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  • Statoil Hires Aibel for Hywind Job

    9 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract for FEED and EMA (Engineering & Management Assistance) of substructures for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park offshore wind farm. The contract has an estimated value of approximately $6.5 million (NOK 40 million). “This is an important new step in our commitment to renewable energy. This past year we’ve worked […]

  • Kvaerner hired to dispose of Gyda platform

    20 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Kvaerner has been awarded a contract from Allseas for offshore preparations assistance, onshore disposal, and recycling of the Repsol-operated Gyda platform in the North Sea.

  • Deepwater Horizon: Five years later

    20 April 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Today marks the fifth anniversary since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, offshore Louisiana, USA, in which eleven men died. Their bodies were never found. The incident happened on April 20, 2010, when the Transocean-owned semi-submersible drilling rig exploded, causing the oil from the BP-operated Macondo well to flow freely into the U.S. Gulf of […]

  • Hercules Offshore files for bankruptcy protection

    13 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Hercules Offshore, Inc., an offshore drilling contractor, announced Thursday that it has filed a pre-packaged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to continue its financial restructuring of the company.  According to its press release, the company anticipates that, among other things, it will receive court authority to pay employee wages […]

  • Nexans hired to deliver Troll umbilicals

    3 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Nexans has been awarded a contract by Equinor to deliver umbilicals for Troll Phase 3 development located offshore Norway.

  • Equinor hires Havila’s platform supplier

    12 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian vessel owner Havila Shipping has entered into a charter contract with Equinor UK for one of its PSVs.

  • WorleyParsons to buy consulting firm MTG

    9 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    WorleyParsons has entered into an agreement to acquire MTG, Ltd, a US based management consulting firm in the oil and gas, petrochemicals and chemicals industries with operations in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia. Completion of the acquisition is expected by the end of October 2014. MTG specializes in improving operational performance across every aspect […]

  • BPZ Resources files for bankruptcy protection

    10 March 2015

    BPZ Resources, Inc., an independent oil and gas company with assets in Peru, has filed a voluntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas seeking relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. None of the company’s direct or indirect subsidiaries has […]

  • Noble fined for environmental crimes in Alaska

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Drilling contractor Noble Drilling was charged with environmental and maritime crimes for operating the drillship Noble Discoverer and the drilling unit Kulluk in violation of federal law in Alaska in 2012, the Department of Justice announced. Under the terms of a plea agreement filed in federal court yesterday, Noble will plead guilty to eight […]

  • BG hires EMGS for Uruguay stint

    8 December 2014

    Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has been awarded a contract from BG Group worth approximately $27 million for 3D EM data acquisition in Uruguay. “We are delighted to start working for BG in Uruguay on this survey. This contract provides us with a substantially improved backlog and we look forward to further developing our relationship […]

  • Paragon Offshore files for Chapter 11

    15 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Offshore drilling contractor Paragon Offshore on Monday elected to start proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware.  As announced on Friday, February 12, 2016, Paragon entered into a Plan Support Agreement (PSA) to support a restructuring of the company’s balance sheet. Paragon […]

  • Marubeni hires Ensco drilling rig

    21 October 2015

    Ensco, a UK-based drilling contractor, has secured a contract for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs. According to the company’s fleet status report for September, the semi-submersible rig ENSCO 8505 was recently contracted for a multi-year term in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The rig has been hired by Marubeni Corporation. Ensco has moved the drilling rig […]

  • TechnipFMC firms up Fenja award

    20 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    TechnipFMC has been awarded an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) contract from VNG Norge for the Fenja development offshore Norway. 

  • Lundin hires Møkster platform supplier

    10 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipowner Simon Møkster Shipping has been awarded a contract for one of its platform supply vessels by Lundin in Norway. 

  • ONGC hires Aban Ice drillship

    27 March 2017

    Indian drilling contractor Aban Offshore has secured a contract from ONGC for the charter hire of drillship Aban Ice. According to Aban Offshore, the drilling contract is for a firm period of 3 years. The total value of this contract is approximately $72.3 million, a proof that the offshore drilling market is still depressed. To remind, […]

  • Trinity subsidiaries file for bankruptcy protection

    17 August 2016

    Subsidiaries of Trinity Exploration and Production, a debt-laden oil and gas company operating in Trinidad and Tobago, have filed for bankruptcy protection. The subsidiaries in question are Trinity Exploration and Production (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited, Galeota Oilfield Services Limited, Trinity Exploration and Production (Galeota) Limited, Tabaquite Exploration & Production Company Limited, Trinity Exploration and Production (GOP) Limited, […]

  • Mubadala Hires Songa Venus Rig

    1 March 2013

    Cyprus’ drilling contractor Songa Offshore has entered into a contract extension and farm out agreement for Songa Venus rig with Mubadala Petroleum from the current contract with Petronas. The extension will cover a total of four firm wells in Vietnam and Malaysia under the current contract terms and conditions. This extension will see the unit […]

  • Kreuz Subsea Hires Seamec Princess

    25 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Seamec Ltd’s has secured a new charter deal for its vessel Seamec Princess. Under the new contract Singapore’s Kreuz Subsea will take delivery of the vessel by March end. The DP2 Saturation Diving Support vessel was previously hired by the French oilfield services provider Technip. The value of the contract with Kreuz Subsea is approximately […]

  • LLOG Hires Seadrill’s Newbuild Drillship

    17 April 2013

    Seadrill has signed a contract with LLOG Bluewater Holdings, LLC, for employment of the new-build drill-ship, West Neptune, offshore Gulf of Mexico. The contract duration is a minimum of three years plus an option for a one-year extension at mutually agreed rates. The potential revenue for the primary contract term is approximately US$662 million. The […]

  • Marisco Fined for Water Pollution, USA

    29 March 2013

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Hawaii State Department of Health announced on March 28 their settlement with Marisco Ltd. including civil penalties of $710,000 for water pollution control violations at its ship repair and drydock facilities at Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor on Oahu. This is the largest Clean Water Act civil penalty against […]

  • Oceaneering Hires ‘Normand Flower’ CSV

    20 June 2013

    Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has signed a new contract with Oceaneering International Inc for its offshore construction vessel (CSV) “Normand Flower” The duration of the contract is firm for 3 years with further 3 yearly options. The contract will begin immediately after completion of a present charter, during fourth quarter of 2013. The contract price is confidential between the parties.   […]

  • Chevron Hires Pacific Khamsin Drillship

    16 November 2012

    Pacific Drilling S.A. announced today that its ultra-deepwater drillship the Pacific Khamsin has been awarded a contract by Chevron for operations in West Africa. The minimum duration of the contract is for an initial two-year term, with contract commencement expected by end of the third quarter of 2013. The contract provides for an option, to […]

  • Brazil: Far Saga Hired by Petrobras

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Petrobras has awarded the IMR vessel Far Saga (2001, UT 745 L) a 6 year contract with 6 years options. The contract includes ROV support and other subsea related activities in Brazilian waters. Far Saga will leave the North Sea during December 2013. Before leaving, the vessel will be upgraded with a new and larger […]

  • Bergen Group Subsidiary Files for Bankruptcy

    16 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s Bergen Group has started bankruptcy proceedings at one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries citing lack of new orders and failing results in the company’s shipbuilding and offshore departments as the main reasons. Sunde-headquartered Bergen Group Skarveland, a supplier of complete pipe installations for the ship, offshore and land based industry, reported a turnover of NOK 32 million and […]

  • Five Missing in Collision off Singapore

    13 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Five seafarers are mising following a collision between a 30,747 dwt tanker Kartika Segara and a Dominican-registered dredger JBB De Rong 19 in Singapore territorial waters. After the ships collided at about 12.40 am Singapore time on September 13, while they were some 1.7 nautical miles south-west of Sisters Island, the dredger capsized and “is currently […]