Offshore News


Offshore Inland Marine Promotes McClure

Jun 15, 2012

Offshore Inland Marine, Industrial, Oilfield Services (OIS) announced James McClure as Production Manager. Mr. McClure joined Offshore Inland in 2010 to direct structural steel projects and offshore activities. McClure develops and maintains…

BSEE's Watson to Visit AK Offshore Site

Jun 14, 2012

Director Watson Visits Arctic Drilling Rigs for First-Hand Look at Safety Equipment, Meets with Alaska Native Community Leaders, Shell Officials; Today holding media conference call to discuss visit and BSEE inspection and oversight activities…

New Safer Vessel Transfer System

Jun 13, 2012

Scira Offshore Energy, operator of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, will utilise a new UK-designed vessel transfer system to provide its wind farm technicians with safe and reliable access to wind turbines in a range of weather conditions…

Oil and Gas Executives Discuss 2012 Outlook

Jun 11, 2012

Confidence for improved margins and higher capital investment has returned to the oil and gas industry this year, according to a group of industry leaders.  However in the long-term, the energy sector faces unprecedented challenges that could have a lasting impact for years to come…

GL Noble Denton Poll: Bullish on Asian Gas

Jun 08, 2012

World gas conference delegates reveal confidence in Asia’s gas infrastructure as consumption rates riseDelegates at the World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur have backed Asia’s ability to deliver the infrastructure necessary to cater to its rapid growth in gas…

Harvey Gulf Acquires Bee Mar's Assets

Jun 07, 2012

Harvey Gulf International Marine’s CEO, Shane Guidry, announced that, on June 4, 2012, Harvey Gulf signed an agreement with Bee Mar, LLC to purchase all of Bee Mar’s vessels and assets. The purchase will include 10 Offshore Supply Vessels…

Topaz Appoints New CEO

Jun 05, 2012

Renaissance Services has announced the appointment of René Kofod-Olsen as CEO for Topaz Energy & Marine (Topaz).  Mr. Kofod-Olsen’s career spans 18 years in the marine industry with the A.P. Møller-Maersk Group (APMM), including a period as Chief People Officer of SVITZER…

Society of Maritime Industries Appoints New Director

Jun 01, 2012

The Society of Maritime Industries is pleased to announce that Malcolm Clements will be joining the organization in June in the dual role of Director of the Association of British Offshore Industries (ABOI) and Ports and Terminals Group (PTG)…

Contract Awarded for First FLRSU

Jun 01, 2012

Wison Offshore & Marine Announces Award for construction of World’s First Floating LNG Liquefaction Unit.Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of the Wison Group, announced today the successful award of a contract by the Exmar group for engineering…

Bourbon Strives for Fuel Consumption Savings

May 29, 2012

Optimizing the crewboat's fuel consumption - BOURBON promotes best practices and organizes a competition. With over 3 million people carried in 2011, the transport of personnel is at the forefront of BOURBON’s activities. Following directly on from the initiative launched in Gabon in 2010…

Final Details for Upcoming Central GOM O&G Lease Sale

May 17, 2012

New Orleans -- Today the Obama Administration provided final details for the Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale announced by President Obama in January 2012, as part of his administration’s ongoing focus on expanding safe and responsible production of our domestic energy sources…

UTEC Survey Secures Deals Worth $3 million

May 17, 2012

UTEC Survey has announced deals worth $3 million.UTEC Survey operates from Houston, Aberdeen, Rio de Janeiro, Calgary, Perth, Singapore, St. John’s, Naples and Dubai and has just announced the two contracts which see the utilization of additional vessels in West Africa and the Arabian Gulf…

Stork Technical Services Wins Safety Award

May 17, 2012

Stork Technical Services won the ‘Associate Member’ prize at this year’s IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) Annual Safety Awards.The award recognises an Associate members’ safety achievements over the past year which can include launching schemes to improve safety performance…

Greenpeace Inercepts Shell Icebreaker

May 17, 2012

Greenpeace Nordic intercepts Shell icebreaker to in attempt to thwart Arctic drillingGreenpeace Nordic activists have intercepted at open sea and boarded a Shell-contracted icebreaker, the Nordica, to continue its protest against the oil major’s…

Smit Lamnalco Signals Growth Agenda

May 15, 2012

The official launch of Smit Lamnalco as a distinct entity has coincided with the global marine services group’s first commitment to new growth-driven investments, following the 2011 acquisition of Smit’s terminal and anchor handling tug supply activities by Lamnalco…

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