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  • Noble Corporation files for bankruptcy protection

    4 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure its debt following a “severe downturn in commodity prices which has been compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic”.

  • Tekmar to shield Chinese OWF wires

    2 October 2020
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Safety

    Tekmar Energy will supply cable protection systems for the Sheyang, Qidong, and Dalian Zhuanghe offshore wind farm projects in China. The systems will protect subsea array and export cables as they transition from the seabed into the foundations. Jack Simpson, director of Tekmar Energy, said: “Tekmar Energy has now supplied our cable protection systems and […]

  • NJ Eminent Domain Actions Filed

    17 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Christie Administration has filed its first eminent domain actions against beachfront property owners to secure easements that the USACE needs to build engineered beach and dune projects to protect lives, homes and businesses in the state’s economically vital coastal communities from severe storms and flooding, DEP Commissioner Bob Martin and Acting Attorney General John J. […]

  • IOG Files Blythe Hub FDP

    19 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has submitted the field development plan (FDP) to the UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) for the Blythe Hub, which comprises the Blythe and Elgood fields. This follows on from IOG’s submission of a draft FDP for only the Blythe field in December 2016. The Blythe and Elgood gas fields […]

  • Expro Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

    19 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Oilfield services company, Expro, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of the next step in its financial restructuring. As previously disclosed, the company has reached an agreement with its key lenders and shareholders to eliminate its entire $1.4 billion of funded debt and $80 million in annual interest payments through an equity conversion, […]

  • Statoil Hires Metas for LoVe Upgrade

    9 November 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Bergen-based Metas has been awarded a contract from Statoil for the upgrade of the LoVe ocean observatory. The Lofoten-Vesterålen Cabled Ocean Observatory (LoVe) is a Norwegian infrastructure for marine research, monitoring and subsea technology development. The contract will cover an upgrade of LoVe, including installation of two satellites on the observatory, Metas informed.   The […]

  • Prysmian Hires CSV Normand Pacific

    25 July 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has entered into a contract with Prysmian Powerlink Srl for hire of the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Pacific. The contract is for a period of one year firm with further one and a half year option, the company informed. The vessel, of Skipsteknisk ST 256 L CD design, has a length of 122 […]

  • Wintershall hires Halliburton for Maria development

    12 May 2016

    German oil and gas firm Wintershall has awarded a four-year service contract to support its exploration and development projects in Norway to Halliburton. Halliburton will provide drilling-associated services on Wintershall’s Maria development in the Norwegian Sea. The agreement, which contains incentives for efficient well deliveries, can also be used for other Wintershall activities, the oil company […]

  • Petrofac loses CFO to security firm

    15 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Chief financial officer (CFO) for the oilfield services company Petrofac will be leaving the company to take up the role of CFO at G4S, a global integrated security group. Petrofac said on Monday that Tim Weller will leave the company in October 2016 and that the search for his successor is underway. Weller, currently a non-executive director of G4S, […]

  • DeepOcean hires Fugro for fleet positioning

    28 May 2015

    DeepOcean, a provider of services and technologies for the subsea industry, has hired Fugro for the provision of precise satellite positioning for the company’s entire fleet of vessels. The contract is valid for three years. Fugro will supply DeepOcean with three completely independent decimetre Global Navigation Satellite Systems. In addition, Fugro’s new Starfix.G2+ system, which has […]

  • Vroon names five newbuilds in China

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Vroon has announced that, during ceremonies held today, November 25, at Fujian South East Shipyard (FSES) in Fuzhou, China, five of Vroon’s newbuilding vessels have been named. The vessels christened were VOS Pride and VOS Prime, two multi-purpose platform-supply vessels (MPSV), plus VOS Glamour, VOS Glory and VOS Gorgeous, three 60-m field-support vessels (FSV). VOS […]

  • Fine Tubes in Egina field deal

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Fine Tubes, a UK-based manufacturer and distributor of precision tubes for critical applications, has been awarded an order by FMC Technologies for the supply of advanced tubing for Total’s offshore Egina project in Nigeria. Located some 150km off the coast of Nigeria at a depth of up to 1750m, the Egina oil field is being developed […]

  • Hitachi acquires engineering firm Valcom

    15 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Hitachi, Ltd. has  announced that it will acquire Valcom S.r.l., an engineering firm in the Italian Republic, through its European subsidiary Hitachi Europe Ltd., and concluded an agreement to acquire all issued shares of Valcom. Based on this agreement, Hitachi will conduct procedures to complete the acquisition by the end of April. After the acquisition […]

  • Afren becomes EITI supporting firm

    26 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Afren plc, an independent oil and gas company,  has become a Supporting Company of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (“EITI”) on 20 May 2014. The EITI is a global coalition of governments, companies and civil society working together to improve openness and accountable management of revenues from natural resources. It provides a robust methodology for monitoring […]

  • Tellurian hires former McDermott COO

    17 May 2022
    Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    U.S. LNG project developer Tellurian has hired former McDermott COO Samik Mukherjee who will serve in the role of executive vice president and president of Driftwood Assets.

  • Hansa Heavy Lift Files for Insolvency

    11 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Hansa Heavy Lift has reportedly filed for insolvency amid challenging market conditions.

  • Cargill Hires Diana Shipping’s Capesize

    1 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Diana Shipping agreed a time charter contract for its Capesize vessels Salt Lake City with Cargill International.

  • Wan Hai Hires Diana’s Boxship

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Greece-based containership owner Diana Containerships has inked a time charter deal with Wan Hai Lines (Singapore) for one of its Post-Panamax vessels, the M/V Hamburg. The charter commenced on December 1 and the gross charter rate is USD 11,000 per day for a period of minimum 120 to maximum 220 days. The 6,494 TEU vessel was […]

  • Five Ships Boarded in Singapore Strait

    23 December 2019

    Five ships were boarded by pirates in the past three days while underway in the eastbound lane of Singapore Strait.

  • Daebo Files for Bankruptcy Protection in US

    19 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Korea’s shipping company Daebo International Shipping Co. filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan on Monday seeking to protect its assets from seizure. The decision has been triggered by attempts of Houston-based stevedoring company Richardson Stevedoring & Logistic Services Inc to seize Daebo’s Daebo Trader vessel, the Wall Street Journal writes. The […]

  • Koch Hires Diana Shipping’s Capesize

    31 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Diana Shipping agreed a time charter contract with Koch Shipping for its Capesize vessel Seattle.

  • UK: Divers Fined for Shipwreck Raids

    3 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    In a landmark case two divers from Kent have been made to pay a total of £63,500 in fines and costs for not declaring valuable items from shipwrecks off the UK coast. David Knight and Edward Huzzey, both from Sandgate, had previously pleaded guilty to 19 offences between them, contrary to section 236 and section […]

  • Aleron to Provide ROVs for Indonesian Firms

    9 April 2015
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    An ROV system rental company, Aleron Subsea, based in Aberdeenshire has won contracts worth a total of £2 million with two subsea firms in South East Asia. The company has secured work to supply two Indonesian companies with workclass ROV systems and associated equipment. Aleron currently has eight work class ROV systems, and offers full contract […]

  • TGS Hires Polarcus for 3D Shoot

    9 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian seismic contractor, Polarcus, has inked a Letter of Award (LOA) with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (TGS) for the charter of POLARCUS ADIRA, the Company’s 3D seismic vessel. According to TGS, Polarcus is to acquire 3,000 square kilometers of 3D seismic data in Northwest Europe with a potential extension of up to a total of 7,000 square […]

  • Zennor Petroleum: Finlaggan ‘firmly on track’

    8 April 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company Zennor, developing the Finlaggan field in the UK North Sea, is making progress at the project as offtake deals have been confirmed and production wells have been successfully drilled.