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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Maritime and Offshore Oil and Gas Collaboration Highlighted at Nor-Shipping
Offshore

Maritime and Offshore Oil and Gas Collaboration Highlighted at Nor-Shipping

The offshore industry is “a legitimate child” of the marriage between oil and gas as well as maritime companies, says Sturla Henriksen, Director

June 5, 2013
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Offshore

Statoil Orders Two Jack-Up Rigs from Samsung

The licence partners of Gullfaks and Oseberg Area Unit have acquired two new category J jack-up rigs. The rigs will be owned by the licenses and will

June 4, 2013
Total Views: 37

News

Keppel O&M to Build $800 Million Semisubmersible for Azerbaijan

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) through its subsidiaries Caspian Rigbuilders BV (an affiliated company of Keppel FELS) and Caspian Shipyard

June 4, 2013
Total Views: 46

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Interesting

Seven Viking Named 2013 ‘Ship of The Year’ at Nor-Shipping

Ulstein Group's next generation, harsh environment IMR vessel, M/V Seven Viking, has taken home the prestigious "Ship of The Year" award at the 2013

June 4, 2013
Total Views: 273

Sunday, June 2, 2013
Deepwater Horizon Well Site Leaders Seek Dismissal
Offshore

Deepwater Horizon Well Site Leaders Seek Dismissal

(Bloomberg) Two BP Plc (BP/) well-site leaders who were aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig when an explosion killed 11 workers and triggered the

June 2, 2013
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Friday, May 31, 2013
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Interesting

Miracle at Sea: Sailor Survives After Spending 2 Days Inside Sunken Ship

As reported earlier this week, tragedy struck offshore Escravos, Nigeria on Sunday 26 May when the anchor handling tug Jacson 4 sank in heavy weather.  Divers

May 31, 2013
Total Views: 423

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News

Energy Executives Tune Out The Call Of The Wild Arctic

By Balazs Koranyi NY-AALESUND, Norway, May 31 (Reuters) – The high Arctic, once the irresistible frontier for oil and gas exploration, is quickly losing

May 31, 2013
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
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News

Big Business and Even Bigger Ships…An Interesting Year for Dockwise CEO André Goedée

While at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston this year, I reconnected with Dockwise’s CEO, André Goedée for follow-on chat from our

May 30, 2013
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News

PPL Shipyard Wins Jack-Up Rig Order from Japanese Consortium

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard secured a USD $220.5 million contract to build a Pacific Class 400 jack-up rig from a BOT Lease Co., Ltd

May 30, 2013
Total Views: 81

Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Petrojarl Cidade de Itajai FPSO
Finance

Teekay Offshore Gets the Keys to Cidade de Itajai FPSO

Vancouver-based Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK), has turned over the keys to the Cidade de Itajai FPSO in a $204 million deal struck today with their daughter

May 29, 2013
Total Views: 160

Moss Maritime CS 60 E
Offshore

Diamond Offshore Orders New $755 Million Semi, Signs Contract with BP

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) signed an agreement today with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. to build a new Moss CS60E design, harsh environment

May 29, 2013
Total Views: 200

lewek centurion ceasar pipelay vessel
News

Cecon Puts EMAS AMC’s Newly Acquired Lewek Centurion to Work

EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of EMAS, announced today that its pipelay vessel, the Lewek Centurion has been contracted by Cecon in the North Sea

May 29, 2013
Total Views: 171

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News

Farstad Accepts Delivery of the PSV Far Starling

Farstad has just accepted delivery of the platform supply vessel Far Starling (STX PSV08 CD), recently built at Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam. A long-term

May 29, 2013
Total Views: 134

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News

Maersk’s Gryphon FPSO Back in Operation After Storm Damage

COPENHAGEN, May 29 (Reuters) – The oil unit of Danish oil and shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said one of its floating Gryphon oil production platforms

May 29, 2013
Total Views: 189

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Incidents

Tugboat Jascon 4 Sinks in Heavy Weather Off Nigeria, Fate of Crew Uncertain [UPDATE]

Update: A statement from West African Ventures has confirmed that one crew member, the cook, was found alive aboard the Jascon 4 by divers, which has capsized

May 29, 2013
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Maersk CJ 70
News

Jurong Shipyard Wins $596 Million Newbuild Order for Huge Jack-Up Rig

Jurong Shipyard announced they have received a USD $596 million contract from Noble Corporation to build an ultra-high specification jack-up rig with option

May 28, 2013
Total Views: 165

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News

Dana Petroleum Announces “Keel Laying” of New Sevan-Design FPSO

The “keel laying”of Dana Petroleum’s new $400 million floating, storage, production and offloading vessel (FPSO) has commenced today, but

May 28, 2013
Total Views: 77

Monday, May 27, 2013
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Finance

Seadrill Climbs as Investors Bet on Higher Dividend

(Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the offshore drilling company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, climbed in Oslo as investors bet payments to

May 27, 2013
Total Views: 25

Friday, May 24, 2013
Sevan marine
News

Sevan Marine Pursues Floating Accommodation Market

Sevan Marine ASA signed an agreement today to sell the semi-completed Sevan hulls number 4 and 5 to Singapore-based Logitel Offshore, a newly formed company

May 24, 2013
Total Views: 35

Thursday, May 23, 2013
Ocean Rig Reports Strong Ultra-Deepwater Fundamentals
Finance

Ocean Rig Reports Strong Ultra-Deepwater Fundamentals

Ocean Rig CEO George Economou commented in his Q1 2013 earnings report yesterday that the “outlook for the UDW (Ultra-Deepwater) drilling industry is

May 23, 2013
Total Views: 100