Bruce Beaubouef

Houston

Managing Editor at Offshore

Managing Editor @offshoremgzn, covering the oil & gas industry for 20 years.

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Video: Top 5 projects to watch in 2025

2 weeks ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

Bruce Beaubouef is Managing Editor for Offshore magazine. In that capacity, he plans and oversees content for the magazine; writes features on technologies and trends for the magazine; writes news updates for the website; creates and moderates topical webinars; and creates videos that focus on offshore oil and gas and renewable energies. Beaubouef has been in the oil and gas trade media for 25 years, starting out as Editor of Hart’s Pipeline Digest in 1998.
Gulf operators ramping up their subsea tieback plans

3 weeks ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

Bruce Beaubouef, Managing EditorThe US Gulf of Mexico is seeing a surge in subsea tiebacks due to their cost-effectiveness and shorter cycle time compared to standalone facilities. There are at least eight new tiebacks that will be installed in the US Gulf in 2025-2026, and two more – Shell's Dover and Chevron's Ballymore – have been recently brought online.
OTC 2025: ABS, bp discuss Kaskida platform design, construction

1 month ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

Bruce Beaubouef, Managing Editor ABS and bp officials discussed the latest developments regarding the design and construction of the Kaskida FPU on Wednesday at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. To be located in the Keathley Canyon area, Kaskida will be bp’s sixth hub in the US Gulf, featuring a new semisubmersible platform with the capacity to produce 80,000 barrels of crude oil per day from six wells in the first phase.
OTC 2025: Gulf operators make case for more subsea tiebacks

1 month ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

Bruce Beaubouef, Managing Editor The US Gulf of Mexico is seeing a surge in subsea tiebacks due to their cost-effectiveness and shorter cycle time compared to standalone facilities. The EIA has forecasted that there will be at least seven new tiebacks in the US Gulf in 2024-2025, which will support 12 new fields that will be brought online in that timeframe.
OTC 2025: Petrobras CEO outlines company’s aggressive E&P plans

1 month ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

Bruce Beaubouef, Managing EditorPetrobras has upped its oil and gas exploration budget to develop new frontiers and expand production, even as it intends to foster the “energy transition” and work towards the Net Zero by 2050 goal. Those were among the thoughts offered by Petrobras CEO Magda Chambriard at a technical session held on Monday at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.
Trump administration halts work on Empire Wind project

1 month ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

By Bruce Beaubouef, Managing Editor The Trump administration has halted work on Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 project that had just started construction in federal waters off the coasts of New Jersey and New York; and it has ordered a comprehensive review of existing offshore wind permits.
Mr. Charlie drilling rig attains National Historic Landmark status

1 month ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

The Mr. Charlie offshore drilling rig has been named as National Historic Landmark, in recognition of the property’s national significance in the history of the United States. Located in Morgan City, Louisiana, the rig – often referred to simply as “The Rig Museum” – has served as both a museum and training facility since the mid-1980s. The designation was made last December by then-Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
Trump tariffs may already be impacting the offshore oil and gas industry

2 months ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

Bruce Beaubouef, Managing EditorPresident Donald Trump’s recently enacted tariffs are expected to have some level of negative impact on the oil and gas industry in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and even beyond. These impacts are expected to arise from a mix of direct cost pressures, supply chain disruptions, and broader economic ripple effects.
Report: China unveils ‘powerful’ deep-sea cable cutter

2 months ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

China has revealed that it has developed a compact deep-sea cable cutting device that is powerful enough to sever communication lines, according to a report in the South China Morning Post. The tool is said to be able to operate at a depth of up to 4,000 meters (13,123 feet) and has been designed for use with the country’s advanced manned or unmanned submersible vehicles, the report said, citing a peer-reviewed paper published in the Chinese-language journal Mechanical Engineer on Feb. 24.
Report: Sealien Robotics sells ‘deep-sea surveillance robot’ to Middle East buyer

2 months ago | offshore-mag.com | Bruce Beaubouef

In mid-March, the Chinese start-up company Sealien Robotics announced that it had sold one or more of its “deep-sea surveillance robots” to an unidentified Middle Eastern nation. The deal was reported by the South China Morning Post. Details of the deal were scant, and little was known about the buyer’s intentions, but the implications for China’s rapidly growing deep-sea robotics market “could be immense,” the report commented.