Mexico’s top oil & gas projects under development: Coming to grips with main hydrocarbon challenges and obstacles at home and abroad

(offshore-energy.biz) Many factors, including roadblocks, play a role in oil and gas extraction and development around the globe. Some of these are region-specific while others tend to be a global problem. Mexico’s five largest upcoming hydrocarbon projects have not managed to escape these, thus, they are also facing such technical and other issues. The Latin... Continue Reading →

Mexico approves Harbour acquisition of Wintershall Dea

(offshore.mag.com) Harbour Energy expects to complete its acquisition of Wintershall Dea’s global E&P portfolio in early September. The process of satisfying the conditions to completion has been advancing, including the recent receipt of Mexico regulatory consents. Earlier this month, the Danish Energy Agency also approved the indirect transfer of interests in four licenses that had been granted to... Continue Reading →

Energy Academic Victor Rodriguez to Be Next Pemex Chief

(Reuters) Mexico's incoming president tapped academic Victor Rodriguez to be the next top executive of debt-ridden oil giant Pemex on Monday, among the last senior nominations for the country's financially volatile and politically sensitive energy sector. At a press conference, Rodriguez said working with the finance ministry was essential to stabilize the state-owned company. He... Continue Reading →

DeepOcean Wins Vessel Contract Extension in Mexico

(OE) DeepOcean won a contract extension with Diavaz for the vessel, Arbol Grande. The vessel will work on Inspection Maintenance and Repair (IMR) services in Mexico for the next five years. Arbol Grande is a construction and subsea vessel, delivered in 2003 with specifications tailor made for the Mexican market. The vessel has been used as an accommodation and... Continue Reading →

TDI-Brooks Wraps Up Geotechnical Job Offshore Mexico

(OE) TDI-Brooks, a U.S.-based marine services company specializing in geotechnical and offshore survey projects, has completed a third-party geotechnical coring project for Geohidra in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. This operation took place aboard the MV Laguna Azule. During the campaign, TDI-Brooks conducted a total of 32 Cone Penetration Tests (CPTs) using their Neptune 3000... Continue Reading →

Equinor Exits Suriname

(Reuters) Equinor and ExxonMobil Corp said on Wednesday they have transferred their stakes in a deepwater oil and gas exploration block off Suriname to Hess Corp, with the Norwegian oil producer exiting the South American country. The exit aligns with Equinor's strategy to focus on producing oil and gas in a few core areas, such... Continue Reading →

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