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Sea Trucks wins West Africa IMR

Oct 20, 2016

Sea Trucks was awarded an inspection maintenance and repair contract for a major oil company in West Africa, expected to begin in Q4 2016. Sea Trucks will use its multipurpose support DP2 vessel, the Jascon 55, a construction barge and a spread of its own conventional vessels for the job…

Keppel O&M cuts more than 3000 jobs

Oct 20, 2016

Singapore’s Keppel is cutting more than 3000 jobs in its offshore and marine division (Keppel O&M) due to slow global growth and weak demand in the first nine months of the year, the company said today (20 October). Image from Keppel…

Aqualis inks Brazil FPSO trio gig

Oct 20, 2016

Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been awarded contracts to provide marine warranty services to three different floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) projects in Brazil. Modec has appointed Aqualis…

MacGregor wins 6 AHTS orders

Oct 19, 2016

MacGregor has won deck machinery orders for six 64m anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels being built for long-term charter in the Middle East to Saudi Aramco. The order is booked in Cargotec's Q3 2016 order intake. MacGregor was…

Vroon VOS Start to use Barge Master gangway

Oct 19, 2016

Vroon’s walk-to-work vessel VOS Start will be equipped with the brand-new Barge Master Gangway, which will enable safe and efficient transfer of personnel and cargo, the company said. Image of the VOS Start…

Rowan gets two termination notices

Oct 19, 2016

Rowan Companies has received two early termination notices this month, in addition to booking more work and selling one jackup. Image of a Rowan jackup, from Rowan. Cobalt International…

Paragon bags Centrica intervention deal

Oct 19, 2016

Paragon Offshore has won a short-term contact with Centrica for the B391 jackup, offshore the UK. The B391 will preform light well intervention work from late-October to late-November 2016 at a dayrate of US$53,000. Centrica and Paragon…

Royal IHC inks Culzean FSO EPC

Oct 19, 2016

Royal IHC has signed a new contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a tandem mooring and offloading system for a floating, storage and offloading (FSO) vessel. Image from Royal IHC…

SPS used to repair FSO hull

Oct 19, 2016

Intelligent Engineering has seen its SPS repair system used on a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel offshore Cameroon.  The FSO Komi Kribi 1 (KK1), converted in 1977 from a VLCC and operated by ExxonMobil for Cameroon Oil Transportation Co…

Hurricane flows at Lancaster side-track

Oct 18, 2016

Hurricane Energy has reported a sustainable flow rate from a horizontal side-track well at its Lancaster discovery, West of Shetland, offshore the UK. Image from Hurricane. The…

Seabird shoots in Belize

Oct 17, 2016

SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, will acquire a 2D long-offset survey in Belize, starting mid-October 2016.  SeaBird will use the Northern Explorer to acquire the survey and the anticipated duration of the program is three to four weeks.

Statoil hits at Njord North Flank

Oct 17, 2016

Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery at the Njord North Flank in the Norwegian Sea that could potentially hold up to 28.3 MMboe, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. The Songa Delta, from Songa Offshore…

Polarcus, TGS in 3D MoU

Oct 17, 2016

Polarcus entered into a memorandum of understand (MoU) to collaborate with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. to jointly develop selected 3D multi-client projects. New projects taken under the collaboration agreement will be announced separately as they occur…

Sevan Developer faces further delays

Oct 17, 2016

Sevan Drilling and Cosco have agreed to exercise the third six-month option to extend the deferral agreement of the Sevan Developer cylindrical drilling rig to 15 April 2017, delaying the unit an additional six months. The final delivery instalment has been amended to US$499…

Maersk names newest jackup Maersk Invincible

Oct 17, 2016

Maersk Drilling has named its fourth XL Enhanced ultra harsh environment jackup the Maersk Invincible, on 14 October at a ceremony held at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. Maersk Invincible…

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