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Friday, March 22, 2013
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News

MODEC Announces Partners for FPSO Cidade de ITAGUAÍ MV26 Project Off Brazil

TOKYO – MODEC announced today that Mitsui & Co., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Marubeni Corporation have agreed to invest in a MODEC-operated, long-term

March 22, 2013
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Offshore

Cat Generator Sets to Power CNOOC Platform, FPSO in Enping Oilfield

Cat Generator Sets to Power CNOOC Platform, FPSO in Enping Oilfield Beijing, China – Caterpillar Global Petroleum is pleased to announce Cat® 16CM32C

March 20, 2013
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Erik Finnstrom, Statoil North America
Offshore

Gulf Of Mexico Lease Sale: Statoil 15, BP 0

BP refrained today from bidding on any new oil-drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) following the US government’s recent decision to prevent the

March 20, 2013
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Ship Photos of The Day – Kulluk Rig Gets Loaded for Asia
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Ship Photos of The Day – Kulluk Rig Gets Loaded for Asia

On Tuesday March 19, 2013, Shell’s Kulluk drilling rig was loaded onboard the Chinese heavy lift ship, Xiang Rui Kou, in Captain’s Bay, Unalaska in

March 20, 2013
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Transocean CEO: Deepwater Horizon Crew “Should Have Done More”
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Transocean CEO: Deepwater Horizon Crew “Should Have Done More”

By Allen Johnson Jr. and Margaret Cronin Fisk (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. crew on the Deepwater Horizon “should have done more” to prevent

March 19, 2013
Total Views: 192

Monday, March 18, 2013
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Oro Negro Orders Two More Pacific Class 400 Jack-Ups from PPL Shipyard

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard announced today they have secured orders from repeat customer Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro,

March 18, 2013
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
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Hercules Offshore Wins Court Ruling in Executive Pay Lawsuit

(Bloomberg) — Hercules Offshore Inc., a drilling- rig supplier, won the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging its executive pay decisions that a judge said

March 16, 2013
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Friday, March 15, 2013
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Offshore

Dept of Interior Releases Scathing Report on Shell’s 2012 Arctic Program

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Thursday released the findings of a Departmental review of Shell’s troubled 2012 Arctic operations,

March 15, 2013
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Statoil Contracts the Stena Carron to Drill off Angola, Sends the Discoverer Americas to Mozambique

Statoil announced today that they have signed a three year contract with Stena Drilling to contract their drillship, Stena Carron, for exploration drilling in

March 15, 2013
Total Views: 131

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Prosafe Drops Over 4 Percent as Share Sale Outweighs Vessel Demand

(Bloomberg) — Prosafe SE fell the most in almost seven months in Oslo as a share sale equivalent to 5.7 percent of the company outweighed the effect of

March 15, 2013
Total Views: 41

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Edda Accommodation Orders Next-Generation Accommodation Vessel
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Edda Accommodation Orders Next-Generation Accommodation Vessel

Building on the success of the world’s only monohulled, DP3 accommodation vessel, the Edda Fides, Edda Accommodation says it is building new ship that

March 14, 2013
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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Talisman Books Prosafe’s Regalia Accommodation Vessel for $137 Million

Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation vessels, announced today they have has been awarded a USD $137.5

March 13, 2013
Total Views: 79

Ramform titan seismic ship
Engineering News

Mitsubishi Heavy Awards ABB $26 Million Engineering Contract for Pair of 3D Seismic Vessel New Builds

ABB, the Swiss power and automation technology group, announced today they have won a $26 million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for

March 13, 2013
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Japan Confirms World’s First Gas Produced from Methane Hydrate Deposits
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Japan Confirms World’s First Gas Produced from Methane Hydrate Deposits

By Rakteem Katakey and Tsuyoshi Inajima (Bloomberg) — Japan and India, Asia’s biggest energy consumers after China, are closer to unlocking natural

March 12, 2013
Total Views: 126

No Deal: Keppel Terminates $1.2 Billion Ukrainian Rig Order
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No Deal: Keppel Terminates $1.2 Billion Ukrainian Rig Order

Singapore’s Keppel Corporation said Tuesday that it has terminated a deal with Ukraine’s state-run oil and gas company, Naftogaz, that called for

March 12, 2013
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DNV and Statoil Cooperate to Enhance Arctic Competence

OSLO – DNV and Statoil are today launching a competence programme that aims to enhance the two organisations’ knowledge about particular Arctic

March 12, 2013
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Kvaerner Wins $1.5 Billion EPC Contract for ExxonMobil’s Hebron Project
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Kvaerner Wins $1.5 Billion EPC Contract for ExxonMobil’s Hebron Project

(Bloomberg) — Kvaerner ASA, a Norwegian builder of oil platforms, climbed the most in more than four months in Oslo trading after winning a $1.5 billion

March 12, 2013
Total Views: 137

Monday, March 11, 2013
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Havila Shipping Announces Charter Contracts from Statoil

Havila Shipping (OSLO:HAVI) announced today they have entered into new contracts with Statoil for their platform supply vessels, Havila Clipper and Havila

March 11, 2013
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
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For Nordic Executives, Quality of Life is Paramount

By Niklas Pollard and Balazs Koranyi STOCKHOLM/OSLO, March 10 (Reuters) – Executive excess need not be etched in stone. Just look at the Nordic region,

March 10, 2013
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Move Over Shell, ConocoPhillips Looking to Drill in the Chukchi Sea in 2014
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Move Over Shell, ConocoPhillips Looking to Drill in the Chukchi Sea in 2014

ConocoPhillips on Thursday revealed that it is moving ahead with plans to drill up to two exploratory wells in Alaska’s arctic waters in 2014 where rival

March 8, 2013
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