Offshore

This week, Royal Wagenborg’s new ‘Walk-to-Work’ vessel Kroonborg was christened in the port of Delfzijl.  She was built last year by Royal Niestern

Five people were killed and four are missing following an explosion Wednesday aboard a FPSO in Brazil.

Total SA will reduce spending, cut jobs and curtail exploration this year after the crash in crude prices lowered fourth-quarter profit 17

Singapore-based offshore energy construction contractor Swiber Holdings Ltd reported today their second largest contract ever from India’s Oil and

Bibby Offshore announced today its Singapore division signed a 1-year ROV services contract earlier this year with subsea contractor Seascape. Bibby has

Petroleo Brasileiro SA halted drilling at its largest oil discovery in deep waters, two people with knowledge of the matter said, underscoring the technical

The Goliat FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) will soon depart Hyundai Heavy Industries and head southbound along the coast of eastern Asia

Allseas’ giant oil rig decommissioning vessel was initially named after Pieter Schelte Heerema who besides creating one of the world’s premier

Rig contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc reported a 7 percent drop in quarterly revenue as demand dropped due to weak oil prices, and said it would not pay

Saipem’s deepwater pipelay installation vessel Castorone commenced laying the remaining 718 kilometer section of 42-inch pipe last week, according to

On February 5th, the anchor handling tug supply vessel Lim Tide suffered some sort of issue which caused it to ram a production platform in the Persian Gulf.

Since she was delivered to Transocean in 2009, the 6th generation drillship Discoverer Americas has been on contract with Norwegian energy major Statoil.

To the envy of many in the offshore supply vessel segment, Singapore-based Otto Marine Limited won long term charter contracts for two of their platform supply

On 3 February, the ENSCO 5006, while operating on contract for INPEX, commenced drilling at the Ichthys gas-condensate field located about 200 kilometers off

ABB, the Swiss power and automation group announced today it will be playing an important role in the development of Petronas’ second floating LNG

Capex can't be cut

In Noble Corporation’s 4th quarter earnings report released today, the company took a $713 million impairment charge on the retirement of three of their

The offshore sector took another hit today as Maersk Supply Service and Maersk Drilling both announced major layoffs at their corporate headquarter in Denmark.

Vroon Offshore’s 2011-built Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel VOS Vigilant took a bit of a pounding while operating off the Shetland Islands last

Cnooc Ltd., China’s biggest offshore oil and gas producer, plans to increase production by as much as 15 percent this year even as the plunge in the price of