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Thursday, March 5, 2015
lamprell jackup rig Greatship Chaaru
News

Lamprell Delivers LeTourneau Super 116E “Greatdrill Chaaru”

UAE-based rig builder Lamprell has delivered their latest newbuild jack-up, Greatdrill Chaaru, to their customer Greatship Global Energy Services Pte. Ltd.

March 5, 2015
Total Views: 191

Wednesday, March 4, 2015
diamond edge crewboat sinking
Collision

Crewboat Sinks in Gulf of Mexico After Collision With Halliburton Liftboat [INCIDENT PHOTOS]

The crewboat Diamond Edge, owned by Jewel Marine allided was involved in a collision with the Halliburton-owned liftboat B.W. Haley at around 10am on

March 4, 2015
Total Views: 764

Bourbon Profit Hit by Oil Price Slump, 2015 Margins On Deck
News

Bourbon Profit Hit by Oil Price Slump, 2015 Margins On Deck

Bourbon SA, a French supplier of ships and crew to oil and natural gas producers, said margins may drop this year following a 36 percent profit slump in 2014

March 4, 2015
Total Views: 28

Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel edison chouest
News

Edison Chouest to Build Polar Anchor Handler, Rolls-Royce Wins Propulsion Contract

U.S. -based offshore support vessel owner Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has awarded Rolls-Royce a contract today to supply azimuth main propulsion, propulsion

March 4, 2015
Total Views: 202

transocean barents rig
News

Roughneck Injured Aboard Transocean Barents Drilling Rig

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority has launched an investigation into an incident on board the Transocean Barents semi-submersible drilling rig on 4

March 4, 2015
Total Views: 205

Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Remaining Victims Recovered from Cidade de São Mateus FPSO Off Brazil
News

Remaining Victims Recovered from Cidade de São Mateus FPSO Off Brazil

BW Offshore has confirmed that the remaining three missing crew have been recovered from its Cidade de São Mateus FPSO, bringing the total official number of

March 3, 2015
Total Views: 96

Environmental Groups Sue Port of Seattle Over Shell’s Arctic Oil Fleet
News

Environmental Groups Sue Port of Seattle Over Shell’s Arctic Oil Fleet

A coalition of environmental groups sued the Port of Seattle on Monday to stop the lease of a terminal to Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Arctic oil drilling fleet,

March 3, 2015
Total Views: 35

United States’ Deepwater Wind Block Island Now Fully Financed
News

United States’ Deepwater Wind Block Island Now Fully Financed

Deepwater Wind Block Island, a 30-megawatt offshore wind farm development project located south of Rhode Island, is now fully-funded following the closure of

March 3, 2015
Total Views: 34

Monday, March 2, 2015
Watch: MacGregor’s 3-Axis Motion Compensated Crane Aboard the Siem Moxie
Engineering News

Watch: MacGregor’s 3-Axis Motion Compensated Crane Aboard the Siem Moxie

If you work in the offshore sector, you know that compensating for the vertical heave motion of a vessel is not a new thing when it comes to crane

March 2, 2015
Total Views: 185

anadarko deepwater millenium transocean mozambique well test
News

Tullow Oil Drops on Concerns Exploration Offshore Ghana May Be Suspended

Ivory Coast, which disputes sea boundaries with neighboring Ghana, has asked an arbitration panel to order Ghana to halt drilling in an area where Tullow

March 2, 2015
Total Views: 58

maersk voyager drillship
News

Maersk Drilling Lands Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Contract from ENI

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a long-term contract today from eni’s subsidiary in Ghana for the employment of their new drillship, Maersk Voyager.

March 2, 2015
Total Views: 134

viking neptun
News

Viking Neptun Profiled [VIDEO]

The high spec offshore construction vessel Viking Neptun was delivered last month to Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik from Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The

March 2, 2015
Total Views: 377

transocean spitsbergen barents
News

Transocean Spitzbergen Heads Back to Work

The Aker H-6e design semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Spitzbergen is back to work this week for Statoil after a few months of suspended operations,

March 2, 2015
Total Views: 36

“Pioneering Spirit” to Install Topsides Facilities at Johan Sverdrup
News

“Pioneering Spirit” to Install Topsides Facilities at Johan Sverdrup

Statoil announced today they have signed a contract with Allseas to utilize the Pioneering Spirit (ex- Pieter Schelte) to install the drilling, processing

March 2, 2015
Total Views: 85

Friday, February 27, 2015
Helix ESG’s Contract with BP Shifts to the Right
News

Helix ESG’s Contract with BP Shifts to the Right

Due for delivery from Jurong Shipyard in May, Helix ESG’s new well intervention semi-submersible Q5000 was poised to head into a 5-year contract with

February 27, 2015
Total Views: 47

Thursday, February 26, 2015
ensco 8500
News

ENSCO to Cold Stack Ultra-Deepwater Rig

Ensco will shut down or cold stack a rig by mid 2015, Chief Executive Carl Trowell said on a conference call with analysts on

February 26, 2015
Total Views: 242

lewek champion
Offshore

Lewek Champion Installs Offshore Platform [VIDEO]

The  2007-built DP2 heavy lift crane vessel Lewek Champion performs a fixed offshore platform installation in the following undated video: The Lewek

February 26, 2015
Total Views: 451

maersk giant drilling rig jackup
News

Total, Statoil and Talisman Given Go-Ahead to Drill in Central North Sea

Total E&P Norge (TEPN), Statoil and Talisman Energy have all been given approval to commence drilling operations in the central part of the North Sea by

February 26, 2015
Total Views: 45

viking vision seismic survey vessel
Finance

CGG to Cut Jobs and Fleet Size in 2015

CGG SA, the oil field seismic surveyor that rejected a takeover approach by Technip SA, reported a net loss of $1.2 billion in 2014 after a writedown for

February 26, 2015
Total Views: 70

Seadrill and Transocean Report Better Than Expected Earnings As Darkness Looms
Finance

Seadrill and Transocean Report Better Than Expected Earnings As Darkness Looms

The world's biggest offshore drillers reported plunging earnings and orders on Thursday but managed to get a grip on costs to improve their chances of riding

February 26, 2015
Total Views: 37