Allseas’ Solitaire, the world’s largest pipelay vessel, has completed work on Line 2 of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea ahead of schedule. The vessel laid 342.5 kilometres of each of the twin pipelines in the Gulf of Finland. “The Solitaire has lived up to all our expecta
Rig utilisation in the second quarter of 2011 was 84.7 per cent. Safe Scandinavia, MSV Regalia, Safe Caledonia, Safe Esbjerg, Safe Lancia, Jasminia, Safe Hibernia, Safe Britannia and Safe Regency have been fully utilised in the second quarter. Safe Bristolia commenced on the contract with Cotemar mi
W&T Offshore, Inc. announced today that it has closed its acquisition of Shell Offshore’s 64.3% interest in the Fairway Field along with a 64.3% interest in the associated Yellowhammer gas processing plant, with an effective date of September 1, 2010. This acquisition was part of a larger transactio
Further to the announcement and the press release dated 23 June 2011 in relation to the AHTS’ receipt of its maritime class certification from Det Norske Veritas, the Board of Directors of Otto Marine Limited announced that it has entered into a letter of intent dated 10 August 2011 to sell the AHTS
Siemens Industry, Inc today announced it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to equip two platform supply vessels (PSVs) with its unique diesel electric propulsion solution at Fincantieri Marine Group’s Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. A Tidewater Inc. subsidiary will cons
The Vitol Group today announces the sale of its 68.62% interest in the Galoc Production Company WLL (GPC), operator of the Galoc oil field, to its co-shareholder Otto Energy Limited for a total consideration of US$54 million. GPC was set up as a Vitol subsidiary in 2005 to hold a 58.29% participatin
Aker Solutions’ operating revenues in the second quarter of 2011 were NOK 7.8 billion. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation amounted to NOK 636 million. Order intake in the quarter was NOK 14.3 billion. “We have a strong order intake which reflects high tendering and activity
Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. an affiliate to Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, held the delivery and naming ceremony of global lead vessel PX105, a ship built for Bourbon Offshore Norway on the morning of August 9. The company leaders and the ship owner’s representatives attended this grand ceremon
Kvaerner today announced second quarter 2011 results. “We are delivering a robust second quarter despite the loss on the Blind Faith project and a loss provision on the Longview project”, says Jan Arve Haugan, President & CEO of Kvaerner. Operating revenues in the second quarter amounted to NOK 3 9
Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., today reported the Partnership’s results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. During the second quarter of 2011, the Partnership generated distributable cash flow of $42.6 million, compared to $28.1 million in the same
Nautical Petroleum plc announces that the Kraken 9/02b-5 pilot well, located in UKCS North Sea Block 9/2b, has successfully encountered oil in the Heimdal III sandstone interval. The pilot well was drilled to a total depth of 4,785 feet Measured Depth (MD). The top of the target Heimdal III reservoi
Aker Solutions has secured a contract with Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd. to deliver a subsea production system for the Kikeh subsea expansion project off the coast of Sabah in East Malaysia. Contract value is undisclosed. The scope of work includes the delivery of deepwater oil production equipment suc
Murmansk hosted Wednesday a working meeting between Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dmitry Dmitrienko, Governor of the Murmansk Oblast. The parties discussed the prospects for developing the regional shipbuilding sector placing an emphasis on a possible r
Bowleven, the West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM, announces that drilling has commenced on the Sapele-3 well, Douala Basin, offshore Cameroon, with the Sapphire Driller jack-up rig. The Sapele-3 well, located around sixteen kilometres North West of the Sapele-1 location,
