Swiber Holdings Limite , an integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, announced that it has secured a series of significant awards totaling to over US$830 million. These awards include offshore construction projects and vessel chartering services in the Asia Pac
As persistent high oil prices and the burden of increased regulatory compliance have rendered energy management strategy development crucial for fleet owners worldwide, the shipping industry is on the verge of a new frontier where novel concepts and sophisticated approaches to ship design and perfor
The Richard Etheridge, the second vessel in the Coast Guard’s Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) recapitalization project that was built by Bollinger Shipyards, was officially delivered to the Coast Guard May 26 in Key West, Fla. after transiting from Lockport, La. Richard Etheridge will be h
BW Offshore, Norwegian owner of Floating Production Storage Offloading units, has confirmed that its FPSO BW Joko Tole has received first gas on the Terang Sirasun Batur (TSB) field offshore Indonesia. The final acceptance tests have successfully been completed and the firm contract period has start
A model of a new generation subsea power cable installation vessel was unveiled at SBSS’s booth at Offshore Wind China 30th May to 1st June. The new vessel with a 5000tonne rated turntable is specially designed to transport and install large HVDC & HVAC subsea cables for the fast growing energy mark
CGGVeritas announced that it has been awarded a contract by Lundin Petroleum to conduct a survey of over 2,700 km2 with BroadSeis™, its broadband marine solution, using for the first time its broadband source option, BroadSource™. The survey of the Haugaland High in Quadrant 16 of the Norwegian sect
Premier has announced that the Carnaby exploration well 28/09-5A (Premier equity 50 per cent) has reached a total depth of 4,695 feet and encountered oil. Initial analysis indicates that the well encountered 51 feet of net oil in the main Tay sandstone within an estimated 86 feet oil column. A core
For the second consecutive time, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has selected Ellicott to supply a new dredge for its lake restoration program. The recently launched Model 460S, named “Brutus”, is being used on Grand Lake St. Marys. Bob Cumbow, Deputy Chief of Ohio State Parks, had an oppor
The Board of Directors of Ezion Holdings Limited announced that it has secured a charter contract with a value of approximately USD 86.3 million over a 4 year period to provide a Service Rig to be used by a national oil major to support its oil & gas activities in Central America. The Service Rig [&
The GMS Endurance arrived at Shipdock in Amsterdam having cruised all the way from Tunisia, after completing a successful shutdown project there of British Gas. GMS Endurance is a self-propelled, self-elevating, jack-up barge, built by Gulf Marine Services in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, based on the Dutch
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces a major addition to its fleet of subsea operation vessels. Floated for final fit out at Drydocks World (Nanindah, Indonesia) 11.30 am Tuesday 5 June, CSS Derwent is a compact semi-submersible designed and equipped to meet current and antic
Norway’s seismic specialist TGS has started expansion of a 3D multi-client survey covering 2,000 km2 in the Faroe Shetland Basin spanning the UK Faroe median line. The acquisition is in partnership with PGS and is completion of the previously announced FSB11 survey. The new seismic data is being acq
TGS commences expansion of a 3D multi-client survey covering 2,000 km2 in the Faroe Shetland Basin spanning the UK Faroe median line. TGS has previously conducted a multi-client 3D survey in the Faroe-Shetland Basin which covered 2,500 km2 west of the British Isles over quads 6004, 204 and 205 and w
Swiber Holdings Limited, a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, announced that it has clinched a series of significant awards totaling to over US$830 million. These awards include offshore construction projects and vessel chartering services in
