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Thursday, February 16, 2012
MAINE-MARITIME-TRAINING-SHIP AND ENSCO DRILLSHIP
Blog

Harassed In Shipyard – Maine Maritime Alumnus Sues Second Largest Driller

The United States Merchant Marine is an industry which attracts the country’s most dedicated and hardy workers. But even a few of the most rugged of high

February 16, 2012
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News

Aker Solutions to Deliver 6 More Trees to Statoil’s Giant Troll

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Statoil to deliver six subsea trees and a tool package for Troll on the Norwegian continental shelf. Estimated

February 16, 2012
Total Views: 74

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News

Hoegh LNG and Perushaan Gas Negara to Provide FSRU to Northern Sumatra

Hoegh LNG and Perushaan Gas Negara (PGN) signed a final agreement on 25 January 2012 to provide PGN with an FSRU and mooring system offshore Belawan, near the

February 16, 2012
Total Views: 123

Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Ocean Ranger Disaster: 30 Year Anniversary
Blog

Ocean Ranger Disaster: 30 Year Anniversary

30 years ago today the Ocean Ranger, a semisubmersible drilling rig, sank during a vicious winter storm while drilling an exploration well off the coast of

February 15, 2012
Total Views: 124

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News

Technip Awarded Subsea Pipelay Contract Offshore Australia

Technip was awarded a pipeline installation contract by Woodside Energy Limited for the Greater Western Flank Phase 1 Project located 130 kilometers North West

February 15, 2012
Total Views: 74

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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News

China Budgets $11 Billion for Offshore Energy Development in 2012

Last month, CNOOC Limited announced a summary of the company’s business strategy and development plan for the year 2012. The total targeted net

February 14, 2012
Total Views: 11

Monday, February 13, 2012
Market Update: Saipem Achieves Record Profits in 2011 [REPORT]
Finance

Market Update: Saipem Achieves Record Profits in 2011 [REPORT]

Saipem, the offshore energy contracting arm of Italian integrated energy company ENI, reported record profits in 2011.  Their adjusted net profit for 2011

February 13, 2012
Total Views: 50

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Engineering News

Kvaerner Wins NOK 1.2 Billion Contract for Hild Jacket Delivery Offshore Norway

Total E&P Norge AS has awarded Kvaerner an EPSC-contract (Engineering, Procurement, Supply and Construction) of close to NOK 1.2 billion for delivery of a

February 13, 2012
Total Views: 285

Saturday, February 11, 2012
ocean rig drillship
News

Sete Brasil Prepares to Become one of the World’s Largest Drilling Companies

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Fresh from winning one of the world’s single-largest orders for drilling rigs, investment company Sete Brasil plans to

February 11, 2012
Total Views: 105

Offshore

Harvey Gulf Orders Two LNG Powered Workboats

Harvey Gulf International Marine ordered two additional 302′ X 64′, Dual Fuel Offshore Supply Vessels, bringing its total order to four. The

February 11, 2012
Total Views: 3

Friday, February 10, 2012
offshore wind renewable energy
News

World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens Off the British Coast

The £1 billion Walney wind farm, which is a joint venture between DONG Energy (50.1%), SSE (25.1%) and OPW ( 24.8%), is being officially opened by Edward

February 10, 2012
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
SEACOR Sells Environmental Businesses
Offshore

SEACOR Sells Environmental Businesses

SEACOR Holdings announced today that it will be selling off a portion of its environmental business to J.F. Lehman & Company, a private equity firm focused

February 9, 2012
Total Views: 31

Otto Marine Entrenches Deeper into West Africa with 3-year Multi-Million Dollar Contract
News

Otto Marine Entrenches Deeper into West Africa with 3-year Multi-Million Dollar Contract

Global Workboats will take delivery of the 7,200 bhp AHTS in-line with the Group’s strategy to build a strong chartering fleet to tap on pockets of

February 9, 2012
Total Views: 116

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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Offshore

BSEE and NOAA Partner to Develop Interactive Arctic Oil Spill Response Mapping

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today they are partnering to

February 8, 2012
Total Views: 9

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News

Norway Eyes Barents Sea Oil With Great Interest, Geoseismic Survey Planned

(Dow Jones) The Norwegian government Wednesday announced it will start a geological survey of what oil and gas assets the Northern part of a previously

February 8, 2012
Total Views: 4

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Keppel and ConocoPhillips Partner to Develop Ice-Worthy Jackup Rig
Engineering News

Keppel and ConocoPhillips Partner to Develop Ice-Worthy Jackup Rig

Keppel Offshore & Marine and ConocoPhillips today announced a joint project that they claim could potentially yield major breakthrough’s in offshore

February 7, 2012
Total Views: 11

Damen PSV 3300
Engineering News

WWS’s Fleet Expands: Additional Platform Supply Vessels Ordered from Damen Shipyards

Norwegian shipowner World Wide Supply (WWS) has ordered another two PSV 3300 CD’s with Damen Shipyards. The two platform suppliers are added to the four

February 7, 2012
Total Views: 11

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Incidents

US Offshore Oilfield Worker Shot and Killed in Venezuela

CARACAS (Dow Jones)–A U.S. citizen working for Houston-based oil services company InterMoor Inc. was shot and killed while on assignment in Venezuela on

February 7, 2012
Total Views: 66

Monday, February 6, 2012
Technip Global 1200
News

Technip awarded SURF Contracts for the Jubilee project Offshore Ghana

Technip was awarded by Tullow Ghana Limited two contracts, worth approximately €100 million, for the Phase 1A of the Jubilee project. The Jubilee field

February 6, 2012
Total Views: 68

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News

Petrobras: $10 Billion in Offshore Production Facilities Aimed for Santos Basin [REPORT]

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR), or Petrobras, is expected to receive up to $7 billion worth of

February 6, 2012
Total Views: 30
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