Siccar Point Energy has successfully concluded well testing operations on the 204/10a-5 appraisal well in the Cambo field, north-west of Shetland.

Premier announces that the development of its Tolmount Main gas field has been sanctioned by the joint venture and infrastructure partners.

Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has announced that region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 251 generated $178,069,406 in high bids for 144 tracts covering 801,288 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total of 29 companies participated in the lease sale, submitting $202,667,923 in bids.

NOIA’s Vice President of Governmental and Political Affairs, Tim Charters, issued the following statement regarding Lease Sale 251 to be held in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, August 15

Wood has secured a new six-year contract with Shell to provide asset management services to the Malampaya deepwater gas-to-power project in the Philippines.

Talos Energy Inc. has announced the Company was a top five bidder in the latest Gulf of Mexico lease sale held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM") on August 15, 2018. Talos was the high bidder on six deepwater and eight shallow water blocks.

Explore Offshore national co-chair Jim Nicholson, who served as Secretary of Veterans Affairs during the George W. Bush Administration, and state co-chairs, Dr. Miriam Ramirez and Former Lieutenant Governor Jeff Kottkamp, held the first event in Florida of Explore Offshore, a bipartisan national coalition to promote responsible access to domestic offshore natural gas and oil resources to help supply reliable, affordable energy for all Floridians.

Eni announces that a new Concession Agreement, aimed at governing an offshore exploration license in the prolific East Nile Delta Basin of the Mediterranean Sea, has received approval by Egyptian authorities.

GulfSlope Energy, Inc. announces that it was apparent high bidder for two blocks covering a total of 10,000 acres in the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (“BOEM”) region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 251.

With more than 1600 runs and 730 activations, operators across the globe are cutting rig time by deploying the DAV MX™ CircSub, the flagship tool from specialist oilfield service company, Churchill Drilling Tools. Run in hundreds of wells every year and recognized for its reliability, resilience and versatility, the dart activated DAV MX™ is the ultimate downhole circulation tool.

Aker Solutions has won orders valued at more than NOK 350 million to deliver power umbilical systems to China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s (CNNOC) Liuahua oil fields in the South China Sea, off Hong Kong.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has announced the launch of a new metal end cap seal specifically engineered for High Temperature / High Pressure (HTHP) wellhead tubing and casing hanger sealing environments, which combines the pressure and extrusion resistance of a metal-to-metal bonded component with the flexibility of an elastomer.

Oceaneering International, Inc. announced has that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Marine Production Systems do Brasil Ltda., has secured a four-year contract with a one-year optional extension period from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. ("Petrobras") in Brazil. The contract will support intervention and completion operations in Brazil.

Mexico’s President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (often abbreviated as AMLO) has promised to invest around 175 billion pesos ($9.4 billion) into his nation’s state-owned energy enterprise, Pemex. Whether this means he will increase cooperation with foreign-operated companies or further nationalize his nation’s hydrocarbon resources remains to be seen.

Wood has further extended the SURF IM Network, which aims to share experience and lessons learned from subsea integrity and reliability issues and is supported by 10 major global operators: BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Hess, Husky, PETRONAS, Shell, Suncor, Total and Woodside.

Oceaneering International, Inc. has announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has entered into a contract with Equinor ASA for a three-year term with two one-year optional extension periods to provide a resident, battery-powered electric remotely operated vehicle ("E-ROV") system to support subsea inspection, maintenance and repair activities.