Aquaterra Energy, a leading global offshore engineering solutions provider, has designed, fabricated and installed a new Sea Swift platform for PICO Petroleum Integrated Services, the lead contractor for Amal Petroleum Company’s (AMAPETCO) Amal field in the Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt.

The scale and severity of attacks on industrial cyber systems is growing and has the potential to put oil and gas infrastructure, critical processes and workers’ lives in danger. SPE Offshore Europe 2017 will host a keynote panel session on cyber and physical attacks on the industry to help delegates understand the risks, manage detection of threats and defend against malicious actions.

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) announced certain changes within its executive management team consistent with the company’s long standing succession plan, effective June 5, 2017.

Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) and Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) jointly announced on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Ensco will acquire Atwood in an all-stock transaction.

McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) announces it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract from BP Trinidad & Tobago, LLC (bpTT) for the Angelin gas field, located 25 miles (40 kilometers) off the east coast of Trinidad and Tobago.

The Global Marine Group (GMG), a market leader in offshore engineering, is reporting a successful first five months of 2017 with a strong outlook for the rest of the year. All key assets from the GMG fleet are currently mobilized, either supporting maintenance zone agreements around the world, or on installation, maintenance or repair contracts.

In accordance with its constitution, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) announces that Bruno Faure (TechnipFMC), having completed his two-year term of office, has stepped down as President of IMCA; he remains on the Board of the association.

UK project is the third of seven new upstream major projects expected to come on stream for BP in 2017.

After 36 years and almost 150mm barrels of oil, the Buchan Alpha facility in the UK North Sea ceased production, as planned, on 12 May 2017.

ELA Container Offshore GmbH has recently delivered an ELA Offshore Multipurpose Room to VBMS, which will be used on board their MV Ndeavor, a 7,500 DWT DP-2 vessel, built and outfitted for cable-lying in 2013 by Boskalis.

Stress Engineering Services, Inc., (SES) a global leader in consulting engineering services, has teamed up with DeepMar Consulting to expand its existing upstream service offerings.

Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary BG E&P Brasil Ltda. (Shell) and consortium partners in Lula South, announce that deep-water production has started at the FPSO P-66, which is located in the Brazilian pre-salt of the Santos Basin.

Depending on the interaction between the pipe and soil, submarine pipelines, both exposed and buried, may be subject to severe displacements and impaired pipeline integrity. Soil characterization and pipe-soil interaction assessment are therefore important parts of any pipeline project. DNV GL now launches a new recommended practice (RP), DNVGL-RP-F114 ‘Pipe-soil interaction for submarine pipelines’, solely dedicated to the interaction between the pipeline and the soil.

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announces the executive team that will lead Baker Hughes, a GE Company upon closing of their proposed transaction to combine GE’s Oil & Gas business with Baker Hughes.

Improving Economic Outlook, Determined OPEC and Tightening Balances Should Improve Prices

Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has been awarded a significant contract with TAQA for subsea construction works in the Eider field, located 184km north-east of Shetland.