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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
BP Joins Gulf of Mexico Marine Well Containment Company
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BP Joins Gulf of Mexico Marine Well Containment Company

HOUSTON – BP announced today that it has joined Chevron, ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil and Shell as a member of the Marine Well Containment Company LLC

February 1, 2011
Total Views: 162

Sunday, January 30, 2011
Statoil and Transocean pull out of Egypt
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Statoil and Transocean pull out of Egypt

The latest word from gCaptain sources is that all the expats from Statoil and Transocean’s offices in Egypt have left, or are in the process of leaving

January 30, 2011
Total Views: 111

Thursday, January 27, 2011
Salazar-BOEMRE
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Offshore Energy Safety Advisory Committee Is Looking For A Few Good Men

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced

January 27, 2011
Total Views: 68

Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Pride International accepts delivery of new deepwater drillship
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Pride International accepts delivery of new deepwater drillship

HOUSTON, TX, Jan 25, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Pride International, Inc. (NYSE: PDE) today announced that the company has dedicated and accepted

January 26, 2011
Total Views: 143

Tuesday, January 25, 2011
PaxOcean orders two Rolls-Royce designed offshore vessels
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PaxOcean orders two Rolls-Royce designed offshore vessels

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced an order from Singapore-based offshore company, PaxOcean, to provide the ship design, propulsion

January 25, 2011
Total Views: 95

PFC Energy 50 Ranking of World’s Top Energy Companies: ExxonMobil Regains Top Position From PetroChina; Petrobras Climbs to #3
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PFC Energy 50 Ranking of World’s Top Energy Companies: ExxonMobil Regains Top Position From PetroChina; Petrobras Climbs to #3

WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire) – ExxonMobil, with a market capitalization of $368.7 billion, regained the top position it has held almost every year

January 25, 2011
Total Views: 116

McDermott to Perform Subsea Engineering and Installation of Flexible Pipelines and Umbilicals for Petrobras Offshore Brazil on Multi Year Contract
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McDermott to Perform Subsea Engineering and Installation of Flexible Pipelines and Umbilicals for Petrobras Offshore Brazil on Multi Year Contract

HOUSTON (BUSINESS WIRE) — McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR), this week announced that its subsea construction vessel “Agile” has been

January 25, 2011
Total Views: 41

Iridium to Establish Worldwide Network of Maritime Service Centers to Support Iridium OpenPort(R) Products
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Iridium to Establish Worldwide Network of Maritime Service Centers to Support Iridium OpenPort(R) Products

Signs Service Agreement With Radio Holland to Provide Shipboard Service in More Than 50 Ports Worldwide MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

January 25, 2011
Total Views: 73

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: 71

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: 96

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: 49

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
Total Views: 42

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: 73

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: 54

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: 127

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: 48

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: 89

Monday, January 17, 2011
Ship Ensign
Offshore

“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: 72

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: 163

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: 219