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Friday, August 14, 2015
shell protestors
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Greenpeace Protesters Face Steep Fines for Bridge Hanging Stunt

  By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Five Greenpeace protesters who dangled from a Portland, Oregon, bridge for two days in a bid to block

August 14, 2015
Total Views: 33

Key Moments in Petrobras Corruption Scandal – TIMELINE
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Key Moments in Petrobras Corruption Scandal – TIMELINE

  By Caroline Stauffer Aug 14 (Reuters) – Prosecutors and federal police in Brazil have unearthed the country’s largest-ever corruption

August 14, 2015
Total Views: 151

Monday, August 10, 2015
Jack-Up Maersk Giant Avoids Stack with New North Sea Contract
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Jack-Up Maersk Giant Avoids Stack with New North Sea Contract

  Maersk Drilling says it has been awarded a new $16 million contract for the jack-up rig Maersk Giant with Danish energy utility DONG Energy, saving the

August 10, 2015
Total Views: 115

Tuesday, August 4, 2015
WATCH: DolWin Beta Platform Departs Norway for German North Sea
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WATCH: DolWin Beta Platform Departs Norway for German North Sea

The DolWin beta high voltage AC/DC power converter platform seen sailing out from Haugesund, Norway on August 1, 2015 on its way to the German sector of the

August 4, 2015
Total Views: 174

Monday, August 3, 2015
Deadbeat Ex-Billionaire Batista Tempts Bondholders to Seize Once-Prized Ship
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Deadbeat Ex-Billionaire Batista Tempts Bondholders to Seize Once-Prized Ship

  By Juan Pablo Spinetto (Bloomberg) — Out in the Atlantic Ocean, 130 miles off the coast of Brazil, an oil ship the length of New York City’s

August 3, 2015
Total Views: 162

Friday, July 31, 2015
chevron jack/st. malo platform
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Exxon, Chevron Brace for Tough Times Ahead

  By Joe Carroll and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., the biggest U.S. energy producers, hunkered down for a

July 31, 2015
Total Views: 42

Thursday, July 30, 2015
olympus tensioned leg platform shell
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Shell to Cut 6,500 Jobs as Prolonged Market Downturn Looms

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it’s preparing for a “prolonged downturn” by cutting thousands of jobs and slashing

July 30, 2015
Total Views: 31

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Offshore Contractor Saipem to Cut 8,800 Staff After Unexpected Loss
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Offshore Contractor Saipem to Cut 8,800 Staff After Unexpected Loss

By Marco Bertacche and Dan Liefgreen (Bloomberg) — Saipem SpA, Italy’s biggest oil and gas contractor, will cut jobs and exit businesses as writedowns

July 29, 2015
Total Views: 96

Sembcorp Marine: Sete Brasil Stiffing Us on Drillship Projects
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Sembcorp Marine: Sete Brasil Stiffing Us on Drillship Projects

SINGAPORE, July 29 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has not received payment from Sete Brasil on drillship projects this year and may slow

July 29, 2015
Total Views: 39

South Korea’s ‘Big Three’ Shipbuilders Post Record Loss as Offshore Downturn Bites
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South Korea’s ‘Big Three’ Shipbuilders Post Record Loss as Offshore Downturn Bites

  By Rose Kim and Jungah Lee (Bloomberg) — The world’s three biggest shipbuilders posted a combined 4.8 trillion won ($4.1 billion) in operating

July 29, 2015
Total Views: 108

Monday, July 27, 2015
South Korean Shipyards Struggling As Offshore Strategy Fails
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South Korean Shipyards Struggling As Offshore Strategy Fails

  By Rose Kim, Jungah Lee and Michael S. Arnold (Bloomberg) — The deep-ocean strategy is coming back to bite South Korean shipyards. Hyundai Heavy

July 27, 2015
Total Views: 152

Thursday, July 23, 2015
Idling Drillships Turn Gulf of Mexico Into One Big Expensive Parking Lot
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Idling Drillships Turn Gulf of Mexico Into One Big Expensive Parking Lot

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Imagine parking your $300 million boat for months out in the open sea, with well-paid mechanics hovering around it and the

July 23, 2015
Total Views: 173

keppel offshore and marine shipyard
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Keppel Profit Falls As Rig Business Falters

  SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters) – Singapore-based conglomerate Keppel Corp Ltd’s second-quarter net profit fell 2 percent to S$396.7 million

July 23, 2015
Total Views: 58

Monday, July 20, 2015
maersk drilling rig
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Drillship Maersk Venturer to Start Drilling Exploratory Well in South China Sea

  MANILA, July 20 (Reuters) – An Australian-Filipino consortium led by Otto Energy Ltd is set to drill a deep-water exploratory well in the South

July 20, 2015
Total Views: 125

Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Mexico’s First-Ever Offshore Oil Lease Auction Was A Huge Bust
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Mexico’s First-Ever Offshore Oil Lease Auction Was A Huge Bust

  Adam Williams, Andrea Navarro and Eric Martin (Bloomberg) — Mexico’s first auction of offshore oil leases fell short of the country’s

July 15, 2015
Total Views: 96

huisman semi-submersible crane barge
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Sembcorp Signs $1 Billion Contract for World’s Largest Semi-Submersible Crane Vessel

  Sembcorp Marine (SCM) says it has entered into a $1 billion contract with Heerema Offshore Services for the engineering and construction of the

July 15, 2015
Total Views: 143

Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Maersk Drilling to Scrap Oldest Rig
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Maersk Drilling to Scrap Oldest Rig

  Maersk Drilling has decided to decommission its jack-up rig Maersk Endurer amid the current over-supply of drilling rigs in the offshore market. Maersk

July 14, 2015
Total Views: 160

Monday, July 13, 2015
Shell’s Damaged Icebreaker Headed for U.S. West Coast for Repairs
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Shell’s Damaged Icebreaker Headed for U.S. West Coast for Repairs

  An icebreaker that was scheduled to head to the Chukchi Sea in support of Shell’s arctic drilling campaign will instead head back to U.S. West

July 13, 2015
Total Views: 71

Thursday, July 9, 2015
Venezuela Bid to Review $46 Million Tidewater Award Rejected
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Venezuela Bid to Review $46 Million Tidewater Award Rejected

CARACAS, July 8 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s request to review a $46 million compensation claim it has been ordered to pay to oil service company

July 9, 2015
Total Views: 33

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Shell Arctic Icebreaker Suffers Hull Damage in Alaska
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Shell Arctic Icebreaker Suffers Hull Damage in Alaska

  One of two icebreakers that will support Shell’s arctic drilling in the Chukchi Sea this summer is now stuck in Dutch Harbor after an underwater

July 7, 2015
Total Views: 165