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Friday, May 8, 2015
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Video: How Shell Plans to Deal with a Worst-Case-Scenario Oil Spill in the Alaskan Arctic

https://youtu.be/YAKSgZHa4G0 Here’s an animation explaining Shell’s response plans in the case of an oil spill while drilling exploratory wells in

May 8, 2015
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Helix ESG’s Q5000 Delivered from Jurong Shipyard [IMAGES]
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Helix ESG’s Q5000 Delivered from Jurong Shipyard [IMAGES]

Helix ESG accepted delivery of the Q5000 from Jurong Shipyard this week following sea trials. This DP3 well intervention rig is an upgraded version of its

May 8, 2015
Total Views: 335

Thursday, May 7, 2015
SBM Offshore to Cut 300 More Jobs
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SBM Offshore to Cut 300 More Jobs

SBM Offshore said on Thursday it was cutting 300 jobs in addition to the 1,200 redundancies it announced last year, saying the low oil price had led clients to

May 7, 2015
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SBM Offshore to Cut 300 More Jobs
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SBM Offshore to Cut 300 More Jobs

SBM Offshore said on Thursday it was cutting 300 jobs in addition to the 1,200 redundancies it announced last year, saying the low oil price had led clients to

May 7, 2015
Total Views: 26

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Farstad Stacks Two, Seadrill Loses Huge BP Contract

Farstad Shipping’s CEO Karl-Johan Bakken says today, “very demanding” conditions in the offshore market has forced his company to lay up

May 7, 2015
Total Views: 115

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Maersk Giant to Conduct P&A Work at Varg

Talisman Energy AS (TENAS), operator of the Varg field, has received consent today from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the

May 7, 2015
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Rolls-Royce Delivers 1,000th Drillship Thruster
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Rolls-Royce Delivers 1,000th Drillship Thruster

Rolls-Royce says it has just delivered its 1000th underwater mountable offshore thruster, the world’s most popular and widely used thrusters for offshore

May 6, 2015
Total Views: 178

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Hitting the Reset Button in the Offshore Industry

In 2013, Keppel Offshore & Marine was in the process of breaking the world record for most the number of offshore rigs ever delivered in a single

May 6, 2015
Total Views: 58

Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Accident Aboard Pemex Jack-Up Kills Two, Injures 10
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Accident Aboard Pemex Jack-Up Kills Two, Injures 10

Mexican oil company Pemex said an accident on Tuesday has left an offshore maintenance rig in the southern Bay of Campeche listing, killing two workers, but

May 5, 2015
Total Views: 512

Crude Collapse – Diamond Offshore to Scrap Three Rigs
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Crude Collapse – Diamond Offshore to Scrap Three Rigs

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc, one of the world's top five offshore rig contractors, said it was scrapping three rigs in the face of weak demand due to a steep

May 5, 2015
Total Views: 173

Monday, May 4, 2015
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SBM Offshore’s Super Special Chain Connector

Anchoring a floating production facility such as an FPSO in deep water is not a trivial thing to do by any means considering the vessel has to remain there

May 4, 2015
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Engineering News

DNVGL: Data Transparency is Changing the World Around Us

“Transparency of information is changing the world around us,” commented Tor Svensen, CEO of DNV GL’s maritime business in an interview

May 4, 2015
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Seattle Mayor Tackles Shell’s Arctic Plans
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Seattle Mayor Tackles Shell’s Arctic Plans

Royal Dutch Shell's quest to return to Arctic drilling for the first time in three years could face delays after Seattle ruled that the city's port must apply

May 4, 2015
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McDermott Wins “Large” Contract at Hout

McDermott International announced today that it has received a “large” contract amendment from Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) to lead the

May 4, 2015
Total Views: 125

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Diamond Offshore To Scrap Rigs

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc, one of the world's top five offshore rig contractors, said it was scrapping three rigs in the face of weak demand due to a steep

May 4, 2015
Total Views: 39

Friday, May 1, 2015
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Mondo South Now Producing via Subsea Tieback Offshore Angola

ExxonMobil has announced this week that oil production has commenced at the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 project in Block 15 offshore Angola. The company

May 1, 2015
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
Shell Pushes Ahead with Arctic Exploration Plan While Awaiting Permit
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Shell Pushes Ahead with Arctic Exploration Plan While Awaiting Permit

Royal Dutch Shell is pushing ahead with plans to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean near Alaska this summer despite opposition from environmental

April 30, 2015
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Monday, April 27, 2015
Offshore Market Update |”It’s Natural to be Nervous”
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Offshore Market Update |”It’s Natural to be Nervous”

The mood in Singapore last week while attending Sea Asia was, for the most part, quite subdued as everyone was looking at each other wondering what the future

April 27, 2015
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Saturday, April 25, 2015
Tribunal Blocks Ghana From Drilling New Wells in Disputed Seas, But “TEN” Field Development Can Move Ahead
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Tribunal Blocks Ghana From Drilling New Wells in Disputed Seas, But “TEN” Field Development Can Move Ahead

An international maritime tribunal on Saturday ruled that Ghana can continue developing a $4.9 billion dollar offshore oil project in an area caught up in a

April 25, 2015
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Friday, April 24, 2015
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CNOOC Keeps Annual Output Target as Sales Slump

Cnooc Ltd., China’s biggest offshore oil and gas explorer, will keep its annual production target, undeterred by a 40 percent plunge in first-quarter

April 24, 2015
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