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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Keppel to build two jackups for Clearwater worth US$360 million
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Keppel to build two jackups for Clearwater worth US$360 million

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured new orders from Clearwater Capital Partners, LLC (Clearwater) to build a pair of premium KFELS B Class jackup

January 23, 2011
Total Views: 42

Friday, January 21, 2011
Helix Inks Agreements for Deepwater Containment System in GoM
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Helix Inks Agreements for Deepwater Containment System in GoM

Written By: Cameron Wallace Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. has executed agreements for its Helix Fast Response System (“HFRS”) to be named as

January 21, 2011
Total Views: 59

Thursday, January 20, 2011
Subsea 7 S.A. launches Offshore Renewables division
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Subsea 7 S.A. launches Offshore Renewables division

Luxembourg – January 19, 2011 – Subsea 7 S.A. (NASDAQ-GS: SUBC; Oslo Børs: SUBC) announces the launch of its offshore renewables division,

January 20, 2011
Total Views: 22

Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Salazar, Bromwich Announce Next Steps in Overhaul of Offshore Energy Oversight and Management
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Salazar, Bromwich Announce Next Steps in Overhaul of Offshore Energy Oversight and Management

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R.

January 19, 2011
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Noble Corporation to Construct Two New Ultra-Deepwater Drillships
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Noble Corporation to Construct Two New Ultra-Deepwater Drillships

Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) today announced that a subsidiary has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (“HHI”) for the

January 19, 2011
Total Views: 33

Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Norway announces offers for ownership interests in APA 2010
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Norway announces offers for ownership interests in APA 2010

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has announced that offers were sent to 39 companies for 50 new production licences on the Norwegian continental

January 18, 2011
Total Views: 31

Aker finalizes spec’s for future newbuild ‘AMC Connector’
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Aker finalizes spec’s for future newbuild ‘AMC Connector’

Image courtesy of Dredging Today AMC Connector, a future new-build subsea installation and construction vessel from Aker Solutions, has finalised its vessel

January 18, 2011
Total Views: 77

Apache Corporation confirms leak in Gulf of Mexico
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Apache Corporation confirms leak in Gulf of Mexico

Apache Corporation has been conducting plugging and abandonment operations on East Cameron Block 278 Platform B. The facility is located in water depths of 168

January 18, 2011
Total Views: 21

Noble Corporation Announces Letter of Intent for New Five and a Half Year Contract and Provides Update on Brazil Operations
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Noble Corporation Announces Letter of Intent for New Five and a Half Year Contract and Provides Update on Brazil Operations

ZUG, Switzerland, Jan. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) has announced that a subsidiary has signed a Letter of Intent

January 18, 2011
Total Views: 58

Monday, January 17, 2011
Ship Ensign
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“JONES ACT Did Not Hinder Oil Spill Cleanup” Says Washington Commission

The January 11, 2011 report from the non-partisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling confirmed the Jones Act did

January 17, 2011
Total Views: 39

Friday, January 14, 2011
Technip awarded a major subsea contract for the Jack & St-Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico
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Technip awarded a major subsea contract for the Jack & St-Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico

Technip was awarded a contract by Chevron North America Exploration and Production for the development of the Jack & St-Malo fields, located in the Walker

January 14, 2011
Total Views: 114

Thursday, January 13, 2011
Daewoo Shipbuilding completes world’s largest FPSO
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Daewoo Shipbuilding completes world’s largest FPSO

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., South Korea’s No. 2 shipbuilder, has completed construction of the world’s largest floating

January 13, 2011
Total Views: 182

Hallin Marine Rowing Team
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Hallin Marine, An Offshore Support Company, Sponsors Transatlantic Rowers

The six rowers of Team Hallin have set off on their transatlantic row and are on schedule to break the world record. Hallin Marine is sponsoring ‘Team

January 13, 2011
Total Views: 82

Wednesday, January 12, 2011
OGX hits hydrocarbon accumulations in Campos Basin
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OGX hits hydrocarbon accumulations in Campos Basin

RIO DE JANEIRO– OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (“OGX”) (Bovespa: OGXP3, OTC: OGXPY), the Brazilian oil and gas company

January 12, 2011
Total Views: 35

API response to Deepwater Horizon report: ‘We’ve made progress to improve safety’
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API response to Deepwater Horizon report: ‘We’ve made progress to improve safety’

Editor’s Note:  The following is a statement issued today by the The American Petroleum Institute in response to the National Commission on BP Deepwater

January 12, 2011
Total Views: 131

Tuesday, January 11, 2011
deepwater horizon oil spill
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Halliburton releases statement on Deepwater Horizon Final Report

HOUSTON (Jan. 11, 2011) – In response to the findings of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released

January 11, 2011
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National Commission releases final report on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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National Commission releases final report on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Today, The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling release its final report on its investigation into the Deepwater

January 11, 2011
Total Views: 262

Crowley Acquires Jarvis International Freight, Inc.
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Crowley Acquires Jarvis International Freight, Inc.

Expands Logistics Capabilities to Include Energy, Oilfield and Mining Industries (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; January 11, 2011) – Crowley Maritime Corporation

January 11, 2011
Total Views: 44

Monday, January 10, 2011
Bacteria and Oxygen Levels After Gulf Oil Spill
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Microbes Mopped Up After Gulf Oil Spill

Bacteria made quick work of the tons of methane that billowed into the Gulf of Mexico along with oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, clearing the natural

January 10, 2011
Total Views: 41

Friday, January 7, 2011
Brazil’s Santos Basin field development continues with the addition of two more FPSOs
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Brazil’s Santos Basin field development continues with the addition of two more FPSOs

BG Group and partners today announced a tender process for the charter of two further Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels to be used in

January 7, 2011
Total Views: 95