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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
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News

MODEC Awarded FPSO Supply and Charter Contract Offshore Ghana

MODEC has announced that they have been awarded a 20-year FPSO charter contract by Tullow Ghana at their TEN Field located in the Deepwater Tano Contract Area,

August 6, 2013
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Monday, August 5, 2013
Swiber Finds Funding On New Islamic Bond Market
Offshore

Swiber Finds Funding On New Islamic Bond Market

(Reuters) A debut Singapore dollar sukuk from offshore marine services company Swiber has introduced a new group of Islamic investors to the city’s

August 5, 2013
Total Views: 21

Friday, August 2, 2013
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News

Incat Tasmania Enters Offshore Market with 70-Meter Fast Crew Transport Vessel

In the absence of significant demand for large high speed ferries, Incat Tasmania marks their entry into the offshore industry with the receipt of their latest

August 2, 2013
Total Views: 67

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News

Keppel FELS Makes it 66 With Latest Jack-Up Rig Order

Singapore-based rig builder Keppel FELS announced today they have secured their 66th jack-up rig newbuild contract since 2000.  Uruguayan firm, Parden Holden

August 2, 2013
Total Views: 125

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News

Inmarsat Surges on RigNet Deal for Energy Sector

Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) — Inmarsat Plc, the largest provider of maritime satellite services, rose the most in a year after forging a distribution partnership

August 2, 2013
Total Views: 42

Thursday, August 1, 2013
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Engineering News

SPOTD: Technip’s Well Servicer DSV Drydocked at Gibdock

Gibdock has underlined its growing reputation in the offshore vessel sector by securing its first dry docking contract from Technip, a world leader in project

August 1, 2013
Total Views: 176

Wednesday, July 31, 2013
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Engineering News

ABS Releases Guidance on Accidental Load Analysis and Design for Offshore Structures

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has announced the release of the ABS Guidance Notes on Accidental Load Analysis and Design for Offshore Structures. ABS

July 31, 2013
Total Views: 130

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News

Seadrill Signs for Another Pair of Friede & Goldman Jack-Ups from Dalian Shipbuilding

Seadrill Limited entered into new contracts today for the construction of two high specification jack-up drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore

July 31, 2013
Total Views: 88

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News

Shell and Chevron Move Offshore as Nigerian Risks Mount

July 31 (Bloomberg) — At Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s compound in the Nigerian city of Warri, the gate is locked, the grounds are empty and grass has

July 31, 2013
Total Views: 334

Tuesday, July 30, 2013
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News

Capitalizing on a Booming Well Intervention Market, Helix ESG Orders the Q7000

Houston-based deepwater well intervention firm, Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX), has announced their plans to build the Q7000, their

July 30, 2013
Total Views: 77

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News

Relief Well Drilling to Commence at Site of Hercules Rig Fire

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced this afternoon that the drilling operation to permanently seal the well that blew out at

July 30, 2013
Total Views: 33

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News

Woodside May Scrap $1 Billion Leviathan Gas Field Investment

July 30 (Bloomberg) — Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia’s second-biggest oil and gas producer, may pull out of a deal to invest in Israel’s

July 30, 2013
Total Views: 63

Monday, July 29, 2013
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News

Prospector Drilling Wins 3-Year Contract for Newbuild Jack-Up, Plus Options

Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. (PROS) has announced today that their newbuild Freide & Goldman JU2000E jack-up rig, Prospector 5, has been awarded an

July 29, 2013
Total Views: 67

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News

POSH Semco Seeks S$300-S$500 Million IPO In Singapore

SINGAPORE, July 29 (Reuters) – Offshore marine services provider POSH Semco, controlled by Malaysia’s richest man Robert Kuok, is seeking to list

July 29, 2013
Total Views: 83

Sunday, July 28, 2013
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News

Swiber Wins $435 Million in Offshore Construction Contracts

Swiber, a Singapore-based offshore construction firm announced today it has signed contracts worth approximately USD $435 million, plus $105 million in

July 28, 2013
Total Views: 74

Friday, July 26, 2013
Halliburton’s Guilt Doesn’t Absolve BP
Offshore

Halliburton’s Guilt Doesn’t Absolve BP

Another Deepwater Horizon aftershock today with Halliburton, the contractor in charge of the cement job that was supposed to keep the Macondo well from blowing

July 26, 2013
Total Views: 32

Halliburton to Plead Guilty to Destroying 2010 Oil Spill Evidence
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Halliburton to Plead Guilty to Destroying 2010 Oil Spill Evidence

A Halliburton Co. unit will plead guilty to destroying tests on cement work done on a BP Plc-owned oil well that exploded and caused the 2010 Gulf of Mexico

July 26, 2013
Total Views: 31

Thursday, July 25, 2013
Hercules Rig Fire Incident: BSEE Fails Test
News

Hercules Rig Fire Incident: BSEE Fails Test

A well blew out, a rig is abandoned, and a fire raged uncontrollably in the Gulf of Mexico for an entire day this week. For many, it was a

July 25, 2013
Total Views: 109

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Interesting

Hercules Jack-Up Rig Fire is Out, Rowan Jack-Up Contracted for Relief Well

Update 5 (29 July 2013) On 27 July, BSEE approved a permit application by Walter Oil and Gas to drill the relief well which will permanently kill the well

July 25, 2013
Total Views: 561

Wednesday, July 24, 2013
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Finance

Seadrill Makes Mandatory Offer for Remaining Shares of Sevan Drilling

As a follow-up to Seadrill’s acquisition of a majority stake in Sevan Drilling last month, Seadrill has announced today their offer for all remaining

July 24, 2013
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