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Sunday, May 6, 2012
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News

Shipbuilders Are Drooling…Swire Pacific Announces Big Budget for Offshore Vessels

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–Swire Pacific Ltd. (SWRAY, 0019.HK) said it will spend HK$11 billion ($1.4 billion) over the next two years on building energy

May 6, 2012
Total Views: 143

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News

Statoil and Rosneft Sign Russian Arctic Agreement Worth as Much as Facebook IPO

MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Norway’s Statoil ASA (STO, STL.OS) signed Saturday a potential $100 billion cooperation agreement with Russian state oil company

May 6, 2012
Total Views: 53

Friday, May 4, 2012
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News

West Phoenix on Station to Perform Elgin Well Intervention

PARIS (Dow Jones)–French oil major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) Friday reiterated it was ready to start “in the coming days” an operation to

May 4, 2012
Total Views: 63

Seadrill Orders Another Harsh Environment Semi, Wins $235M Contract from Chevron
Engineering News

Seadrill Orders Another Harsh Environment Semi, Wins $235M Contract from Chevron

To benefit from the current strong demand for high specification drilling units Seadrill announced today that it has entered into a turnkey construction

May 4, 2012
Total Views: 73

Thursday, May 3, 2012
Shell Clears Wildlife Hurdle, One Step Closer to Arctic Drilling
Offshore

Shell Clears Wildlife Hurdle, One Step Closer to Arctic Drilling

Royal Dutch Shell is one step closure to drilling in the Arctic this summer after securing a permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service, proving to

May 3, 2012
Total Views: 18

Transocean Discoverer Clear Leader drillship
Offshore

Transocean Reports 1Q Results, Net Slips 86%

Transocean Ltd.’s (RIG, RIGN.VX) first-quarter earnings fell 86% as impairment charges again weighed on the offshore oil-driller’s bottom-line

May 3, 2012
Total Views: 18

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Kleven Maritime Commissioned to Build Second Seismic Vessel for Sanco
Engineering News

Kleven Maritime Commissioned to Build Second Seismic Vessel for Sanco

Norway’s Kleven Maritime said today that it will be constructing a second seismic vessel for Sanco Shipping AS at the company’s Myklebust Verft

May 2, 2012
Total Views: 65

jackup rig port aransas collision
Collision

USCG UPDATE: Panamax Tanker Strikes Jackup Rig, Grounds Itself Off Port Aransas [IMAGES]

  On the approach into the channel at Port Aransas, Texas this morning, the 74k DWT product tanker, FR8 Pride, a Scorpio Tanker-managed vessel, lost power

May 2, 2012
Total Views: 100

Rowan Viking
Finance

Rowan Shows Strong Revenue Growth with Higher Day Rates and Jackup Rig Utilization

(Dow Jones) Rowan Cos.’s (RDC) first-quarter earnings rose 54% as higher day rates contributed to the offshore drilling company’s

May 2, 2012
Total Views: 60

Cosco Corp. to Build $200 Million Harsh Environment Flotel for Cotemar
Engineering News

Cosco Corp. to Build $200 Million Harsh Environment Flotel for Cotemar

Singapore-listed COSCO Corp said today that it has contracted to build US$ 200 million harsh-environment semi-submersible flotel for Mexico’s Cotemar

May 2, 2012
Total Views: 88

Boskalis Lands Three Energy-Related Contracts in Northern Europe
Offshore

Boskalis Lands Three Energy-Related Contracts in Northern Europe

Royal Boskalis Westminster announced today that it has won three energy related contracts for diverse projects in the North Sea and Irish Sea worth a total of

May 2, 2012
Total Views: 55

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Cal Dive Reports Q1 Loss as Dry Docking Sidelines Valuable Assets
Offshore

Cal Dive Reports Q1 Loss as Dry Docking Sidelines Valuable Assets

Cal Dive International reported today a first quarter 2012 loss of $24.3 million, or $.26 per diluted share, primarily due to the regulatory drydocks of three

May 1, 2012
Total Views: 15

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News

Transocean and ExxonMobil Begin Drilling at Jansz-Io Offshore Australia

– By ExxonMobil Connection The ExxonMobil Drilling team this month commenced operations on the Jansz-lo driling program for the Gorgon LNG Project off

May 1, 2012
Total Views: 141

Lamprell Wins $227 Million Jackup Newbuild Contract
Engineering News

Lamprell Wins $227 Million Jackup Newbuild Contract

Lamprell announced today the receipt of a USD $227 million contract award from an international drilling contractor for the construction of a jackup drilling

May 1, 2012
Total Views: 74

Monday, April 30, 2012
Lloyd’s Register Acquires WEST Engineering Services
Offshore

Lloyd’s Register Acquires WEST Engineering Services

Lloyd’s Register announced today that it has acquired Houston-based WEST Engineering Services in a move that secures the group’s position as a

April 30, 2012
Total Views: 103

BP Exec: BP Expects to Spend $4 Billion a Year in Gulf of Mexico
Offshore

BP Exec: BP Expects to Spend $4 Billion a Year in Gulf of Mexico

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–After deep self-examination following the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) decided not to leave the Gulf of

April 30, 2012
Total Views: 28

Petroleum Safety Authority Flags Transocean Citing “Serious Breaches”
Offshore

Petroleum Safety Authority Flags Transocean Citing “Serious Breaches”

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has issued an order to Transocean Inc. to improve maintenance oversight after the authority carried out an

April 30, 2012
Total Views: 23

ConocoPhillips and CNOOC Reach Agreement with China over Bohai Bay Oil Spill
Offshore

ConocoPhillips and CNOOC Reach Agreement with China over Bohai Bay Oil Spill

ConocoPhillips announced Monday that, through its affiliate ConocoPhillips China Inc. (COPC) and the China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), it has reached

April 30, 2012
Total Views: 59

skandi atlantic
News

DOF ASA Signs NOK 225 Million Contract Offshore Australia with Apache

DOF announced today that they have signed a NOK 225 million contract with Apache Energy Limited for the use of the anchor handling tug supply vessel, Skandi

April 30, 2012
Total Views: 89

Viking Thaumas
News

Brazilian Operations Not as Fruitful as Expected, Eidesvik Sells Pair of Supply Vessels

Norwegian shipowner, Eidesvik, has entered into sales agreements of USD $64 million for the two supply vessels Viking Surf (built 2002) and Viking Thaumas

April 30, 2012
Total Views: 58