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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Finance

Maersk to Take $1.7 Billion Hit as Brazilian Oil Venture Comes Up Short

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S said its oil and gas business will take a $1.7 billion writedown on its oil assets in Brazil and no longer push for an expansion in the

July 8, 2014
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Monday, July 7, 2014
VARD Acquires STX Canada Marine
Engineering News

VARD Acquires STX Canada Marine

Fincantieri has continued their mission to gobble up companies that start with STX with their latest acquisition of naval architecture and marine engineering

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 145

Brasa shipyard FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela
News

Petrobras Says End of SBM Contracts Could Cut Profit by $15 Billion

Profit at Petrobras, Brazil's state-led oil company, could be reduced by $15 billion between 2014 and 2018 if it had to suspend oil platform contracts with

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 19

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Offshore

Sovcomflot Extends Order for More Icebreaking Standby Vessels

Building on a similar order in April, SCF Group (Sovcomflot) and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. announced today the newbuild order for three

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 32

Damen PSV 5000
News

Atlantic Towing Orders Ice-Class PSVs

Atlantic Towing (USA) has selected newly-designed, ice-strengthened PSV 5000 vessels from Damen Shipyards Group to meet its demanding 10-year offshore support

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 141

Friday, July 4, 2014
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News

Songa Venus Still Stacked in Malaysia

Songa Offshore’s 1975-built Friede & Goldman L-900 design semisubmersible drilling rig has been stacked in Labuan, Malaysia since 6 May after

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 190

stanford osprey
Finance

Abraaj’s Stanford Marine Said to Delay London IPO to Seek Buyer

Stanford Marine Group postponed a planned initial public offering in London as majority owner Abraaj Group courts potential buyers for the Dubai-based

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 88

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News

Atlantic Offshore Says Goodbye to the MRV Ocean Searcher

After 37 years of hard labor, Atlantic Offshore’s Ocean Searcher, a multi-role offshore vessel (MRV) acquired by the company in 1976 will soon

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 73

Technip’s Deep Energy Gains Work West of Shetland
News

Technip’s Deep Energy Gains Work West of Shetland

  Technip announced today they have been awarded a “large” contract by Total E&P UK to conduct subsea pipeline, PLEM, PLET and template

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 119

Thursday, July 3, 2014
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Multimedia

Island Offshore’s New X-Bow Gets Finished Up at Ulstein Verft [IMAGES]

Update 8 July 2014: The Island Performer has been delivered today to her new owner, Island Offshore. Earlier: Island Offshore’s latest well intervention

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 327

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News

Vallianz Makes Inroads into Chinese Offshore Market with New Collaboration Agreement

Singapore-based offshore marine service provider Vallianz Holdings Ltd announced today a collaboration agreement with China Offshore Oil Engineering Co

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 70

Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Discoverer Americas Transocean Drillship Robert Rob Almeida photography
News

ABS and DSME to Develop LNG-Fueled Drillship

ABS announced today a joint development project (JDP) with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to develop the

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 42

dina star oscv
Engineering News

Revolutionary New Power System Could be a Game-Changer for the Offshore Sector

The DP2-equipped light construction / ROV vessel Dina Star was delivered last year by Kleven Shipyard to Fonnes-based shipowner, Myklebusthaug Offshore

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 166

oceanographia osa goliath vessel
News

The Idle Goliath Off Aruba is Quietly Making Millions for Bondholders

Drifting five miles off the Aruba coast, the 591-foot-long oil-servicing ship OSA Goliath has no projects to work on or contracts to fulfill. Yet in its idle

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 801

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News

Subsea 7 Extends Charter for Havila Subsea

Subsea 7 announced today they have exercised a contractual option to extend its existing charter of the 98-meter offshore construction vessel, Havila Subsea

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 95

Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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News

gCaptain Visits Rolls-Royce’s Ålesund Training Facility

On the west coast of Norway, just past the corner where the rocky coast begins to curve to the east and on upwards to the cold and remote subarctic

July 1, 2014
Total Views: 178

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News

Keppel Wins Kraken FPSO Conversion Deal

Keppel Shipyard announced today it will be converting a newly-built, 600,000 bbl ice-class FPSO for Bumi Armada as part of the FSPO Armada Kraken project which

July 1, 2014
Total Views: 190

Shell’s Prelude FLNG Will Have Some Pretty Nice Digs -Video
Offshore

Shell’s Prelude FLNG Will Have Some Pretty Nice Digs -Video

Latest video from Royal Dutch Shell on the construction of the Prelude

July 1, 2014
Total Views: 775

Monday, June 30, 2014
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News

KrisEnergy Makes Final Investment Decision at Wasanna

KrisEnergy announced today they have made the final investment decision to drill upwards of 14 development wells at the Wasanna development in the Gulf of

June 30, 2014
Total Views: 97

polar pioneer drilling rig johan castberg
News

Statoil Postpones Decision on Flagship Oil Project

OSLO, June 30 (Reuters) – Statoil has postponed a decision on the development concept for its flagship Johan Castberg Arctic oil project until the summer

June 30, 2014
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