Offshore News


North P&I Publishes 3rd Edition Of Bunker Claims Prevention Guide

Apr 26, 2011

The ‘A’ rated, 150 million GT North of England P&I club has published a third edition of its popular loss-prevention guide ‘Bunker Claims Prevention’, which aims to help shipowners avoid potentially large losses arising from loading unsuitable or insufficient marine fuel oil…

GL Noble Denton Appoints Dr Vicki Niesen

Apr 26, 2011

GL Noble Denton appoints Dr Vicki Niesen to lead Hydraulic and Flow Assurance Consulting Services for Americas Brings more than 25 years of industry leadership in flow assurance to GL Noble Denton's American operations alongside senior colleague…

World Record-Breaking AHTS Delivered by Drydocks World

Apr 26, 2011

Drydocks World delivered Lewek Fulmar, the world’s first UT788 CD Multi-functional Ultra Deep Water Anchor Handling Tug, Supply and Service vessel (AHTS). The vessel was built at Drydocks World’s Singapore facility. The vessel has reportedly broken the world bollard pull record by an AHTS at 402…

INTERVIEW: Carmen Pino, Castrol Offshore

Apr 20, 2011

The business of lube and fluid supply is fiercely competitive and ever-changing, continually challenged to deliver more economical, environmentally and better performing product. Maritime Reporter spent some time with Carmen Pino, a West Point graduate and the Regional Operating Director…

Technip Awarded North Sea Contract by RWE Dea

Apr 05, 2011

Technip was awarded a full EPIC(1) contract by RWE Dea, for the Clipper South gas field development in the North Sea. The field is located 70 kilometers North-east of the Bacton gas terminal in 25 meters of water.The contract covers full project management…

Major Oil Discovery In The Barents Sea

Apr 01, 2011

Statoil, along with partners Eni Norway and Petoro, has made a significant oil discovery on the Skrugard prospect in the Barents Sea. The breakthrough discovery is one of the most important finds on the Norwegian continental shelf in the last decade…

Statoil and PTTEP sign MoU for Future Cooperation

Mar 18, 2011

At a ceremony in Bangkok on 18 March 2011, Statoil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) of Thailand.Last November, Statoil agreed to sell to PTTEP a 40% stake in its Kai Kos Dehseh Canadian Oil Sands asset…

Transocean Ltd. to Present at Howard Weil Energy Conference

Mar 18, 2011

ZUG, SWITZERLAND, Mar 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced that Steven L. Newman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company, will address attendees at the Howard Weil Energy Conference in New Orleans…

First FPSO Approved for Gulf of Mexico

Mar 17, 2011

BOEMRE Approves First-Ever Use of Deepwater Floating Production Storage Offloading Facility in Gulf of MexicoThe Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today provided the final approval necessary for Petrobras America…

Japan Drilling Company awards $210m jackup contract to Keppel

Mar 15, 2011

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured a contract worth about $210 million from Japan Drilling Company (JDC) to build a KFELS Super B Class jackup rig.Slated for delivery in the first quarter of 2013, the rig will be JDC's first newbuild…

Subsea 7 Wins Chevron GOM Contract

Feb 21, 2011

Subsea 7 S.A., a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, announced the award of an engineering and installation contract by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. for Tahiti Phase 2 development in the Gulf of Mexico. The Subsea 7 workscope is to install one 7…

Structural Integrity NDT Test for Deepwater Fiber Rope Connectors

Jan 18, 2011

First Subsea is using innovative non-destructive testing (NDT) technology to inspect the quality of forgings used in the new range of LankoFirst fiber rope connectors for deepwater moorings. Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) undertaken…

Diamond Offshore Orders New Deepwater Rig from HHI

Jan 03, 2011

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) today announced that a subsidiary, Diamond Offshore Drilling Limited, has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for construction of a new ultra-deepwater drillship with…

CNOOC: A Deepwater Gas Finding in Qiongdongnan Basin

Jan 03, 2011

China's CNOOC Limited (NYSE: CEO, SEHK: 0883) announced a deepwater gas discovery on Block 64/11 offshore China after the Lingshui 22-1-1 exploration well drilled by its partner, BG Group (BG) , encountered gas-bearing sands.The exploration…

Dryships Signs Another Drilling Contract

Oct 15, 2010

DryShips Inc. announced today that its fully-owned subsidiary Ocean Rig UDW Inc has signed definitive documentation following the previously announced Letter of Award. The contracts were signed with subsidiaries of Vanco Overseas…

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