Korea based STX Pan-Ocean has selected to use STX-PARAT boilers in all their new vessels currently being built at the STX Shipyard in Changwon, Korea and STX Dalian in China. The vessel type is 57.000 dwt Open Hatch General Cargo Vessel and the boiler capacity is 1200kgs/hr in the oilfired section a
The Gigilinis Shipping Group’s tug S/T SPARTAN completed another towage of a N/B Hull from Yalova, Turkey to Leirvik, Norway. The voyage, which lasted just over 30 days, proved to be especially challenging due to very bad weather conditions encountered along the way. Nevertheless, the crew of S/T SP
CH Offshore’s subsidiary, Offshore Gold Shipping Pte Ltd (“OGSP”) has entered into a bareboat charter agreement for its AHTS vessel “Aquamarine”. A 2008-built 12,240 brake horsepower anchor-handling tug supply vessel “Aquamarine” will be chartered for a period of two years, with an option to purchas
CH Offshore’s subsidiary, Offshore Gold Shipping Pte Ltd (“OGSP”), has entered into a bareboat charter with an undisclosed client for an undisclosed price. The charter is for the “Aquamarine”, a 2008-built 12,240 brake horsepower anchor-handling tug supply vessel AHTS, for a period of two years. Upo
Wild Well Control, a Superior Energy Services company, announces that James Tuppen has joined the company as Manager, International Well Control Operations. Tuppen has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry involving snubbing services, pressure control and well control operations. “
On the morning of 27th December 2011, the ceremony for the naming and delivery of the vessel “ZHONGHAI RONGHUA” was hold in Dalian. She is the first vessel of the 8 series 300,000 DWT VLOC ordered by China Shipping (Group) Company (abbreviated as CSG) with dual classification of CCS & DNV, being bui
DNV has developed a new pipeline concept, called X-Stream, that can significantly reduce the cost of a deep- and ultra-deepwater gas pipeline while still complying with the strictest safety and integrity regime. X-Stream is based on established and field-proven technologies which have been innovativ
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-11, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-11 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°48’13.06’’N 02°33’19.92’’E following completion of drilli
Solemn keel-laying ceremony of Project 21820 landing boat (serial number 701) took place at Yaroslavl Shipyard on Jan 18. The contract for construction of such boats was tied between JSC Yaroslavl Shipyard and Russian Defense Ministry on June 23, 2011. Developing organization is the Alekseyev Hydrof
Infield Systems have made a report on the offshore construction activity demand in order to recognize key regions and gauge supply developments stressing the possibility for activity increase due to the arrival of transcontinental pipelines and the deepwater tie-in of various satellite wells matched
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy today, 20 January, approved Statoil’s plan for development and operation (PDO) of Skuld, a fast-track development tied in to the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea. Skuld is Statoil’s fifth approved fast-track PDO, and the largest fast-track development s
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy today, 20 January, gave the green light to the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Skuld, a fast-track development tied in to the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea. Skuld is Statoil’s fifth approved fast-track PDO, and the largest fast-track development so
Neon Energy Limited has, further to the announcement made on January 16, provided some additional information in relation to the agreed farmout of Block 120 and Block 105-110/04 (‘Block 105″), offshore Vietnam. The key commercial terms of the accepted binding offer as they apply to Neon are as follo
Chinese-built semi-submersible rig, Scarabeo 9, has, after a long journey, arrived at its final destination, Cuba. The rig, one of the largest in the world, has been leased by the Spanish oil company Repsol, which hopes to unlock Cuba’s allegedly enormous deepwater oil reserves. Cuba estimates that
