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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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News

Statoil Announces “An Entirely New Type of Rig” and a Huge Contract for Aker Solutions

Statoil announced today that they have awarded Aker Solutions a $1.9 billion contract involving a new type of rig, categorized “Cat-B”, destined to

April 17, 2012
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
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News

Songa Wins $2.66 Billion Offshore Drilling Contract with Statoil

OSLO -(Dow Jones)- Norwegian offshore drilling operator Songa Offshore SE (SONG.OS) Friday said it has been awarded a rig contract from Statoil ASA (STO) worth

February 25, 2012
Total Views: 15

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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News

Looking for a Place to Sleep at Sea? Try a Prosafe Accommodation Rig, Built by Jurong.

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$291.6 million contract to build an accommodation semi-submersible rig with options for

December 14, 2011
Total Views: 265

Thursday, May 5, 2011
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Blog

Exclusive Interview With Deepwater Horizon Survivor Yancy Keplinger

On April 20th 2011, the one year anniversary of the BP rig explosion, gCaptain was honored to conduct video interviews with many survivors of the Deepwater

May 5, 2011
Total Views: 292

Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Blog

POLL: Flag State Changes to Dynamically Positioned Drilling Vessels…

As of recently, deepwater self-propelled drilling vessels were considered “MODUs”, or mobile offshore drilling units.  Recent changes to flag

March 2, 2011
Total Views: 6

Sunday, September 19, 2010
Oil Spill

The imminent death of the BP oil well?

I’ve seen a few headlines today that seem to portray the Macondo Well as some sort of living creature, like it’s still writhing and twitching as it

September 19, 2010
Total Views: 2

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Incidents

Deepwater Horizon Hearings – Live Blogging

This morning the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Minerals Management Service (MMS) began the second part of the Deepwater Horizon Investigation at the

May 26, 2010
Total Views: 35

Friday, October 3, 2008
Video

Worlds Toughest Fixes – National Geographic Series Premier

We have seen a host of Maritime reality shows come on air in the past year. Some, like Deadliest Catch, have done really well while others, America’s

October 3, 2008
Total Views: 72

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Blog

Incident Photo of the Week – Pemex Oil Rig Disaster

Cargo Law brings us photos of the deadliest Gulf of Mexico offshore accident in the last 43 years; last week’s Collision of the Usumacinta MODU and the

October 30, 2007
Total Views: 198

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Photo

Development Driller III (aka DD3) – ship model of the week

Maybe it’s just because we have fans aboard the DD1,2&3 but more likely just because this is an amazing model. It shows the Global SantaFe’s

October 16, 2007
Total Views: 120
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