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  • Statoil Hires Teekay’s FSO for Gina Krog Field

    22 May 2013
    Business & Finance

      Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.  today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil), on behalf of the field license partners, to provide a floating storage and offtake (FSO) unit for the Gina Krog oil and gas field located in North Sea. The contract will be serviced by a new […]

  • Economic Times: ONGC Hires Aban Ice Drillship

    22 May 2013

    India’s drilling contractor Aban Offshore has secured a contract for its Aban Ice drillship, as reported by The Economic Times, an English-language Indian daily newspaper. According to the newspaper, the contract worth approximately $200 million comes from the India’s state-controlled oil company, ONGC. The drillship, capable of operating in water depths of up to 2000 feet, will […]

  • Kosmos Hires Atwood Achiever Drillship for Drilling in Morocco

    10 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Kosmos Energy Ltd. announced today that it has signed a long-term rig agreement with a subsidiary of Atwood Oceanics, Inc.   for the new build drillship Atwood Achiever. Currently under construction in South Korea, the rig is scheduled for completion in June of 2014 and expected to commence drilling operations in the second half of […]

  • Sen. McCain: Halliburton Got Away with Paltry Fine

    2 August 2013

    U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Ranking Member of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, yesterday wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder on the recent plea agreement reached between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Halliburton Energy Services Inc. regarding Halliburton’s destruction of evidence relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. Read the full letter […]

  • UK: Premier to Hire WilPhoenix Rig from Awilco

    25 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    A UK based drilling contractor Awilco Drilling PLC has signed a Letter of Award (LOA) with Premier Oil Limited for the provision of WilPhoenix for the drilling of two firm exploration wells estimated at 30 days each with the option to drill up to two additional wells. The contract value for the firm period is estimated […]

  • Leighton Offshore Hires Lamprell for Iraqi Oil Project

    14 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Lamprell, a provider of diversified engineering and contracting products and services to the offshore oil & gas  industry, announces the award by Leighton Offshore Pte Ltd, a Singapore based company, of a contract for the fabrication of two topsides and jackets with metering skid and associated piping in connection with the Iraq crude oil export […]

  • Russia: Sakhalin Energy Hires Vidar Viking AHTS

    26 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Viking Supply Ships AS daughter company Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS (“TVIO”) has agreed to an addendum to the charter party with the Swedish Maritime Administration (“SMA”) which gives TVIO an option to end the contract for Vidar Viking, one of the Company’s three Icebreakers/AHTS-vessels, for the upcoming season in 2012 and for the […]

  • Petronas Hires Petrofac for Offshore Platform Refurbishment (Malaysia)

    22 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Petrofac, an international service provider to the oil & gas production and processing industry,, has been awarded a US$220 million contract by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PETRONAS, the Malaysian national oil company, for the refurbishment of the Bekok-C platform. The platform is located in Block PM9 in the south-eastern part of the […]

  • Ophir Hires Eirik Raude for Drilling in Equatorial Guinea

    24 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ophir Energy has contracted Ocean Rig’s “Eirik Raude”, a dynamically positioned semi-submersible rig, to drill its Equatorial Guinea exploration campaign. Ophir plans a 60 day programme beginning in April 2012 of three firm wells, plus one contingent well in its operated Block R. The wells are designed to delineate sufficient additional gas reserves and facilitate […]

  • Island Crown Offshore Vessel Hired by Oil Major

    12 November 2013

    Norwegian offshore shipping player Island Offshore has entered into a contract with an undisclosed major oil company covering the charter of the purpose built, state of the art “Walk-to-work”, maintenance, subsea and support vessel M/V Island Crown. The contract is a seasonal charter and the main duty for the vessel will be to provide accommodation […]

  • Petrobras Hires Accommodation Unit from Logitel Offshore

    11 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Sevan Marine ASA has announced that a company within the Logitel Offshore group of companies  has entered into a 3 year charter contract with Petrobras starting end 2014 for the provision on one accommodation unit, currently under completion at the COSCO yard in China, to be stationed offshore Brazil. Sevan Marine acts as intervening party, […]

  • Shandong Shipping Places Order for Five Capesize Bulkers

    2 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    China’s SWS yard won an order for five Capesize bulkers from compatriot Shandong Shipping.

  • South Korea Unveils Support for Struggling Shipping Firms

    10 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Korea Ocean Business Corp to support financially troubled shipping firms and fund eco-friendly projects.

  • MHI to Reshuffle Shipbuilding Business into Two New Firms

    1 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has unveiled its plans to establish two new wholly-owned companies under the reorganization of its shipbuilding business. The move, effective January 1, 2018, would see the company split its shipbuilding business into Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, which will primarily undertake construction of ships that require intensive outfitting, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Structure, […]

  • GAIL India Hires LNG Carrier from Total

    18 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    India’s gas utility company GAIL has chartered in an LNG tanker from French oil and gas company Total SA to transport gas from the US. According to a company official, cited by the Economic Times, the ship is being chartered for a period of three years and the company has an option to extend the […]

  • Aquarius MAS to Fine-Tune Operational Performance of Vessels

    22 May 2013

    Eco Marine Power (EMP) and KEI System Ltd (KEI) of Osaka, Japan, announced today that they will release later this year, the Aquarius Monitoring and Automation System or Aquarius MAS – a marine computer system capable of monitoring and/or controlling equipment on ships including wind and solar power devices plus being able to monitor fuel […]

  • EMGS Extends Charter Hire Period for ‘Atlantic Guardian’

    22 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into an agreement with North Sea Shipping to extend the charter hire period for the vessel Atlantic Guardian from 1 September 2013 to 1 March 2014. Furthermore, EMGS has agreed to charter the vessel for an additional period of at least two years, with three optional one-year extensions. Under […]

  • Ocean Yield Bolsters Drybulk Fleet with Five Handysizes

    28 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Yield ASA invests in five Handysize dry bulkers with 10-year bareboat charters.

  • Salvage Firms Gearing Up to Move MV Priscilla

    20 July 2018

    Salvage companies have been appointed to move the vessel which ran aground off Caithness on July 18.

  • Epic Gas Secures Refinancing for Five LPG Carriers

    9 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Epic Gas completed the refinancing for five LPG carriers with Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.

  • KOBC to Offer Financial Support to 10 Shipping Firms

    30 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    KOBC said it would offer financial support to ten small and medium-sized shipping companies.

  • Teekay Hires MAN to Service Its LNG Carriers

    9 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Bermuda-based shipping company Teekay Shipping has hired MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales division of MAN Diesel & Turbo, for maintenance services related to its liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The Engine Management Concept (EMC) contract is for the maintenance of Teekay’s three 173,400-m3 sister ships, namely Oak Spirit, Creole Spirit and Torben Spirit. Under the agreement, MAN PrimeServ […]

  • USA: Commission Fines Former Edgartown Dredge Chairman

    4 October 2012

    The State Ethics Commission approved a Disposition Agreement in which former Edgartown Dredge Advisory Committee Chairman Norman Rankow admitted to violating G.L. c. 268A, the conflict of interest law, by, as Committee Chairman, directing that Town employees use Town equipment to dredge the area around his private clients’ dock without first obtaining the required town, […]

  • USA: Sires Applauds Passage of House WRRDA Bill

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Last week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) with overwhelming support, by a vote of 417 to 3. This bipartisan legislation reauthorizes the Water Resources Development Act—legislation responsible for authorizing the water resources program of the Army Corps of Engineers—for the first time since 2007. For […]

  • Australia: Two Law Firms Represent Gladstone’s Fishermen

    13 December 2011

    Commercial fishermen seeking compensation for Gladstone’s dredging project are now represented by not one but two law firms…   (gladstoneobserver) [mappress] Source: gladstoneobserver, December 13, 2011; Image: westernbasinportdevelopment