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Friday, December 16, 2011
$250 Million and Call It a Day – BP Indemnifies Cameron in Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Offshore

$250 Million and Call It a Day – BP Indemnifies Cameron in Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Cameron International Corporation (NYSE: CAM) said today that they have reached an agreement with BP to settle all claims between the two companies relating to

December 16, 2011
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Damen PSV 3300 CD platform supply vessel
News

Norwegian Shipowner Places Order for New Damen-built Platform Supply Vessels

Newly founded shipowner, World Wide Supply (WWS), has ordered four platform supply vessels with Damen Shipyards. The PSV 3300 CD, built according to

December 16, 2011
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
News

Maersk Supply Service orders two vessels in Chile

Maersk Supply Service has signed a contract with Chilean shipyard Asenav for two innovative new offshore vessels with an option for – up to – four

December 15, 2011
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
prosafe accommodation rig
News

Looking for a Place to Sleep at Sea? Try a Prosafe Accommodation Rig, Built by Jurong.

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$291.6 million contract to build an accommodation semi-submersible rig with options for

December 14, 2011
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Return to The Gulf: Oil Companies Scramble for Leases
Offshore

Return to The Gulf: Oil Companies Scramble for Leases

NEW ORLEANS (Dow Jones)–The U.S. oil-and-gas industry took another step out from the shadows of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on Wednesday when federal

December 14, 2011
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Conoco Offers Highest Bid In Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale
Offshore

Conoco Offers Highest Bid In Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale

  HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–ConocoPhillips’s (COP) $103.2 million offer for the Keathley Canyon Block 95 was the highest bid in the first U.S. Gulf

December 14, 2011
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MOSAIC 2 – Kongsberg Supplies Latest Drilling and Offshore Training Simulators

Kongsberg Maritime simulators have been selected for the forthcoming MOSAIC 2 facility (Maersk Offshore Simulation and Innovation Centre) at Maersk Training in

December 14, 2011
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Environmental Groups Challenge Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale
Offshore

Environmental Groups Challenge Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Environmental groups are challenging the first auction of oil-drilling leases to be held in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater

December 13, 2011
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Chevron Tahiti Spar Gulf of Mexico
Offshore

Chevron To Spend Record $32.7 Bln On Capital Projects in 2012

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Chevron Corp. (CVX) said Wednesday it expects to spend a record $32.7 billion on capital projects in 2012 as it continues to invest

December 8, 2011
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Rolls-Royce’s UT 755’s in High Demand – North Sea Company Places Two Vessel Order
Engineering News

Rolls-Royce’s UT 755’s in High Demand – North Sea Company Places Two Vessel Order

Rolls-Royce said today it has received orders for two of its popular UT 755 series offshore supply vessels. The vessels were ordered by Gulf Offshore North Sea

December 7, 2011
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
BP: Halliburton Destroyed Oil-Spill Evidence
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BP: Halliburton Destroyed Oil-Spill Evidence

By Tom Fowler and Angel Gonzalez BP PLC is alleging that Halliburton Co. destroyed evidence in the weeks following the Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010 that

December 6, 2011
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Exxon Mobile's Berkut drilling platform
Offshore

Global Oil and Gas Spending to Hit Record Highs in 2012 [BARCLAYS REPORT]

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Oil and gas companies are expected to spend at record levels in exploration and production projects worldwide in 2012, with

December 5, 2011
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HHI Loads World’s Largest Offshore Platform – North Rankin B
Offshore

HHI Loads World’s Largest Offshore Platform – North Rankin B

It’s hard to talk about “world’s largest” in maritime and offshore manufacturing without mentioning Hyundai Heavy Shipyard, and this is

December 5, 2011
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Chevron: Brazil Well Shutdown Accounts For Less Than 10% Of Frade Oil Output
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Chevron: Brazil Well Shutdown Accounts For Less Than 10% Of Frade Oil Output

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian oil regulators once again penalized U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. (CVX) for safety issues at the company’s

December 2, 2011
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Rolls-Royce Inks Petrobas Contracts
Offshore

Rolls-Royce Inks Petrobas Contracts

Rolls-Royce said today it has been awarded new contracts worth potentially $650 million by Petrobras to support production activities offshore Brazil. The

December 1, 2011
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Norway Regulator: “Very Serious Shortcomings” In BP Safety
Offshore

Norway Regulator: “Very Serious Shortcomings” In BP Safety

By Katarina Gustafsson and Alexis Flynn BP PLC’s (BP) efforts to monitor and respond to sudden pollution releases such as oil spills in the Norwegian Sea

December 1, 2011
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Transocean to Offer 26 Million Shares to Help Refinance Aker Purchase
Offshore

Transocean to Offer 26 Million Shares to Help Refinance Aker Purchase

Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) said it is offering 26 million shares of its common stock as the offshore oil drilling giant looks to raise funds to help

November 30, 2011
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Finance

Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL) Delivers One of Their “Best Quarterly Operating Profits Ever”

“At a point in time when there is turbulence in the financial markets we are very pleased to deliver one of our best quarterly operating profit ever

November 30, 2011
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Deep Sea Metro Takes Delivery of Second Drillship
Offshore

Deep Sea Metro Takes Delivery of Second Drillship

Deep Sea Metro has taken delivery of the newbuild drillship Deepsea Metro II from Hyundai Heaby Industries, according to a statment released by the company. 

November 29, 2011
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Friday, November 25, 2011
Offshore Wind Farm Installation
News

Offshore Wind Power Gains Another Foothold in the North Sea

STOCKHOLM — Swedish utility Vattenfall AB Friday announced plans to build an offshore wind farm in the North Sea after it recently bought the license

November 25, 2011
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