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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Norway Oil Services Risking Arctic Chances on Russian Sanctions
News

Norway Oil Services Risking Arctic Chances on Russian Sanctions

Aker Solutions ASA, the offshore engineering company controlled by billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke, could miss opportunities to expand into Russia’s Arctic

August 12, 2014
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Monday, August 11, 2014
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News

Cuba Shifts Energy Focus Away from Offshore After Unsuccessful Drilling Campaign

Cuba has shifted its focus away from offshore oil, concentrating on renewable energy and improving output from onshore wells due to a lack of interest by

August 11, 2014
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News

COSLPioneer Given Green Light at Visund Nord

Norway’s offshore safety regulators have given Statoil consent to use the COSLPioneer drilling rig to drill and complete a pair of wells at the Visund

August 11, 2014
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Sovcomflot icebreaker offshore standby vessels
News

Arctech Helsinki to Deliver Sovcomflot Icebreaker Trio

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard announced today receipt of a USD $380 million newbuild contract from Sovcomflot for three icebreaking stand-by vessels.

August 11, 2014
Total Views: 125

M/V Riley Claire Rodi Marine
Engineering News

Rodi Marine’s Newest Crewboats Get Waterjets

Louisiana-based Rodi Marine went with something a bit different with their newest crewboat, M/V Riley Claire. Built by Swiftships in Morgan City, a

August 11, 2014
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News

Teekay Orders Another Cylindrical Floating Hotel from Cosco Nantong

Adding to the two other newbuilds currently under construction, Teekay Offshore Partners LP has exercised the first of six options to build an

August 11, 2014
Total Views: 84

Sunday, August 10, 2014
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News

KrisEnergy Acquires Chevron Cambodia Unit

KrisEnergy Ltd. announced today the acquisition of entire issued share capital of Chevron Overseas Petroleum (Cambodia) Limited, which holds a 30%

August 10, 2014
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Saturday, August 9, 2014
exxonmobil rosneft
Offshore

ExxonMobil Spuds in North of Russia, Gathers Praise from Putin

U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil began drilling in Russia's Arctic on Saturday, despite Western sanctions imposed on its Russian partner Rosneft, and was hailed by

August 9, 2014
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News

Hallin Marine’s John Giddens Partners with Mike Meade on New Subsea Venture

Subsea entrepreneur John Giddens, the founder of Hallin Marine who built his company into a global subsea services player after starting it from a container

August 9, 2014
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Friday, August 8, 2014
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News

ExxonMobil Snatches up Seadrill Newbuild

Seadrill breathed a sign of relief today as another one of their drilling rigs under construction at Samsung Heavy gained a charter contract. As gCaptain

August 8, 2014
Total Views: 61

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News

The Five Issues Worrying Oil Executives in the North Sea

On the 50th anniversary of the issuing of the first licenses for the extraction of oil and gas from the UK continental shelf (UKCS), we asked oil executives

August 8, 2014
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west alpha drilling rig
News

ExxonMobil’s Drilling Campaign in Russian Arctic Shows Sanctions Lack Bite

Sanctions, what

August 8, 2014
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
ebola virus
News

If Your Shipmate Gets Ebola…

If your ship intends to call in ports affected by the Ebola virus, here are some important safety measures via the World Health Organization and the Marshall

August 7, 2014
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transocean spitsbergen barents
Offshore

Statoil Wildcat Well Reveals Gas North of Norway

The Statoil-contracted rig Transocean Spitsbergen has made a gas discovery while drilling at production license 614 approximately 300 kilometers north of

August 7, 2014
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Offshore

Tidewater Subsidiary Orders Wärtsilä-Designed Ice-Class MPSV

Wärtsilä signed their second design contract today with Tidewater subsidiary Troms Offshore Supply for their new VS 4530 series of arctic multi-purpose

August 7, 2014
Total Views: 127

hornbeck offshore 240-class osv
Multimedia

SPOTD: Warp Speed Through Port Fourchon

Hornbeck Offshore’s 240-class offshore supply vessel HOS Bluewater and the 265-class HOS Brimstone were moored at Port Fourchon last night when an Edison

August 7, 2014
Total Views: 87

XLE 2 jackup rig maersk drilling
News

Maersk Drilling Receives Second XLE-Type Jack-Up Rig from Keppel

Maersk Drilling took delivery today of their second XL Enhanced harsh environment jack-up rig from Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore. This rig and its sister

August 7, 2014
Total Views: 414

Tuesday, August 5, 2014
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News

Sinopacific Shipbuilding Enters Mexican Market

Shanghai-headquartered Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has announced their entry into the Mexican offshore market today with the signing of a three-ship OSV

August 5, 2014
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skandi yare
News

Petrobras Extends Skandi Yare PSV for Four More Years

DOF’s subsidiary Norskan Offshore Ltda. has been awarded a 4 year contract with Petrobras for the platform supply vessel Skandi Yare. The new contract

August 5, 2014
Total Views: 58

Monday, August 4, 2014
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News

EMAS AMC Wins $110 Million in Subsea Contracts

EMAS AMC, the subsea services arm of offshore contractor Ezra Holdings Inc. has won upwards of $110 million in new contracts according to a statement today by

August 4, 2014
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