On 24th April, COSCO Lianyungang Shipyard accommodated its first offshore vessel – “Maersk Responder”, the Cable laying vessel which belongs to the largest shipping company Maersk Line. Maersk Supply Service have 65 different kinds of marine service vessels; they can provide various services such as
SeaBird Exploration PLC informed the following new 2D contracts awarded. The Osprey Explorer has been awarded an LOI by an oil supermajor for a 2D survey between 8,000 and 11,000 kilometres in South America. The vessel will mobilize after her current commitment in the GOM and commence the survey fro
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today announced the Company clinched a USD 500 million order to build the world’s first two new LNG Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRU) for Hoegh of Norway on June 12. This contract also includes an option exercisable by Hoegh to or
Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) is on track to deliver its latest Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) project, Armada TGT 1, to Bumi Armada Berhad (Bumi Armada). Mr Nelson Yeo, MD of Keppel Shipyard, said, “We would like to thank our valued customer Bumi Armada for entrusting K
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-7, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-7 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°46’48’’N 02°39’16’’E after completing drilling of wildcat w
FG International Holland BV, the Dutch Special Lifting company, has recently applied a brand new construction called FG Single Pole Lifter. Willtéco was awarded the high profile job to construct and exchange gearboxes on a jack-up platform in IJmuiden, The Netherlands. While the jack-up does have 2
A delegation of 15 representatives lead by Mr. Bento Lorenco, Vice President of Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola （“Sonangol”） and Mr. Xu Shunqing, General Manger of China Sonangol International Limited （“China Sonangol”） recently paid a visit to China Oilfield Services Limited （“COSL” or
Today, 10 June, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy approved the plan for development and operation for Visund South. Production is planned to start up in the third quarter of 2012, and a subsea template is already on its way out to the field. Visund South, which is located 10 kilometres
Vroon Offshore announces that yesterday, Thursday 9 June 2011, the company took delivery of VOS Vigilant. VOS Vigilant, a field-support vessel, is the penultimate in a series constructed for Vroon at the Astilleros Zamakona Shipyard, Pasaia. She will join Vroon’s extensive fleet of modern vessels pr
Floatel International Ltd has signed an agreement with Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) to build a new generation accommodation semisubmersible (semi) for delivery in 1Q 2014, on a ‘Turnkey’ basis. The total project price will be USD 283 million including project management, contingencies, spare pa
New Zealand’s offshore exclusive economic zone (EEZ) should be considered the North Sea of the Southern Hemisphere, a leading scientist … By Rob Maetzig Taranaki Daily News [mappress] Source: Taranaki Daily News , June 10, 2011;
Shermco Industries, a leader in electrical maintenance for light, medium and heavy industrial trade, is currently performing electrical maintenance and testing work for an offshore oil platform off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. Shermco won the Fortune 500 contract in March for a scope of work whic
Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, today announces the award of the Kumang Cluster Project by PETRONAS Carigali to Subsea 7 Malaysia Sdn Bhd. This award further cements Subsea 7’s position in Asia Pacific and Middle East Region. The project involve
Petrobras announces the discovery of a new oil accumulation in the Cretaceous reservoirs of the Espírito Santo Basin. The discovery resulted from the drilling of well 1-BRSA-926D-ESS (1-ESS-205D), informally known as Brigadeiro, at a 1,900 meter water depth in the Concession area BM-ES-23, block ES-
