator's Penguins floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.

Total has started up production of Kaombo, currently the biggest deep offshore development in Angola, located on Block 32, 260 kilometers off the coast of Luanda.

GulfSlope Energy, Inc. announces that it has the Rowan Ralph Coffman jack-up rig under tow in the Gulf of Mexico to the Vermilion Area, South Addition Block 378. The Company plans to commence drilling operations at the Canoe Prospect by August 1, pending final rig inspection and drilling approval from the Bureau of Ocean Management (“BOEM”).

The next MTS Houston Section luncheon presentation will be held on August 23, 2018 and will feature a presentation by Dr. Niall McCormack, who leads BHP’s worldwide petroleum exploration campaign with a current focus on execution and a concentration on areas with Tier 1 potential. Dr. McCormack will present Mexico and Gulf of Mexico – More than 100 years of production. 1,000,000 wells drilled; 50,000 drilled offshore; 3,500 wells in deepwater.

Eni announces the approval of the Development Plan for Area 1 discoveries offshore Mexico. This achievement occurs just 32 months after Eni signed the Area 1 Production Sharing Contract (PSC), won in an international bid round, and 17 months after the drilling of the first well.

The Ichthys LNG Project reached a major milestone on July 27 with the opening of the first offshore production well, marking the start of 40 years of operations of this gas and condensate field.

TechnipFMC has been awarded a subsea installation contract by Chevron Australia, for the Gorgon Stage Two development, located offshore Western Australia in water depths ranging from 250 to 1,340 meters.

Subsea 7 S.A announces the award of a sizeable(1) contract by Nexen as part of the Buzzard Phase 2 Project, located approximately 55 kilometers off the north-east coast of Scotland.

McDermott International, Inc. announced a sizeable* contract award by PEMEX Exploración y Producción for subsea pipeline flowline installation in support of its Ayatsil field, located 50 miles northwest of Ciudad del Carmen in the Bay of Campeche offshore Mexico.

Kvaerner has delivered yet another steel substructure for the largest industry project of our time, the Johan Sverdrup field. This is the third of the three jackets Kvaerner delivers for phase 1 of the project. All platform substructures are delivered at the appointed time. During the project, Kvaerner has improved the process for this kind of deliveries, thus new substructures can now be delivered at a cost even lower than in 2005.

Shell Exploration and Production Mauritania (C-10) B.V. and Shell Exploration and Production Mauritania (C-19) B.V. (“Shell”) have signed two Production Sharing Contracts with the government of Mauritania for the exploration and potential future production of hydrocarbons in the offshore blocks C-10 and C-19.