China Oilfield Services Limited today announced that its semi-submersible drilling platform COSLPioneer has commenced operation after fulfilling the technical requirements of Statoil ASA, a Norwegian energy company. Drilling platforms operating in the North Sea have to be equipped with technological
North Sea Tankers announces the latest addition to their fleet, M/T Bomar Mercury (Ex. Görkem Bey), recently purchased by North Sea Tankers tonnage partner Borealis Maritime Ltd. The delivery to NST is expected for the second week of September and M/T Bomar Mercury will be Borealis Maritime’s third
Launching ceremony of new tanker, named Gobustan, took place on August 27, 2011 at Besiktas Shipyard, Yalova (Turkey). PALMALI is committed to providing a professional ship management service in a competent cost effective manner, in order to meet the requirements of its customers as well as discharg
OOCL announces that two Super-PostPanamax gantry cranes will be installed at OOCL Kaohsiung Container Terminal (KAOCT) in Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan. The crane procurement is part of a service enhancement project to expand KAOCT’s capabilities. Currently, there are six PostPanamax gantry cranes in opera
Two 47 metre high speed catamaran ferries departed Austal’s Henderson shipyard this week bound for Guadeloupe, where they will shortly commence operations for long-standing Austal customer L’Express des Iles. Austal was selected by L’Express des Iles in June 2010 for the design and construction of t
On August 24, NYK president Yasumi Kudo held a meeting with six captains and chief engineers at the NYK headquarters in Tokyo. During the meeting, President Kudo and the ship officers exchanged opinions about the safe operation of the NYK fleet, and President Kudo then issued instructions to further
The Group’s strong cash flow and healthy balance sheet make it possible to invest in long term profitable growth of our core businesses in spite of short term market volatility and risks. In the first half-year of 2011 alone, the Group has executed and committed to new investments of more than USD 1
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 569, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 16/7-10. The well proved gas/condensate. The well was drilled 16 kilometres northeast of the Sleipner Øst field in the North Sea. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in P
Yesterday the Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant stationary platform has been delivered to the Prirazlomnoye field in the Pechora Sea. Experts are to fix the platform on the seafloor at a previously prepared site. Afterwards, they will start to surface the platform perimeter with crushed rock and
Technip Malaysia has submitted a bid for a deepwater job worth RM1 billion. “We are bidding for the design and managing the fabrication … Source: Bernama [mappress] Source: Bernama, August 29, 2011;
RAK Petroleum Public Company Limited, the oil and gas exploration and production company, today announced a net profit of AED 48.4 million (unaudited) for the quarter ended 30 June 2011 on turnover of AED 118.9 million, after equity accounting for its share of the profit reported by associate compan
Total, operator of Block 17, announced that the giant Pazflor field offshore Angola has come on stream ahead of the initial schedule. The Pazflor field lies 150 kilometres off Luanda in water depths ranging from 600 to 1,200 metres and has estimated proved and probable reserves of 590 million barrel
The third tanker of Armada type built by Besiktas Shipyard in Yalova, Turkey, named Lerik, has sailed from the Shipyard on August 26, 2011. The vessel has sailed for her maiden voyage to load 6500 mts of fuel oil at port of Taganrog (Russia) with destination to one safe port of Marmara Sea. Palmali
Total, operator of Block 17, announced that the giant Pazflor field offshore Angola has come on stream ahead of the initial schedule. The Pazflor field lies 150 kilometres off Luanda in water depths ranging from 600 to 1,200 metres and has estimated proved and probable reserves of 590 million barrel
