Specialized shipbuilder Keppel Singmarine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured two contracts worth a total of about S$65 million ($48.7 million). The first contract was awarded by Seaways International Pte. Ltd. (Seaways) to build a multi-task Anchor Handl
Plexus has received purchase orders from Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) to supply both high pressure/high temperature HP/HT and standard pressured wellhead systems and services for three additional exploration wells under an existing four year contract, which runs to 2016. The total value of the order
Plexus Holdings has received purchase orders (POs) from Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd (BSP) to supply both High Pressure/High Temperature (‘HP/HT’) and standard pressured wellhead systems and services for three additional exploration wells under an existing four year contract (the Supply Agreement)
Argon ST Inc. has been awarded a $6,5 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the procurement of five AN/SLQ-25A/C countermeasure decoy systems and spares that provide improved naval defense for current threat torpedoes in support of the Undersea Defensive Warfare Programs. The AN/
The 18,300 TEU EEE-Class Marstal Maersk became the largest vessel to call the new Maasvlakte II expansion of the Port of Rotterdam, arriving Monday morning January 5th as part of the testing phase prior to regular weekly calls starting in February. The vessel is 399-meters (1,310 feet) long and 59-m
JDR has appointed David Currie as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective 12 January 2015. David has nearly 30 years’ experience in the global offshore energy industry, most recently the UK Regional President for Aker Solutions. Previously to that he spent the bulk
Orwell Offshore and FES International have landed a multi-million dollar contract from TH Heavy Engineering Berhad for the supply of an external turret system for the FPSO Layang. The combined contract value is estimated at $40M. As part of the commission, naval architecture and offshore engineering
McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a contract to install the offshore jacket, deck and piles for the Ayatsil-A drilling platform for PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion (PEMEX) in the Bay of Campeche Ayatsil field. McDermott says that the value of the award is included in its fourth quarter b
Van Oord has ordered two trailing suction hopper dredgers with a hopper volume of approximately 17,000 m3. Spanish shipbuilder Construcciones Navales del Norte S.L. (LaNaval) will build the ships at its yard in Bilbao. Both vessels will be delivered in 2017. The dredgers will have a hopper capacity
McDermott has been awarded a contract to install the offshore jacket, deck and piles for the Ayatsil-A drilling platform for PEMEX in the Bay of Campeche Ayatsil field. The value of the award is included in McDermott’s fourth quarter backlog. “The Ayatsil-A installation award from PEMEX is a direct
Chevron has become the latest major operator to join Viper Subsea’s Joint Industry Project (JIP) to develop its Subsea Integrity Monitoring System known as V-IR. Viper Subsea says that the project, which began in October 2013, has already attracted Shell, BP and Total and the additional sponsorship
Royal IHC (IHC) has acquired a majority stake in Brastec Technologies, based in Brazil. Brastec Technologies designs and builds value-added, tailor-made production lines for the production of umbilicals and flexible pipes. This agreement fulfils two important elements of IHC business strategy: a foo
Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish said recently that the digging rate was beyond expectations due to efforts exerted by the Egyptian army. “We are in a race against time to finish the new Suez Canal Project,” Mamish stated during a speech at Banha University over the newly-launched S
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have set a new record for the world’s deepest fish, filmed in the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. The new finding was just one of several new species discovered, as well as the first footage of the mysterious ‘supergiant’ amphipod filmed alive. Th
