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Monday, March 5, 2018
Maersk’s Big Oil Exit Comes With a $1.2 Billion Ball-and-Chain
Offshore

Maersk’s Big Oil Exit Comes With a $1.2 Billion Ball-and-Chain

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is about to exit the Danish offshore oil industry that it created half a century ago. But for

March 5, 2018
Total Views: 79

offshore oil rig Statoil
Offshore

As Norway’s Wealth Fund Goes Green, Domestic Firms Struggle to Keep Up

By Alister Doyle Environment Correspondent OSLO, March 5 (Reuters) – Many Norwegian companies lag high standards for reporting their impact on the

March 5, 2018
Total Views: 62

Friday, March 2, 2018
auger tension leg platform
Offshore

How Shell Hid a ‘Whale’ Well Before Placing Mexican Oil Bet

By Ron Bousso and Marianna Parraga LONDON/HOUSTON, March 2 (Reuters) – The gasps in the audience were clearly audible at the auction of

March 2, 2018
Total Views: 122

Thursday, February 22, 2018
jack-up rig
Offshore

Borr Drilling to Acquire Paragon Offshore in Push to Consolidate Jack-Up Rig Market

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Offshore rig firm Borr Drilling , controlled by Norwegian investor Tor Olav Troeim, is proposing to

February 22, 2018
Total Views: 150

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
offshore rig north sea
Offshore

Offshore Oil Recovery Beginning in World’s Harshest Environments

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Explorers are once again testing the waters in their search for oil, according to Transocean Ltd., the world’s

February 21, 2018
Total Views: 71

Tuesday, February 20, 2018
ert platform a fatality
Offshore

Oil Worker Killed on Talos Energy Platform in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is conducting an investigation into the fatality of a third-party construction worker in an area of the Gulf

February 20, 2018
Total Views: 345

Friday, February 16, 2018
offshore drilling rig brazil
Offshore

Trump Administration Sets March Date for Largest Oil and Gas Lease Auction in U.S. History

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday said it would offer the largest oil and gas offshore auction in U.S. history on March

February 16, 2018
Total Views: 59

Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Johan Castberg FPSO
Offshore

Statoil Awards Contract for Johan Castberg Topsides to Kvaerner

Oslo, Norway-based Kvaerner has been awarded a large contract from Statoil for the construction and installation of the topside structure for the floating

February 13, 2018
Total Views: 121

Thursday, February 8, 2018
Allseas Planning Bigger, More Powerful Version of Record-Setting Pioneering Spirit -Report
Offshore

Allseas Planning Bigger, More Powerful Version of Record-Setting Pioneering Spirit -Report

Swiss offshore engineering company Allseas is said to be planning a bigger version of its famous Pioneering Spirit, the giant offshore installation and

February 8, 2018
Total Views: 435

Monday, February 5, 2018
sembcorp marine yard
Offshore

Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine Adds $1.5 Billion in 3 Weeks on Orders Outlook

By Abhishek Vishnoi (Bloomberg) — Sembcorp Marine Ltd. has gained almost S$2 billion ($1.5 billion) in just three weeks — making its parent

February 5, 2018
Total Views: 183

Thursday, February 1, 2018
Pacific Drilling’s Sharav deepwater drillship
Offshore

Chevron, Shell Both Announce Major Oil Discoveries in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Both Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday announced major deepwater oil discoveries at two separate wells located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Both finds

February 1, 2018
Total Views: 240

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
stena rig cancelled
Offshore

Samsung Heavy Finds Buyer for Cancelled Stena Drilling Rig

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries says it has agreed to sell a semi-submersible drilling rig it had originally built for Stena Drilling to an

January 31, 2018
Total Views: 169

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Rolls-Royce to Upgrade Six Platform Supply Vessels with Battery Power
Offshore

Rolls-Royce to Upgrade Six Platform Supply Vessels with Battery Power

Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has received an order to deliver battery-powered energy systems for six platform supply vessels owned by a joint venture

January 30, 2018
Total Views: 244

Piracy

In Venezuela Pirates Now Rule

By Jonathan Franklin (Bloomberg) Their industry all but destroyed, former fishermen now run guns one way, diapers another. On the sea with the desperate

January 30, 2018
Total Views: 172

Thursday, January 25, 2018
keppel shipyard
Offshore

Keppel Posts First Quarterly Loss in 14 Years on Bribery Fine

SINGAPORE, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp swung to its first quarterly net loss in 14 years, after accounting for a huge fine

January 25, 2018
Total Views: 55

Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Canada Suspends Huskey FPSO Operations Following Close-Call with Iceberg
Offshore

Canada Suspends Huskey FPSO Operations Following Close-Call with Iceberg

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has suspended petroleum-related operations conducted by the SeaRose Floating,

January 17, 2018
Total Views: 111

Tuesday, January 16, 2018
offshore platforms
Offshore

Not Just Florida: Tourism Big in Other States Opposing Coastal Drilling

By Valerie Volcovici and Richard Valdmanis Jan 16 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s decision last week to exempt Florida from its

January 16, 2018
Total Views: 55

BP’s Gulf Oil Spill Tab Rises as Lawsuits Wind Down
Offshore

BP’s Gulf Oil Spill Tab Rises as Lawsuits Wind Down

By Amanda Jordan and Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) — BP Plc raised the amount it will pay this year for the Deepwater Horizon accident as thousands

January 16, 2018
Total Views: 67

Friday, January 5, 2018
auger tension leg platform
Offshore

Will Oil Majors Actually Sink Money Into America’s Waters?

By Liam Denning (Bloomberg Gadfly) — Energy dominance begins at home, and that includes any beachfront property you might have. The Interior Department

January 5, 2018
Total Views: 79

World’s Biggest Rig Builder Delivers First Rig of 2018
Offshore

World’s Biggest Rig Builder Delivers First Rig of 2018

The world’s largest rig builder, Keppel FELS, has delivered its first rig of 2018 and the first of five jackups that it is building for Borr Drilling.

January 5, 2018
Total Views: 260