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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Malaysian Firm Faces Charges for Abandoning Karnaphuli Project

    3 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Malaysian Maritime and Dredging Corporation is facing government punishment for not completing Karnaphuli capital dredging project, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on Shipping Ministry Rafiqul Islam announced. The Malaysian firm signed a contract with the Chittagong Port Authority on April 28, 2011 to conduct the dredging project, which was supposed to be concluded […]

  • 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 […]

  • QRC: GBR Facts to Fore in Advertising Campaign (Australia)

    22 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Television commercials urging Australians to become informed about the true environmental health of the Great Barrier Reef will begin screening nationally tomorrow. The commercials are authorised by the Queensland Resources Council in the wake of an admitted ‘scaremongering’ campaign by environmental activist groups. “The activists’ stated objective is to shut down Queensland’s export coal and […]

  • USA: Corps Seeks Firms for Hubzone Capabilities Briefing

    17 April 2013

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is currently seeking and soliciting Hubzone firms interested in participating in Hubzone Capabilities Briefings. Hubzone firms who are interested must have the capability to provide planning, design, construction, environmental services and dredging to the Savannah District and/or the South Atlantic Division. This conference serves as an opportunity […]

  • UK: Angus Farming Company Fined for Illegal Dredging

    28 February 2013

    Scotland’s environment regulator is reminding farmers and land managers that liaising with them before carrying out work in rivers could help them avoid ending up in court. The warning comes after a company was fined £500 at Arbroath Sheriff Court  after carrying out illegal work in an Angus burn. D Geddes Farms Limited, was found […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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

  • Shell hires Polarcus for seismic shoot offshore Myanmar

    7 September 2015

    Seismic contractor Polarcus has received a Letter of Award from Shell Myanmar Energy PTE Ltd for a 3D marine seismic project offshore Myanmar. According to Polarcus, the seismic survey project is expected to start in Q4 2015. Commenting on this latest award, Duncan Eley, COO Polarcus, said: “With this award from a returning customer, the Company continues […]

  • Paragon Offshore hires ISS for support offshore Tanzania

    19 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has been appointed by Paragon Offshore, Houston, as marine and logistic services provider for a new drilling campaign off the Songo Songo Islands, Tanzania. ISS is providing a range of services for Paragon Offshore including full husbandry, crew logistics, visa assistance and arranging marine and air charters. Paragon Offshore is deploying […]

  • IOG hires Transocean rig for Skipper well (UK)

    14 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG), the North Sea-focused oil and gas company, has signed a rig contract with Transocean to procure the Transocean John Shaw semi-submersible rig to drill the company’s appraisal well on the Skipper oil discovery in the UK North Sea.  The Skipper oil discovery is located in Block 9/21a in the […]

  • Ensco scraps five jack-ups, one drillship

    25 February 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Ensco, a UK-based drilling contractor, has decided to scrap five of its jack-up drilling rigs and one drillship in order to reduce costs.  The rigs set for scraping are jack-up drilling rigs Ensco 56, Ensco 81, Ensco 82, Ensco 86, and Ensco 99, and a 1999-built drillship Ensco DS-1. Ensco Chief Executive Officer and President Carl Trowell said: “Three floaters […]

  • Proxy firm backs McDermott-CB&I merger

    18 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    As the clock ticks on McDermott and CB&I merger, another firm has decided to weigh in on the proposed plan. 

  • Scottish drone inspection firm opens Houston office

    2 May 2016
    Equipment

    Scottish firm Cyberhawk Innovations, an aerial inspection and survey specialists using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), is launching a Houston office in the USA, coinciding with the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The company explains that the new office comes as a result of increasing demand from existing oil and gas customers who recognize the significant cost and […]

  • Bumi Armada files $283.5M claim against Woodside

    21 April 2016

    Malaysia’s FPSO player Bumi Armada has filed a claim against Australian energy company Woodside in relation to the contract for the Armada Claire FPSO seeking $283.5 million.  The floating production storage and offloading unit Armada Claire was operating for Woodside on the Balnaves field, offshore Australia, since 2014. Bumi Armada’s subsidiary, Armada Balnaves, has filed and served a […]

  • Schlumberger hired for multi-well campaign at Ororo (Nigeria)

    19 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Sirius Petroleum has entered into a contract for the provision of an integrated services management (ISM) with the oilfield services company Schlumberger at the Ororo field off Nigeria.  The Ororo field, discovered in 1986, lies in shallow waters offshore Ondo State in water depths ranging between 23ft and 27 ft. Guarantee Petroleum has a 55% participating […]

  • Panoro files for arbitration over Aje field dispute

    6 December 2016

    Panoro Energy has filed a request for arbitration against its joint venture partners in OML 113 off Nigeria due to a cash call notice for a new well on the Aje field.  Panoro, through its fully owned subsidiary Pan Petroleum Aje Limited (PPAL), holds 6.502% participation interest in OML 113. The partners in the license are […]

  • Norway: Oil firms called to nominate NCS blocks

    29 August 2016

    The Norwegian government has invited oil companies to nominate blocks for the 24th licencing round on the licensing continental shelf. The numbered licensing rounds cover frontier areas opened for petroleum activities, with the greatest potential for large discoveries. “The petroleum industry will be our largest and most important industry for decades to come. This will […]

  • Hercules Offshore files for bankruptcy protection once again

    6 June 2016

    Hercules Offshore, a shallow-water offshore drilling contractor, has filed for bankruptcy protection again. The U.S.-based offshore driller filed for bankruptcy in a Delaware court on Monday, June 6. Under the terms of the Plan, all of the Company’s assets will be marketed for sale, and those left unsold at the completion of the Chapter 11 […]

  • IKM takes over Norwegian crane engineering firm

    27 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Crane and lifting specialist IKM Kran & Løfteteknikk has acquired Norwegian engineering company Tech Team Solutions. IKM Kran & Løfteteknikk, an IKM Group subsidiary, said on Thursday that it recently acquired 100 percent of the shares in Tech Team Solutions. Tech Team Solutions is a company which specializes in structural analysis with expertise within crane-related […]

  • Nexen hires Maersk Drilling rig for Buzzard campaign

    2 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    The drilling campaign is for the Buzzard Phase II Development Project and is planned to start around July 2018.

  • Israeli firm launches takeover offer for Ithaca Energy

    6 February 2017

    Israeli energy company Delek Group has launched a takeover offer for the oil company Ithaca Energy. According to Canada-based Ithaca, the offer is for a cash consideration of C$1.95 per share – this equates to £1.20 per share based on the exchange rate on 3 February 2017. Delek says the offer is $524 million. Ithaca’s board has […]

  • Apache hires Bristow for North Sea helicopter services

    18 April 2017

    Bristow Helicopters has secured a new contract with Apache North Sea Limited to support its North Sea operations. The contract which has a five year primary term, with further extension options, will start on September 1, 2017. Aircraft types provided under the contract will comprise both the Sikorsky S-92 and Leonardo AW189. Alan Corbett, managing director […]