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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
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News

Atlantica Signs 5-Well Contract Offshore Ivory Coast

Norwegian private equity firm, Hitecvision announced today that Houston-based Atlantica Tender Drilling Ltd, one of their many investments in the offshore

January 8, 2014
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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Perisai Petroleum Orders Third Jack-Up from PPL Shipyard

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard announced today the signing of a repeat order to build a third Pacific Class 400 jack-up rig for Perisai (L)

December 31, 2013
Total Views: 161

Monday, December 30, 2013
Cyclone Stops Australia’s Iron Ore Exports as Rigs Shutdown
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Cyclone Stops Australia’s Iron Ore Exports as Rigs Shutdown

Iron ore shipments from northern Australia, the world’s biggest exporter, and some offshore oil drilling were halted as a cyclone forecast to bring

December 30, 2013
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
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Offshore

Israel’s Natural Gas Riddle Has Woodside and Gazprom Hanging

Israel’s sputtering preparations for exporting offshore natural gas have postponed drilling and threaten a $2.3 billion investment from

December 29, 2013
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Semi-submersible Drilling Rig Sinks at DSME [INCIDENT PHOTOS]
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Semi-submersible Drilling Rig Sinks at DSME [INCIDENT PHOTOS]

The Deepsea Aberdeen, a semi-submersible drilling rig being built for Odfjell Drilling, sank at the DSME shipyard in South Korea on Saturday. Up until its

December 28, 2013
Total Views: 425

Wednesday, December 25, 2013
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Russia Drops Charges Against Greenpeace Activists

Russia formally dropped criminal charges against Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest over Arctic oil drilling on Wednesday, under a Kremlin amnesty

December 25, 2013
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
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News

Bumi Armada Wins Major FPSO Contracts at the North Sea Kraken Field

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Malaysian oil field services firm Bumi Armada has won two contracts worth $1.4 billion to deploy, operate and maintain a

December 24, 2013
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Gazprom Starts Production at Russia’s First Offshore Arctic Oil Field Amid Controversy and Delays
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Gazprom Starts Production at Russia’s First Offshore Arctic Oil Field Amid Controversy and Delays

Russia's first Arctic offshore field Prirazlomnoye, where Greenpeace activists were arrested in September after a high seas clash with Russian authorities, has

December 20, 2013
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Offshore

Norway’s Biggest Oil Find in Decades Suffers Setback

Statoil ASA lowered the resource estimate for the Johan Sverdrup oil discovery and delayed the start of production by about a year in a setback for the biggest

December 20, 2013
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Navis Engineering Builds on Singapore Success

Navis Engineering, the Finnish dynamic positioning and vessel motion control system manufacturer, announced today the completion of work on its latest project

December 20, 2013
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
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Technip Awarded Contracts On UK Continental Shelf

Technip was awarded four contracts by Shell UK, Fairfield Energy, Ithaca Energy and TAQA during 2013. As the longevity of fields represents a key challenge for

December 19, 2013
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Defense

Study Shows Gulf Dolphins in Poor Health following Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

By NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration Barataria Bay, located in the northern Gulf of Mexico, received heavy and prolonged oiling after the

December 19, 2013
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ARI Delivers Super High-Tech Offshore Simulators to India

ARI Simulation has delivered a complete suite of integrated offshore simulators to India’s NUSI Offshore Training Institute (NOTI), the world’s

December 19, 2013
Total Views: 266

Wednesday, December 18, 2013
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Offshore

Ex-BP Engineer Found Guilty for Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence

A former BP Plc senior engineer was found guilty of destroying evidence sought by the U.S. in a probe of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico well explosion and oil

December 18, 2013
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BP’s Latest Gulf of Mexico Find Caps Best Exploration Year in Decade

BP Plc said the Gila prospect in the Gulf of Mexico produced a “significant” discovery, capping the most successful year for exploration since 2004

December 18, 2013
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Finland’s Government Acquires Majority Stake of Aker Arctic
Engineering News

Finland’s Government Acquires Majority Stake of Aker Arctic

With the threat of Aker Arctic leaving Finland to pursue more profitable pastures, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd, an investment arm of Finland’s

December 17, 2013
Total Views: 44

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Finance

UBS Sells $45.2 Million Note Tied to Ensco, Biggest Offering in 17 Months

UBS AG sold $45.2 million of seven- year notes tied to offshore oil drilling company Ensco Plc, the Swiss bank’s largest U.S. offering in 17

December 17, 2013
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FPSO Armada Perkasa Extended Offshore Nigeria

The FPSO Armada Perkasa has had its contract extended for an additional two years off the Nigerian coast according to a statement by Malaysia-based

December 17, 2013
Total Views: 407

Monday, December 16, 2013
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News

MARIN Opens New Bridge Simulator in Houston

On Tuesday December 10th SNAME President Peter Noble and Robert Hanraads from the Nautical Institute jointly opened the new bridge simulator at the MARIN

December 16, 2013
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Ex-BP Engineer Destroyed Gulf Spill Evidence, Jury Told
Offshore

Ex-BP Engineer Destroyed Gulf Spill Evidence, Jury Told

A former BP Plc engineer deliberately destroyed evidence sought by the U.S. for a probe of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico well explosion and oil spill, a federal

December 16, 2013
Total Views: 32