Offshore News


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…

Slowdown, Brazil Impact Hit Sembcorp

Feb 16, 2016

The strain of low oil prices on the offshore and marine sector was in full display as  the world’s second-largest builder of oil rigs Sembcorp Marine Ltd posted its first quarterly loss in at least 12 years. The company took impairment…

N-KOM delivers First Newbuild Liftboat

Feb 15, 2016

Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) reports that it has delivered its first liftboat unit, Al Safliya, to Qatari rig operator Gulf Drilling International (GDI). Al Safliya is the first liftboat to be wholly constructed in Qatar at the…

Premier Oil and Rockhopper Abandon Ocean Rig Contract

Feb 13, 2016

Two of the major British players in Falkland Islands offshore oil development, Premier Oil and Rockhopper Exploration, cancelled a joint venture contract with Ocean Rig UDW. In June 2014, the companies entered into a contract with Ocean…

Update on Seagull Mobile apps for Crew

Feb 11, 2016

The Seagull mobile app for crew training status is set to revolutionise the way seafarers track their training records and receive critical safety alerts, by making both instantly accessible via iPhones and Android devices. The Seagull crew…

Moody's Reviews Saipem's Rating

Feb 11, 2016

San Donato Milanese (Milan), February 10, 2016 – Saipem S.p.A., informs that today Moody’s, through the publication of a press release on its website [www.moodys.com] given below has communicated that it has placed under review the provisional issuer rating of '(P) Baa3 ' attributed to Saipem…

Aker Joins Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 Study

Feb 10, 2016

Aker Solutions will deliver a concept study on a new processing platform for future phases of the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup North Sea field, Norway's largest oil find in three decades.The study includes design solutions for a tie-in…

OTC Names 2016 Award Winners

Feb 09, 2016

The 2016 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) will honor this year’s Distinguished Achievement Award recipients on Tuesday, 3 May, in Houston. As part of the OTC Distinguished Achievement Awards Luncheon, the conference will recognize Robert…

UTEC Appoints New Head of Finance

Feb 08, 2016

UTEC Survey, an Acteon company, has announced the appointment of Caroline McGovern as its new Head of Finance.  Before joining UTEC, Caroline was the CFO for MOL Energy UK where she was a founding director of the business which grew to comprise…

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