Offshore News


Discovery of the Pobeda Field Confirmed

Dec 05, 2014

State commission on reserves confirmed the fact of discovery of the new arctic oil and gas field Pobeda on the Kara sea shelf. The field was discovered as the result of the drilling of the northernmost well in the world – the Universitetskaya-1 well…

Swire Pacific Wins Sustainable Business Award

Dec 04, 2014

Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) was presented the Sustainable Business Award (SBA) for Business Responsibility and Ethics at the inaugural Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development held in Singapore on Tuesday, 25 November 2014.…

Petrobras Makes Discovery in Colombian Caribbean Waters

Dec 03, 2014

The Petrobras Orca–1 exploratory well (Tayrona Block) has revealed a natural gas accumulation in Colombian Caribbean deep waters, 40 km off the coast of La Guajira. This is the first discovery in the history of the deep water exploration of this region of the Caribbean…

Caterpillar to Equip 4 AHTS for Grupo CBO

Dec 03, 2014

Caterpillar Marine informed that its Cat® power and propulsion solutions have been selected to power four AHTS vessels for Grupo CBO, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Each AHTS vessel will be equipped with 4 x 6 M 32 C propulsion…

McDermott Installs Mooring Tower off Indonesia

Dec 03, 2014

McDermott International, Inc. has successfully concluded the transportation and installation of a Yoke-type Single Point Mooring tower and hook up to a Floating Storage Offloading (“FSO”) vessel for PT Rekayasa Industri offshore Indonesia in the Banyu Urip field…

Inmarsat Maritime Takes Distribution Partner

Dec 03, 2014

Inmarsat has appointed SpeedCast International Limited (SpeedCast), a leading global network and satellite communications service provider, as a Distribution Partner (DP) for its flagship maritime service, FleetBroadband, and Fleet One, its…

ROPOS ROV Wins SS Beaver Medal

Dec 02, 2014

The Sidney-based ROPOS Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) was recognized for its contributions to British Columbia’s marine sector by the prestigious award of the SS Beaver Medal on November 26th.  The medal, forged from the salvaged remains of the 19th century Hudson’s Bay Company’s SS Beaver…

Hapag-Lloyd, CSAV Complete Merger

Dec 02, 2014

Hapag-Lloyd and the Chilean Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) are joining forces, by merging CSAV´s container business activities into Hapag-Lloyd, becoming the fourth-largest liner shipping company in the world. The corresponding contracts…

Ensco Promotes Lowe to EVP

Dec 02, 2014

Ensco plc announced that Carey Lowe has been promoted to Executive Vice President. Lowe will be responsible for overseeing investor relations, public relations, employee communications and branding, led by Vice President Sean O’Neill, as well as strategy…

EMGS Reports Multi-client Sales

Dec 02, 2014

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an international oil company worth USD 8 million for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS's multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. 'This sale…

Fugro Names Randolph as UWA Geotechnics Chair

Dec 01, 2014

Professor Mark Randolph, Fellow of the Royal Society (UK), has been appointed to the recently announced ‘Fugro Chair in Geotechnics’ at the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS).  The announcement was made at a ceremony held at the university…

Early Termination for Viking’s AHTS Vessels

Dec 01, 2014

As previously communicated, Viking Supply Ships has entered into an agreement with a major oil company for the charter of three vessels. The contract applies to the drilling seasons 2014 and 2015, with options for the drilling seasons 2016 and 2017…

DSCV SBM Installer Sold to OS Installer

Dec 01, 2014

SBM Offshore has entered into an agreement to sell the DSCV SBM Installer, a Diving Support and Construction Vessel (DSCV), to OS Installer AS for US$150 million in cash.OS Installer AS is a newly established joint venture between Ocean Yield ASA (75%) and SBM Offshore (25%)…

NORECO's Revenue Dips in 3Q 2014

Dec 01, 2014

Norwegian Energy Company’s (Noreco) production in the third quarter of 2014 was basically unchanged from the previous quarter, significant impairments took down Noreco net results after tax to minus NOK 1 101 million.Revenues in the third quarter 2014 were NOK 296 million…

Keppel Infrastructure Sheds Facilities Arm

Dec 01, 2014

Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd (KI), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, has signed an agreement for the sale of its entire stake in Keppel FMO (KFMO) to Cofely GDF SUEZ for a cash consideration of S$44.72 million, subject to a post…

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