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Tracking West Africa’s deepwater development

Jul 01, 2016

Quest Offshore's Andrew Jackson discusses how the depressed global market dynamics are affecting one of the world's premier deepwater basins. Oil from the Bonga North West underground reservoirs…

Stone cancels Ensco rig contract

Jun 30, 2016

Stone Energy has terminated an existing long-term deepwater rig commitment with Ensco for a total consideration of US$20 million. The agreement includes approximately $5 million that was a deposit previously provided to Ensco pursuant to the drilling services contract…

BG Egypt inks Deep Sea Supply vessels

Jun 30, 2016

Deep Sea Supply is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded three new time charter contracts for operations in Egypt by BP Egypt.  The PSV Sea Swift has been awarded a two-year firm, plus a one-year option contract, while…

HIPPS system for FLNG unit

Jun 30, 2016

Dutch technology firm Frames has completed a high integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS) and fluid buffer system for the mooring solutions specialist SOFEC. Both are designed and build for the external mooring system of a floating LNG (FLNG) vessel…

Skipper well to start mid-late July

Jun 30, 2016

UK-based explorer Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) expects to take Transocean's Sedco 704 semisubmersible drilling rig on contract and start drilling an appraisal well on the Skipper oil discovery in the second half of July 2016.   Skipper…

Damen completes Sea Installer modifications

Jun 29, 2016

Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) has concluded modification works on the Sea Installer. The principle scope of work involved the extension of the main crane boom, giving the A2SEA-owned offshore wind farm installation vessel increased reaching…

IE's SPS used on Solitaire repair

Jun 29, 2016

Allseas, the operator of the Solitaire pipelay vessel, recently decided to repair parts of the 550sq m tank top in hold #6 which had corroded. After a detailed assessment was carried out, Allseas opted for Intelligent Engineering’s (IE’s)…

BP, Seadrill reach West Capricorn agreement

Jun 29, 2016

Seadrill Partners has reached an agreement with BP to keep the West Capricorn on an extended standby rate of US$316,000/d with expected recommencement of work in late 2017 at the full operating rate of $526,000/d. The unit had been down…

Fugro deploys second vessel for Gigante Survey

Jun 29, 2016

Fugro has deployed multi-purpose offshore survey vessel Fugro Gauss to join the Fugro Brasilis offshore Mexico, to help complete the world’s largest seep-hunting survey for multiclient geoscience data company, TGS. Both Fugro vessels…

Statoil to drill with Songa Delta after recent suspension

Jun 29, 2016

Statoil has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill a wildcat well in the Njord field with the Songa Delta semisubmersible, a rig that the Norwegian supermajor suspended with Songa Offshore just last week…

Vard terminates Rem vessel deal

Jun 29, 2016

Vard Holdings has terminated a shipbuilding contract for one offshore construction and anchor handling vessel with Rem Offshore in return for compensation. The contract with REM was struck last year in June 2014, and the vessel is already in the early stages of construction…

Keppel delivers Lapa FPSO

Jun 28, 2016

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil SA's BrasFELS shipyard has recently completed the integration and completion works on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Modec Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte…

JX Nippon gears up for Malaysia drilling campaign

Jun 28, 2016

Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) is gearing up to drill three wells offshore Malaysia after agreeing a contract for the rig for the campaign.  JX Nippon is to hire the semi-tender drilling rig SKD Berani from a SapuraKencana Petroleum subsidiary…

DP incidents still under-reported

Jun 28, 2016

Seventy one accounts of incidents that took place in 2014 on 54 vessels were submitted for the annual Dynamic positioning station keeping incidents: Incidents for 2014 (M 231) report, produced by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA)…

Trelleborg, i-Tech Services sign framework agreement

Jun 27, 2016

Trelleborg’s applied technologies operation in Rochdale, England, has signed a framework agreement with i-Tech Services, a Subsea 7 company, to deliver buoyancy products for remotely operated vehicles (ROV). This is the first formal framework agreement for the supply of ROV buoyancy…

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