Offshore Energy News


Subsea 7 Awarded Substantial Contract

Aug 20, 2018

Norwegian subsea services provider Subsea 7 announced the award of a substantial offshore Conventional contract.  Subsea 7 defines a substantial contract as being between USD 150 million and USD 300 million.In a press release, the company said…

Maersk to Pursue Separate Listing of Maersk Drilling

Aug 17, 2018

Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk has decided to pursue a demerger with its offshore drilling operation Maersk Drilling  via a separate listing of Maersk Drilling on Nasdaq Copenhagen in 2019.Maersk Drilling will become a stand-alone…

Ampelmann Wins North Sea Contracts

Aug 14, 2018

Ampelmann has strengthened its position in the North Sea this year after being awarded four new contracts and two extended scopes of work in the basin.The projects will see six E-type gangway systems deployed for planned shutdown campaigns and…

Gazpromneft Issues Tender for Novy Port Crude Oil Loading in Sept 2018

Aug 10, 2018

Gazpromneft issued a spot tender on Friday to sell a cargo of light sweet Novy Port crude oil loading from Murmansk port in September, traders said.The producer is offering 100,000 tonnes of Novy Port crude oil loading from the RPK-Nord offshore terminal in the Murmansk port area on September 16-29…

DOF Bags Subsea Contracts

Aug 07, 2018

DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts securing utilisation of personnel and vessels in the Subsea IMR Projects segment. DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract in the Atlantic region by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the Skandi Constructor…

McDermott Wins Shell Contract for Gulf of Mexico

Aug 07, 2018

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

Subsea 7 Signs on for FutureOn Planning Software

Aug 03, 2018

Norway-based digital technology innovator FutureOn announced a multi-license contract for its Field Activity Planner (FieldAP) software with Subsea 7, a leading global contractor providing engineering, construction and services to the offshore energy industry…

DNV GL Secures Shell Penguins Contract

Aug 02, 2018

DNV GL has won a cross-service contract to support Shell's Penguins Field redevelopment on the UK Continental Shelf.The contract with Shell involves a team which will deliver an integrated verification and class project for the operator's Penguins…

Bhagwan Marine Expands Fleet

Aug 01, 2018

Just months after moving its corporate headquarters to Perth in order to strengthen relationships with Western Australia’s largest Oil & Gas clients, Bhagwan Marine has expanded its fleet further to meet the needs of those clients.The CMV Athos…

Shell Hires Velesto Energy for Malaysia Drilling

Jul 30, 2018

Velesto Energy was awarded a RM 101 million (USD 25 million) contract from Sarawak Shell Bhd (SSB) and Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd (SSPC) for the provision of jack up drilling rig services.Velesto Energy was formerly known as UMW Oil &…

Liebherr Bags Order to Deliver Heavy Lift Crane

Jul 30, 2018

Switzerland based Liebherr Group together with the Norwegian companies OHT, Ulstein Design & Solution BV, DNV-GL as well as Chinese shipyard CMHI are working to manufacture a unique vessel for applications in the wind energy sector, decommissioning…

Wison Bags FEED Contract for FLNG Project from Western LNG

Jul 28, 2018

Wison Offshore & Marine and Western LNG signed a technical service agreement (TSA) for the new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project that Western is developing in British Columbia, Canada.Pursuant to the TSA, Wison will develop the basis…

Baker Technology Buys Stake in CH Offshore

Jul 28, 2018

Oil and gas equipment supplier Baker Technology on Thursday made a mandatory unconditional cash offer for all the shares in CH Offshore, a vessel chartering firm.'BT Investment (BTI), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary Baker Technology, has announced…

Ocean Rig Announces New Contracts

Jul 23, 2018

The international contractor of offshore deepwater drilling services Ocean Rig UDW  has entered into a new drilling contract with Chariot Oil & Gas Limited for a one-well drilling program, for drilling offshore Namibia.The contract is expected…

Teekay Offshore Taps Steinsland as CFO

Jul 23, 2018

Teekay Offshore GP LLC, the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., announced today that Jan Rune Steinsland has been appointed the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Teekay Offshore Group Ltd., a management services company that…

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