Houston-based Vantage Drilling’s first newbuild drillship, Platinum Explorer is due to set sail in November for India after undergoing commissioning at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. Vantage owns 100% interest in Platinum Explorer after buying out Taiwan Ma
Northern Offshore, Ltd. announced today that Mr. Paul Ravesies has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development. Gary W. Casswell, president and CEO, said, “Paul is a welcome addition to Northern Offshore. His broad experience in contracts, marketing, business deve
Nido Petroleum Limited (Nido), as Operator of Service Contract 54A (SC 54A), advised that the Tindalo-1 well intervention and remediation programme has commenced. Since the previous update on 30 August 2010: The support vessel M/V Pacific Ariki arrived at the Tindalo location on 5 September with t
France, which has the third largest wind resource in Europe after Germany and the UK, has launched a tender for E10 billion of offshore wind… (istockanalyst) [mappress] Source: istockanalyst, September 05, 2010;
Songa Venus achieved operating efficiency of 93% during the month; the rig completed its work on the first and has now commenced work on well no 2 out of 3 firm wells for Shell Development (Australia). Songa Mercur achieved operating efficiency of 99% during the month; the rig continues to operate o
The offshore company Eldepasco chooses Vestas Offshore A/S as its preferred negotiating partner for the delivery and maintenance of wind turbines for the third offshore wind farm in the Belgian sector of the North Sea. With this move, it takes a significant step towards realizing the project. If, be
The offshore company Eldepasco chooses Vestas Offshore A/S as its preferred negotiating partner for the delivery and maintenance of wind turbines for the third offshore wind farm in the Belgian sector of the North Sea. With this move, it takes a significant step towards realizing the project. If, be
Damen Shipyards Group is proud to announce the sale of its first-ever Twin Axe Catamaran, the Damen High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) 2610, which is particularly suited for the offshore wind industry. Marineco UK, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently signed for the new HSSV 2610 with an option for
Allseas’ Solitaire, the world’s largest pipelay vessel, has started to lay the Gulf of Finland section of the 1,224 kilometre Nord Stream natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. Nord Stream’s Deputy Director Construction Ruurd Hoekstra and Leo D. Varkevisser, Allseas’ Vice President Projects and Ope
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen had champagne poured for him by ‘a robot’ when he visited Hallin Marine in Aberdeen today (Tuesday) to present the company with the Queen’s Award to Industry. Without spilling a drop the robotic arm of one of the company’s remote operated vehicles, which normally work up
Van Oord was recently awarded the dredging works for the Cape Lambert Port B Project by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd. The project comprises the construction of a new port facility adjacent to the existing Cape Lambert Port facility in Western Australia. This will involve the construction of a new train un
All sea routes lead to the port of Hamburg – the largest port in Germany and second biggest in Europe – on 7-10 September for the biennial Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology (SMM) international trade fair. IHC Merwede will be taking its place on Stand 300 in Hall B4 as one of the leading ex
Statoil received 400 more applications compared with last year and the company is taking on 181 new apprentices, compared with 168 last year. “With apprentices we are building future competencies, not just for us, but for society at large. Statoil is an attractive workplace for apprentices and the y
Expro announces that it has completed the acquisition of the Production Testers International business (“PTI”) from Production Testers International HK Ltd and Production Testers International Ltd. PTI is a leading well services business providing fast track production systems to the upstream oil an
