Offshore News


Cosco Bags Self-Elevating Workover Unit Contract

Mar 17, 2016

Cosco (Nantong) Shipyard, a subsidiary Cosco Shipyard Group Co, has won an order to build one self-elevating workover unit for an Asian shipowner, with an option for one more similar unit. Cosco Nantong and the ship owner have agreed to keep the contract price confidential…

Statoil Exercises Ocean Installer Option at Vigdis

Mar 17, 2016

Ocean Installer will undertake flexible jumper replacement operations for Norwegian operator Statoil at the Vigdis field, says a statement from the company. Ocean Installer  will see it perform subsea work. The company said the option falls…

BSEE Panel to Probe Offshore Fatality

Mar 15, 2016

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) continues its investigation into the March 10, 2016 death in the Gulf of Mexico of Roy Miller, a Nabors Drilling offshore worker. The fatal injury took place on the Nabors platform rig during maintenance activities for Whistler Energy LLC…

Boskalis Wins Abu Dhabi Dredging Contract

Mar 09, 2016

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has won a contract from the National Petroleum Construction Company of Abu Dhabi, UAE for dredging work related to the installation of an offshore gas pipeline of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company as well as to an existing offshore gas pipeline…

SeaTrepid Opens SeaTrepid DeepSea, Adds Staff

Mar 08, 2016

SeaTrepid International LLC announced that it is forming a new division thus expanding its service offerings to include Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) mapping operations.  “With SeaTrepid’s deep knowledge and expertise in robotic operations coupled with our deep talent pool…

School Students Win Offshore Challenge Prize at UH

Mar 05, 2016

Today, a team of eight students from West Side High School in Houston emerged victorious from the first annual High School Offshore and Technology Stars Challenge, which was co-hosted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)…

Bumi Armada Seeks Compensation for FPSO Termination

Mar 05, 2016

Malaysia’s Bumi Armada Bhd intends to fully enforce its rights, including initiating legal proceedings against Woodside Energy Julimar Pty Ltd for purportedly terminating its charter contract of the Armada Claire Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit…

Otto Marine Bags OSV Chartering Contract Worth $68m

Mar 02, 2016

Singapore’s offshore chartering group Otto Marine  has bagged a OSV chartering contract worth up to $68.5m from an international oil and gas E&P firm. The charter, inked by Otto Marine’s wholly-owned Go Offshore, is for a 100-tonnes bollard…

Hansen Named CWind Strategy & Sales Director

Feb 26, 2016

CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has appointment of Henrik Hansen to the new role of Strategy & Sales Director with immediate effect. In this new role, Hansen will work with the executive team to lead business growth and expansion in 2016 and beyond…

Seadrill’s Posts Strong Q4 Results

Feb 26, 2016

Rig company Seadrill, once the crown jewel in the business empire of shipping tycoon John Fredriksen, said the final quarter of 2015 was the year’s strongest in operational terms, but warned that 2016 would be tough and said it was working to strengthen its finances…

Falck, VIKING Saatsea Partner for Safety Training

Feb 25, 2016

Falck Safety Services and VIKING Saatsea have signed a preferred partnership agreement to offer unique blended learning STCW refresher training that combines onboard-online theoretical and practical exercises with practical onshore training…

POSH Sinks into Loss in 2015

Feb 22, 2016

Offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has plunged into the red in 2015 due mainly to a huge impairment charge of $144.58m. The group reported yesterday a net loss of US$149.7 million (S$211 million) for the three months to Dec 31…

GDI, Dolphin Energy Sign Offshore Drilling Rig Services Contract

Feb 22, 2016

Qatar’s Gulf International Services (GIS), the leading service group, has announced that its subsidiary Gulf Drilling International (GDI) has signed a contract with Dolphin Energy for drilling rig services. The contract was signed by Mubarak A al-Hajri…

“ProteOMZ” Surfaces Findings in Low Oxygen Ocean Waters

Feb 19, 2016

Dr. Mak Saito from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, along with his research team have just returned from a 22 day expedition, called “ProteOMZ”, aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor. During this voyage the team implemented…

Ocean Rig Loses Two Drilling Contracts

Feb 16, 2016

Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced  that two of its drilling contracts have been terminated.  The Nasdaq-listed drilling affiliate of DryShips said that Total E&P Congo has terminated…

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