Aberdeen-based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned a US $9.88million vessel for a long-term charter with Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd. Thirty new jobs have been created as a result of the new vessel, Ocean Tay…
Norwegian geoscience firm TGS has signed a Letter of Award with WesternGeco to charter the high-capacity 12-streamer vessel M/V Geco Eagle for 3D multi-client projects in Northwest Europe during the 2014 summer season. The charter will…
Baker Hughes' Blue Orca in the Southern North Sea. Photo Courtesy of Baker Hughes In the early 1980s, the North Sea saw a spurge in stimulation vessels by the big three oilfield services contractors…
Vard Holdings Ltd., a Fincantieri company, has a contract with Bourbon to design and build an ice-class anchor-handling tug supply vessel (AHTS). The arctic AHTS vessel by Vard Design was developed for world-wide anchor handling and remote operations…
The Executive Board of Petrobras approved contracts for eight support vessels for the company's offshore activities. These are part of the Third Fleet Renewal Plan for Offshore Support Vessels (Prorefam). In this fifth round, four vessels were contracted from the company Bram…
A new multipurpose vessel will play a key role on Shell’s Malampaya project offshore Malaysia. Pieter van Hekken explains. In the Q1 this year [2014], Boskalis Offshore will start one of the most challenging projects in its history. Boskalis Offshore…
After a half-year hiatus, exploration and production in the Siri area has recommenced. DONG Energy reconnected the Siri Knutsen to three of the Siri area’s four oil fields on 28 January 2014, offshore Denmark. The Nini East field delivered first oil on 4 February 2014…
Lundin petroleum began towing the Hakuryu-11 jackup rig to Indonesia, for drilling of the Balqis-1 well part of the Baronang production sharing contract (PSC). Following drilling on the Balqis-1, the Hakuryu-11 will commence drilling on the Boni-1 well…
Metocean Services International (MSI) recently completed a deepwater current measurement program offshore Namibia for Repsol Exploration with 100% data return. Repsol as operator of a partnership including Tower Resources Plc and Arcadia…
Spain's Zamakona Yards has launched its second Havyard HY820-design field support and emergency response vessel, the Ocean Marlin. The vessel, which is due to work in the North Sea for French oil major Total from Q2, is the second of three vessels Zamakona Yards will launch…
Dubai-based offshore marine firm Stanford Marine has secured a 5-year contract with Total E&P Angola for use of the Stanford Hawk. Total E&P Angola (TEPA) awarded Stanford Marine a 5-year contract, with two, 2-year options, scheduled to start by the beginning of February 2014…
Royal Boskalis Westminster subsidiary, Dockwise, said that it has won several contracts throughout January 2014, worth a total of US$65 million. Statoil awarded the largest contract to the firm, for the transportation of two jackup rigs from South Korea to Norway…
A 3000-tonne offshore mast crane has been installed on EMAS' Lewek Constellation at Huisman China’s yard in the Fujian Province using a new 2400-tonne quayside crane at the facility. The quayside crane, known as the Skyhook, installed the offshore mast crane in two lifts…
Swiss vessel management firm PROMAR has ordered two platform supply vessels (PSV) from Damen Shipyards Group as it looks to expand its offshore fleet in the next five years. The first Damen PSV 3300 (pictured) will be delivered in February 2015…
FKAB China has won a design order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry's (ZPMC) shipping arm for conversion of a 15-year-old afrmax tanker to a semisubmersible heavy lift vessel. After conversion, the heavy lift vessel will be able to transport container cranes…