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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Engineering News

No Ordinary FPSO…Sevan Marine Awarded Arctic Feasibility Study by Statoil

Statoil has awarded Sevan Marine a study of the potential application of a Sevan FPSO for Statoil’s Skrugard / Havis development in the Norwegian Barents

March 28, 2012
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News

Leighton Offshore Provides New Single Point Mooring Terminal to Export Iraqi Crude

(Dow Jones) Iraq’s new single-point mooring, or SPM, terminal in the south is loading a third tanker Tuesday at a rate of 800,000-900,000 barrels a day,

March 28, 2012
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Incidents

Fatal Fire Breaks out on Great Lakes Tug [UDPATE]

UPDATE: We are saddened to report that the injured crewmember, the boat’s chief engineer, died in a Toronto hospital Wednesday morning.  The man, along

March 28, 2012
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Russia’s Sakhalin III to Produce 4.2 Billion Cubic Meters of Gas Per Year
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Russia’s Sakhalin III to Produce 4.2 Billion Cubic Meters of Gas Per Year

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)–Russian state gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) will begin production at its massive Sakhalin-3 offshore gas project in the Far East in

March 28, 2012
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News

North Sea Oil Market Largely Unfazed by Elgin and Franklin Shutdown

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Weak demand for North Sea Forties crude due to refinery maintenance season and the availability of cheaper alternatives have prevented

March 28, 2012
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Blog

Protecting Yourself Before, During, and After a Pirate Attack

– By Captain Richard Madden Depending on the source, piracy in the Gulf of Aden/Horn of Africa (GOA/HOA) region is estimated to be costing the world

March 28, 2012
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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Incidents

Will it be Transocean to the Rescue, or Perhaps Rowan? Total Considers Options at Elgin

(Dow Jones) French oil major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) may hire Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) and Rowan Cos. (RDC) to drill relief wells to end an ongoing gas

March 27, 2012
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News

Floatel International and Keppel Corp Make Plans to Build a 4th Accommodation Rig

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Keppel Corp. Ltd. (BN4.SG) on Wednesday said it signed a letter of intent with returning customer Floatel International Ltd. to

March 27, 2012
Total Views: 100

Shell Takes Delivery of the New Ice-Classed M/V Aiviq, ECO’s Largest and Most Advanced Vessel to Date
Engineering News

Shell Takes Delivery of the New Ice-Classed M/V Aiviq, ECO’s Largest and Most Advanced Vessel to Date

Shell Exploration and Production says it has taken delivery of the M/V Aiviq (pronounced ‘eye-vik’), a 360-foot ice class anchor handler built by

March 27, 2012
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Finance

Torm Negotiates with Investor Groups to Stave Off Bankruptcy

(Dow Jones) Danish tanker and bulk vessel operator Torm A/S (TORM.KO) said Tuesday it is in final talks with two international groups of investors for a

March 27, 2012
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News

Transporting Live Fish – Rolls-Royce Wins Another Unique Ship Design Order

Remember in Star Trek 4 when they had to transport humpback whales through in time in an spaceship/aquarium by slingshotting around the sun? Well, nearly a

March 27, 2012
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News

“We Have the Conn” – A.P. Moller-Maersk’s Executive Board Fills in for CEO Nils Anderson

(Dow Jones) Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSK-B.KO) said Monday that Chief Executive Nils S. Andersen’s sick leave has

March 27, 2012
Total Views: 66

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News

Saipem Awarded $300 Million in Drilling Contracts

ROME -(Dow Jones)- Saipem SpA (SPM.MI) said Monday it has been awarded new offshore and onshore drilling contracts worth about $300 million. In offshore

March 27, 2012
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Incidents

Total Considers Drilling a Relief Well at the Elgin Platform, Gas Leak Continues

PARIS (Dow Jones)–Total SA (TOT) is studying all options, including drilling a relief well, to end an ongoing gas leak at its Elgin platform in the

March 27, 2012
Total Views: 135

Monday, March 26, 2012
Rob Almeida
Blog

Leadership at Sea: A Former Naval Officer Gains Perspective from the Offshore Drilling Industry

It’s been almost 6.5 years since I resigned my commission in the US Navy where I served 2 tours at sea on board west coast-based warships followed by an

March 26, 2012
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An Executive Perspective on the Shipping Industry: INTERTANKO’s Chairman and Teekay EVP Graham Westgarth
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An Executive Perspective on the Shipping Industry: INTERTANKO’s Chairman and Teekay EVP Graham Westgarth

Amid the hustle and bustle of this year’s Connecticut Maritime Association Conference in Stamford, Connecticut last week, I met with the very modest and

March 26, 2012
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News

S&P: As Maritime Shipping Fleets Age, US Companies Will Face Greater Challenges

(Dow Jones) Already burdened with eroding credit quality, many U.S. shipping companies will face greater challenges in the near future as their older fleets

March 26, 2012
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James Cameron Completes Record Breaking Trip to Challenger Deep
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James Cameron Completes Record Breaking Trip to Challenger Deep

After seven years of preparation James Cameron has become the first person in history to solo dive the Challenger Deep, the deepest point of the Marianas

March 26, 2012
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Nigerian Pirates Release Captain and Chief Engineer Unharmed
Piracy

Nigerian Pirates Release Captain and Chief Engineer Unharmed

Two Russian sailors kidnapped off the Nigerian coast in February have been released, according to the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti citing an

March 26, 2012
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Teekay: 63 LNG Carriers On Order, Global Demand Increasing [VIDEO]
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Teekay: 63 LNG Carriers On Order, Global Demand Increasing [VIDEO]

Teekay’s Market Analyst Christian Waldegrave reports on the LNG market in the first quarter of 2012. More details…via Teekay: Drivers for Demand of

March 26, 2012
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