Offshore

On today’s Anniversary of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, NPR has an interesting story looking at a staffing problem facing the offshore oil and gas

Heavy lift and oversized cargo carrier, Jumbo Shipping, confirmed today the order for a second new K-class vessel, with an option on a third, to

(Dow Jones) Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.’s (DO) first-quarter earnings slid 26% as the contract driller was hit with higher costs. The company declared

Noble Corp.’s (NE) first-quarter profit more than doubled, topping Wall Street expectations as the offshore driller’s contract dayrates increased.

SBM Offshore’s main product is the design, supply, installation and operation of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels.   After a

At 1153 GMT, Total announced via Twitter that a team of 11 engineers had descended upon the stricken Elgin platform to commence “well kill”

Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) announced today that Dean Taylor, its President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2002, will retire as an executive officer of

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

CGGVeritas (NYSE: CGV) announced today that, after negotiations with Total Exploration & Production Angola and Sonangol, it has been awarded a five-year

Imtech Marine says it has successfully completed three innovative new-build vessel projects in Singapore; Seven Borealis for Subsea 7, Rockpiper for a

Aker Solutions has won a contract from Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a new jack-up drilling rig, being

DryShips Inc. (DRYS) unveiled a bigger-sized sale of its stake in Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (ORIG) as the dry bulk shipper pares its stake in the offshore drilling

A pair of Teekay spinoffs, Teekay Offshore (NYSE:TOO) and Teekay LNG (NYSE:TGP) both declared increased cash distributions today of $0.5125 per unit  and

Royal Dutch Shell said Tuesday afternoon that the “light sheen” spotted Monday in the Gulf of Mexico is not likely coming from their nearby

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Keppel Corp. (BN4.SG) has signed a letter of intent with Sete Brasil Participacoes SA to design and build five additional

Helix ESG’s reeled pipelay vessel, the Express, recently undertook its deepest work ever during a project in the Gulf of Mexico. Working in the Lloyd

SINGAPORE – EMAS AMC has successfully completed the first of several riser replacements for Statoil on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The scope of the

I was invited down to Brownsville, Texas this week to meet with senior executives from Helix Energy Solutions Group (ESG) for an overview of their

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA, RDSA.LN) is reporting a “light sheen” in the central portion of the Gulf of Mexico but says

HOUSTON–A dispute over the authority of U.S. accident investigators heads to federal court here Wednesday, in a case pitting the U.S. Chemical Safety