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  • Saipem Hires DOF for Gulf of Mexico Pipelay Support

    4 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Saipem America contract award for DOF Subsea Group in Gulf of Mexico. DOF Subsea Group has been awarded a contract in Gulf of Mexico for survey and pipelay support for Saipem America. The total contract value is approximately USD 17 million and work will commence in 2nd quarter 2013. [mappress] December 4, 2012

  • Dragados Offshore Hires IKM for Eldfisk Contract Support

    30 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    IKM Testing will contribute Dragados within cleaning, pneumatic and hydraulic testing, pigging and torque. The contract has been awarded by Dragados Offshore, a company that services the Oil and Gas industry from the three main business centres: the headquarters’s office in Puerto Real and the Yard in Algeciras, in Spain, and the Yard of Tampico […]

  • Shell Hires EMGS for EM Survey Offshore Malaysia

    29 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has secured a contract worth $7 million by Shell to acquire 3D electromagnetic (EM) data offshore Malaysia. The 3D EM survey will be performed from the vessel EM Leader and will start upon completion of its current work program. “This contract award confirms the increasing demand we are witnessing for […]

  • PGS to Hire Four New Seismic Support Vessels

    13 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian seismic survey specialist Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has signed charter agreements with the Faroe Islands-based PF THOR for four new seismic support vessels to assist its seismic operations worldwide. According to the press release issued by PGS, the vessels will be built at Besiktas in Turkey, owned and operated by PF THOR and chartered by […]

  • Exxon Hires PSV Quartet from Bourbon (Ireland)

    5 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Exxon Mobil, the world’s biggest publicly traded oil company, has hired four Platform Supply Vessels from the France-based ship owner Bourbon. Several shipbrokers have reported that the oil company is leasing the PSVs in support of its drilling operations offshore Ireland. Under the agreement, the vessels Bourbon Calm, Bourbon Rainbow, Bourbon Topaz and Bourbon Tampen […]

  • Offshore driller hires RigNet for comms at Mariner field

    17 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Exploration & Production

    RigNet, a provider of communications solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry, has been awarded a multi-million dollar remote communications contract with an offshore drilling contractor currently working on the Mariner field in the UK North Sea. RigNet said on Tuesday that the contract includes services for a newbuild ultra-high specification jack-up rig on […]

  • Oil firms ‘looking forward’ to working with Trump administration

    9 November 2016

    As is already known, Donald Trump has managed to beat the odds and has been elected U.S. president, much to the surprise of well – everyone. Energy intelligence companies, such as Douglas-Westwood and S&P Platts Global, have been quick to paint a rough picture of what the energy environment might look like under Trump after […]

  • UK: Total gets fined for Elgin gas leak

    22 December 2015

    French oil major Total has reportedly been fined for a gas leak that occurred on its Elgin platform, in the UK North Sea, back in 2012.  Offshore Energy Today recently reported that Total was due to appear in court as it had been charged for the Elgin gas leak under offshore installations regulations. According to BBC, […]

  • Shell fined for Gannet field oil spill (UK)

    24 November 2015

    Oil giant Shell has been fined for an oil leak at the Gannet field in the UK sector of the North Sea. Shell UK will pay 22.5 thousand pounds for the incident that happened in 2011 at Shell’s Gannet Alpha platform. More specifically, in August 2011, oil spilled from a subsea pipeline connected to Shell’s […]

  • Wood Group bags five-year contract with BP

    29 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Wood Group has secured a new multi-million dollar contract to provide engineering services to BP’s existing subsea infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico, UK and Norwegian continental shelves, and offshore Azerbaijan. Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will deliver programme, project and integrity management and operational support for subsea projects under the five-year contract, which is effective […]

  • Wood bags five-year contract with Saudi Aramco

    12 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Wood has secured a new multi-million dollar, five-year contract to support Saudi Aramco in the delivery of one of its mega-projects in the Saudi Arabia.

  • Deepocean hires Polar Onyx vessel for Ghana work

    1 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a time charter agreement with Deepocean BV for the SURF vessel Polar Onyx. 

  • Technip hires Boa’s OCV for Gulf of Mexico ops

    14 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    French oilfield services firm, Technip, has awarded a contract to offshore oil and gas industry service provider, Boa, for light construction, heavy lift and possible umbilical lay operations and installations in the Gulf of Mexico. Boa said on Tuesday that the contract will last for up to five months including mobilization and options. The company also […]

  • BP hires Saipem for Miller platform decom work

    15 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Italy’s Saipem has scored a contract for its Saipem 7000 vessel in the North Sea with BP. The company has been hired to carry out decommissioning of the topsides and jacket of BP’s Miller Platform in the UK North Sea. According to the Italian contractor, the Saipem 7000 is one of the most technologically advanced […]

  • Weekly U.S. offshore rig count stays firm

    25 September 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The U.S. offshore rig count did not change last week according to the Weekly Rig Count reports by the oilfield services provider Baker Hughes on Friday.  BHI Rig Count: U.S. +5 to 511 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 5 rigs from last week to 511, with oil rigs up 2 to 418, gas rigs […]

  • Shell hires three anchor handlers from Viking

    22 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Shell UK has chartered three anchor-handling tug support (AHTS) vessels from Swedish offshore support ships operator Viking Supply Ships. According to data on Viking Supply Ships’ website, the vessels will be used for repositioning and mobilization of Diamond Offshore’s semi-submersible drilling rig, the Ocean Patriot, which is under contract with Shell until October 2017. Viking Supply’s […]

  • Oceaneering International Hires SOFF’s CSV ‘Normand Flower’

    20 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has signed a new contract with Oceaneering International Inc for hire of SOFF’s offshore construction vessel (CSV) “Normand Flower” The duration of the contract is firm for 3 years with further 3 yearly options. Commencement is directly after completion of present charter, during fourth quarter of 2013. The contract value is […]

  • Kosmos Energy Hires Newbuild Drillship ‘Atwood Achiever’

    10 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Kosmos Energy Ltd. (Kosmos) 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 2014. The Atwood Achiever […]

  • Another Law Firm Targets Baltic-Genco Merger

    5 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    New York-based law firm Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. has launched an investigation into potential legal claims against the board of directors of dry bulk shipping company Baltic Trading Limited regarding possible breaches of fiduciary duties and other violations of law related to Baltic’s acquisition deal with Genco Shipping & Trading Limited. Rigrodsky & Long is the […]

  • New Zealand Diving Company Fined for Propeller Death

    10 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    New Zealand-based diving company The Dive Spot Limited has been fined NZD 50,000 and its co-director and skipper Mark Andrew Barnes fined NZD 25,000 for the death of diver Bruce Porter on 7 February 2014, Maritime New Zealand reports. Reparations of NZD 50,000 and NZD 30,000 are also to be paid by The Dive Spot Limited and Barnes, respectively. Porter […]

  • Four Seattle Anti-Drilling Protesters Facing Fines

    5 June 2015

    The US Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound investigating officers have initiated civil penalties against four environmental activists who entered an established safety-zone around a Shell-contracted offshore support vessel in Bellingham to protest the oil major’s explorations in the Arctic. Cody Erdman, Chiara D’Angelo, Paul Adler and Matthew Fuller were cited in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations […]

  • Repeat German Offender Slapped with USD 750,000 Fine

    4 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    German shipping company Herm. Dauelsberg GmbH & Co. KG has been fined with USD 750,000 for dumping oily bilge in Alaska. Herm. Dauelsberg-operated ship Lindavia released an estimated 1,780 gallons of oily water in U.S. waters while en route from China to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands earlier this year, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis is quoted as saying […]

  • Bulker Capsizes off Zhoushan, Five Crew Missing

    15 April 2015

    A 104-meter long bulk carrier “Hai Jian 77” capsized near Xiao Qu Shan Island in Zhoushan prefecture, East China early Tuesday morning with nine crew on board. Four crew members have been rescued by the rescue team dispatched to the scene by Ministry of Transport’s Donghai Rescue and Salvage Bureau. The remaining five crew are still unaccounted for. According to […]

  • Rolls-Royce Thrusters to Propel Five Norwegian Ferries

    8 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Rolls-Royce has signed a GBP 5.5 million contract with Bastø-Fosen and Fjord 1 in Norway for azimuth propulsion systems for five new double ended ferries. All five ferries are designed by Multi Maritime and will be constructed in Turkey at the yards Sefine, Cemre and ADA. The ferries are scheduled to enter into service along the […]

  • Maersk Drilling Hires DNV for Software Quality Assurance

    21 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Drilling and DNV have entered into a contract to quality assure the software for Maersk’s new CJ70 jack-up units to be delivered by Keppel in Singapore. DNV will carry out software-version control audits of key equipment, with a focus on software integrity, on the CJ70 jack-ups built at Keppel in Singapore during the commissioning […]