Red Spider, the Remote Open Close Technology (ROCT) specialist delivering multi-million pound savings and reduced risk to the oil and gas industry, has secured its first projects in the South East Asia region. The work follows the appointment of a regional manager in Kuala Lumpur. UK-based Red Spide
The Crown Estate has won an award for sustainable development at the Green Energy Awards, recognising the success of the enabling actions in addressing the complex challenges in developing offshore renewables. The annual Scottish Renewables event, held in Edinburgh on 6 December, saw a record 1,000
Lamprell has delivered the jackup rig “Muhaiyimat” to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (‘NDC’). Completion and delivery of the jackup rig, 26 months from initial steel cutting, was marked at a ceremony at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE on 8 November, and the rig departed the facility o
In June 2012 the creditors’ committee voted in favour of an offer by the VeKa Group of the Netherlands to take over the Sietas shipyard. Despite six months of intensive negotiations, it was not possible to complete the deal. The reason is that the Sietas shipyard currently has only one order for a n
Sterling Resources Ltd. has announced the results of production testing from the initial three wells completed as part of the on-going Breagh Development in the UK sector of the North Sea. In summary, all well results fall within the range of expected outcomes from the reservoir simulation model. On
Red Spider, the Remote Open Close Technology (ROCT) specialist delivering multi-million pound savings and reduced risk to the oil and gas industry, has secured its first projects in the South East Asia region. The work follows the appointment of a regional manager in Kuala Lumpur. UK-based Red Spide
Environment Court Judge Jeff Smith has granted Port Otago’s application to deepen its Otago Harbour channel in anticipation of the arrival of bigger container ships on the New Zealand coast. The company had originally sought consent from the Otago Regional Council for resource consent to: • Deepen,
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited has delivered its first 6,500-TEU containership. The vessel, also known as the first Rongsheng-built containership, was well received by a German shipowner yesterday. It measures 299.95 meters in length, 40 meters in breadth and 24.2 meters in
Keppel FELS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has won a contract from PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion, a subsidiary of Mexico’s national oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), to build two KFELS B Class jackup rigs worth US$420 million. Scheduled for delivery
Based on the successful private placement of new shares and the financing agreements done, Havila Shipping has decided to exercise the purchase options for the AHTS vessels Havila Mars and Havila Mercury. Based on a renegotiated agreement the vessels will be purchased with effect from 1stOctober 201
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said on Monday that the Maine Port Authority has been awarded a $150,000 federal grant to pay for design work for a new type of container vessel that could bring domestic coastwise cargo service to the International Marine Terminal (IMT) in Portland. This spring the com
A talented trainee on the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry Technician Training Scheme is celebrating after being named OPITO Apprentice of the Year. Scott Stage, 22, beat off competition from students at three colleges across the UK to win the top honour in the North Sea oil and gas industry’s modern a
On 10 Dec. 2012, CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. delivered the 300feet Super M2 Jack-up drilling rig the Caspian Driller at OJSC ‘Krasnye Barrikady’ Shipyard (hereinafter raftered to as KB) in Astrakhan, Russia. The delivery of the Jack-up drilling rig has been made possible by the mutual hard work of th
Afren East African Exploration (EAX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Afren plc (“Afren”) announces that it has commenced a major 3D seismic programme in the Seychelles, the first 3D survey to be conducted in the country. The programme will consist of two surveys in Afren’s licence areas that extend ov
