Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the delivery of a deepwater drilling riser system to the DSME shipyard in South Korea. The riser package will be installed on Atwood Oceanics, Inc.’s ultra-deepwater drillship, the Atwood Advantage. The
OSM recently take over container vessel ‘Josephine Maersk’ in Malaysia. OSM and Maersk Line signed contracts in Copenhagen in May. The contract rewarded OSM with full crew management of 6 Maersk container vessels. The latest vessel, ‘Josephine Maersk’, was built in 2002. She has a length of 216 metr
EnQuest PLC has agreed with Canamens Limited to buy two of its companies, whose assets include the 20% interest in the Kraken oil discovery. EnQuest will pay an initial consideration of US$45 million dollars in cash and a further US$45 million in cash, contingent upon approval of the Kraken Field De
Teledyne Odom Hydrographic has announced the launch of the new Multibeam Echo Sounder, the MB1. Designed and manufactured within the Teledyne Marine Group of companies, the new 120° sonar operates on user selectable frequency from 170 kHz to 220 kHz. MB1 features Phase & Amplitude bottom detection,
Statoil ASA has together with its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS made a substantial oil discovery in the Havis prospect in the same licence as Skrugard (PL532) in the Barents Sea. This is the second high-impact discovery in the North in nine months. Well 7220/7-1, drilled by the drilling rig Ak
Statoil ASA has together with its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS made a substantial oil discovery in the Havis prospect in the same licence as Skrugard (PL532) in the Barents Sea. This is the second high-impact discovery in the North in nine months. Well 7220/7-1, drilled by the drilling rig Ak
Rockhopper Exploration plc, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that the Ocean Guardian drilling unit has been towed successfully from the 14/15-4 well location and is now off hire to Rockhopper. 14/15-4 was the final well in Rockhopper’s first North Falkland Basin dr
Dubai Maritime City (DMC), the world class facility for furthering maritime business, has posted revenues worth Dhs25m in 2011 and this is expected to expand further by 15% during 2012. The Business District of the multi-purpose mixed-use facility was opened recently at a Grand Ceremony organised un
Ashtead Technology, Instrument Division, a Houston-based global instrumentation rental, sales and services organization supporting the environmental services, oil and gas, power generation, and industrial production industries announced that Youllonda Driver, CPA, has joined the company as Vice Pres
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. (G E Shipping) took delivery of its 318,000 dwt Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) “Maneklal Ujamshi Sheth“ from Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd, (HHI) South Korea on Friday, January 6, and subsequently delivered the vessel to its new buyers. This vessel is one of t
DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded a Frame Agreement for Offshore Survey Services by Statoil. The 4-year frame agreement with 2 x 1 year options includes services for light construction, ROV survey with MultiBeam Echosounder (MBE), ROV survey w/o MBE, acoustic survey, acoustic survey with ROTV, a
DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded a Frame Agreement for Offshore Survey Services by Statoil. The 4-year frame agreement with 2 x 1 year options includes services for light construction, ROV survey with MultiBeam Echosounder (MBE), ROV survey w/o MBE, acoustic survey, acoustic survey with ROTV, a
An independent Anglo-French oil company Perenco on Friday announced it has signed an agreement with Sinochem Petróleo Brasil Ltda, the 100% owned subsidiary of Sinochem Corporation (Sinochem) to farm-out five concessions in the Espirito Santo basin, offshore Brazil. In exchange for acquiring 10% wor
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has today taken delivery of “Normand Arctic” from STX OSV AS, Langsten. “Normand Arctic” is a large LNG fuelled platform supply vessel (PSV). The vessel will be trading in the North Sea for Statoil for a firm period of 3 months with additional 5 montly optins. [mappress]
