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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Bell Helicopter FCX-001 chopper
Offshore

Inside The Sleekest Offshore Crew Helicopter That Will Never Fly

by Justin Bachman (Bloomberg) At the helicopter industry’s largest trade show last week, dozens of aircraft were parked over 7 acres of Dallas convention

March 15, 2017
Total Views: 358

Offshore

Wärtsilä to optimise performance and uptime of four Songa Offshore drilling rigs

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a five-year technical management and services agreement with Songa Offshore for four Cat-D type semi-submersible

March 15, 2017
Total Views: 31

Monday, March 13, 2017
Billionaire Fredriksen Buys ‘West Mira’ Rig, Ending Hyundai Dispute
Offshore

Billionaire Fredriksen Buys ‘West Mira’ Rig, Ending Hyundai Dispute

OSLO, March 13 (Reuters) – Billionaire investor John Fredriksen has agreed to buy an oil drilling vessel from South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy

March 13, 2017
Total Views: 281

Friday, March 10, 2017
ABS issues Approval in Principle for LNG-fueled design concept
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ABS issues Approval in Principle for LNG-fueled design concept

  ABS, a leading provider of classification and technical services to the marine and offshore industries, has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) for the

March 10, 2017
Total Views: 65

Monday, January 16, 2017
offshore oil rig Statoil
Offshore

Oil’s Painful Cost-Squeeze Brings Output Dividend for Norway

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Cost cuts are painful, but for Norway’s oil industry making every penny count has also yielded a surprising

January 16, 2017
Total Views: 25

Thursday, January 5, 2017
offshore oil rig Statoil
Offshore

Statoil Boosts Exploration Amid Cheapest Drilling in Years

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Statoil ASA, one of many international oil companies to slash spending during crude’s collapse, is increasing

January 5, 2017
Total Views: 31

Thursday, December 15, 2016
Caspian Sea Platform Collapses in High Winds; 1 Dead, 9 Missing
Offshore

Caspian Sea Platform Collapses in High Winds; 1 Dead, 9 Missing

One person has died and a search and rescue is underway for 9 others missing after a part of an oil installation collapsed in strong winds in the Caspian

December 15, 2016
Total Views: 68

Wednesday, November 23, 2016
offshore oil rig Statoil
Offshore

Norway Oil Producers Deepen Record Spending Cuts Amid Rout

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Oil and gas companies in Norway cut spending forecasts for 2017, deepening what was already a record reduction in offshore

November 23, 2016
Total Views: 64

Friday, November 18, 2016
Offshore

Oil Wildcatters Flee African Deep Water to Weather Rout

By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) — Drillers burned by a two-year slump in crude prices are slowing exploration of deep-water prospects off the coast of

November 18, 2016
Total Views: 53

Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Sales Drop for China Offshore Producer Cnooc
Offshore

Sales Drop for China Offshore Producer Cnooc

By Aibing Guo (Bloomberg) — Cnooc Ltd., China’s biggest offshore oil and gas producer, posted a 15 percent fall in third-quarter sales as output

October 26, 2016
Total Views: 28

Monday, October 24, 2016
Maersk Drilling to Cut 70 Head Office Jobs
Offshore

Maersk Drilling to Cut 70 Head Office Jobs

Maersk Drilling has announced that it is reducing its headcount at its main office in Copenhagen by about 70 positions. “This is a response to the

October 24, 2016
Total Views: 30

Monday, October 3, 2016
carnival cruise ship
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Shell to Fuel First LNG-Powered Cruise Ships

Cruise ship giant Carnival Corporation has signed an agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to supply the liquified natural gas bunker fuel for the world’s

October 3, 2016
Total Views: 23

Tuesday, September 27, 2016
At Least Four Killed as Chevron Helicopter Crashes En Route to Platform
Offshore

At Least Four Killed as Chevron Helicopter Crashes En Route to Platform

LUANDA, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Four people died and two were missing after a helicopter crashed en route to a Chevron oil platform off the Angolan coast,

September 27, 2016
Total Views: 122

Monday, September 26, 2016
Rebound in Singapore’s Ezra Holdings Seen to Be Fleeting Amid Oil Industry Woes
Offshore

Rebound in Singapore’s Ezra Holdings Seen to Be Fleeting Amid Oil Industry Woes

By Jonathan Burgos (Bloomberg) — Ezra Holdings Ltd. is leading a rebound among Singapore oil-services providers this month, after bearish bets

September 26, 2016
Total Views: 33

Thursday, September 22, 2016
Maersk Chairman: In World With Too Many Ships, Company Ready for Takeovers
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Maersk Chairman: In World With Too Many Ships, Company Ready for Takeovers

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk , the world’s largest container shipping group, is

September 22, 2016
Total Views: 30

Thursday, September 15, 2016
Offshore Drillers Brace for More Pain Even With Bottom in Sight
Offshore

Offshore Drillers Brace for More Pain Even With Bottom in Sight

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Offshore oil-rig operators, grappling with the biggest industry downturn in a generation, say they finally have the bottom

September 15, 2016
Total Views: 81

Thursday, September 1, 2016
noble-offshore-oil-rig Israel
Offshore

Israel Back On Track Offshore Gas Exploration

By Ron Bousso (Reuters) Israel has overcome delays to the exploration and development of its offshore oblatural gas fields and wants to

September 1, 2016
Total Views: 65

NordLB office building hamburg
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Germany Bails Out Bad Shipping Loans

German state-controlled lender NordLB has agreed to take full control of its loss-making Bremer Landesbank (BLB) unit, which is suffering from a weak shipping

September 1, 2016
Total Views: 32

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Israel Courting Energy Heavyweights to Seek Offshore Gas
Offshore

Israel Courting Energy Heavyweights to Seek Offshore Gas

By David Wainer (Bloomberg) — Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz is out to persuade big energy explorers put off by years of regulatory turmoil to

August 31, 2016
Total Views: 24

Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Norway’s DNB: Oil Industry Suppliers Face Years of Restructuring
Offshore

Norway’s DNB: Oil Industry Suppliers Face Years of Restructuring

By Stine Jacobsen STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Restructuring the debt of struggling offshore oil service vessel (OSV) and drilling rig companies

August 30, 2016
Total Views: 63