Offshore

Shell Exploration and Production says it has taken delivery of the M/V Aiviq (pronounced ‘eye-vik’), a 360-foot ice class anchor handler built by

ROME -(Dow Jones)- Saipem SpA (SPM.MI) said Monday it has been awarded new offshore and onshore drilling contracts worth about $300 million. In offshore

PARIS (Dow Jones)–Total SA (TOT) is studying all options, including drilling a relief well, to end an ongoing gas leak at its Elgin platform in the

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Total SA (TOT, FP.PR) has been forced to halt production from a platform in the Elgin gas and condensate field in the U.K. North Sea

In the above video, Teekay Market Analyst Christian Waldegrave gives an update on the offshore market for the first quarter of 2012.   Via Teekay: Offshore

Eidesvik has entered into an agreement with Lundin Norway for chartering of the LNG powered supply vessel Viking Prince, which will be delivered from Kleven

So what else would you call a badass drilling rig but Dragonquest?  That was the first thing that came to my mind. Houston-headquarted Vantage Drilling

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–All oil companies operating in Brazil, both domestic and foreign, must respect safety protocols without exception,

Chevron’s George Buck and Transocean’s Michael Legrand top the list of offshore managers banned last Friday by Judge Vlamir Costa Magalhaes from

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Cairn Energy PLC (CNE.LN) Tuesday shrugged off the disappointment of a $1.19 billion full-year loss, insisting that there were

How might you get a 45,000 ton, 193-meter long steel tube from one side of the planet to the other?  The world’s largest transport ship of course,

In their second contract announcement so far today, Norway-based STX OSV adds to their offshore vessel newbuild orderbook with a NOK 650 million contract for

You’d better take your seasick pills with you because that’s where Statoil is sending you to go shoot seismic… It’s a $40 million

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–STX OSV Holdings Ltd. (MS7.SG) Monday said it had got a new contract for the construction of an advanced subsea support vessel for

Halul Offshore Services Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Milaha (previously known as Qatar Navigation), has secured an eight year US$ 60 million (QAR 220

BEIJING (Dow Jones)–French oil and gas major Total AS (TOT) plans to drill its first offshore East Africa exploration well early next year, hoping to

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Billionaire Brazilian businessman Eike Batista, the world’s seventh-richest person according to Forbes, doubled down on his

Rolls-Royce Marine received an order today from Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co, Ltd. to design and equip four deepwater platform supply vessels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezL5yzHpMI (Dow Jones) Chevron Corp. (CVX) said Tuesday its oil and gas production will inch up this year but it expects output

Wilson Sons Limited, a long time partner with Damen Shipyards, announced today that its joint venture partner Ultratug Offshore signed a contract with