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  • Total Acquires Interest in Five Offshore Blocks in Kenya

    21 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Total today announces its acquisition, through its Total E&P Kenya B.V. subsidiary, of a 40% interest in five offshore exploration blocks in the Lamu Basin, blocks L5, L7, L11a, L11b and L12. Subject to the approval of the Kenyan authorities, Total will acquire: – a 20% stake from Anadarko Kenya Company, which will continue […]

  • Israeli Gov’t Urges Firms to Accelerate Leviathan Drilling

    26 October 2011

    The Ministry of National Infrastructures has ordered the Leviathan partners to expedite drilling of the exploration well. A similar order wa… Source: Koby Yeshayahou,(Globes) [mappress] Source:Globes , October 26, 2011;

  • Petrobras to Hire Two FPSOs for Santos Basin Fields

    20 March 2013

    Petrobras and its partners in Block BM-S-11, BG E&P Brasil and Petrogal Brasil, announce negotiations are under way for the contracting with consortium QGOG/SBM (Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás S.A./ SBM Offshore) of two FPSOs for production development at Lula Alto and Lula Central, in Lula Field, in the pre-salt cluster of Santos Basin, offshore […]

  • 36 Oil Firms Apply for Norwegian Offshore Blocks

    5 December 2012

    The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Norway has received applications from 36 companies by the deadline for applications in the 22nd licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. The Ministry intends to award new production licences before the summer of 2013. “I am pleased to see such extensive, broad interest in the 22nd licensing […]

  • InterMoor Achieves Five-Year Safety Milestone (UK)

    21 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has operated for more than five years without a lost time incident (LTI). InterMoor UK Operations includes Acteon companies InterMoor Ltd, InterMoor Marine Services Ltd and ChainCo. This is an extremely significant achievement for a business that has conducted more than 2,000 projects during the […]

  • BOEM Releases Activities Overview of the Five Year Program

    1 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published the agency’s Annual Progress Report on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2012-2017 (Five Year Program), which the Secretary of the Interior approved on August 27, 2012. BOEM prepared the report, which summarizes program activities over the past year, as part of the […]

  • CNOOC Hires Jasper Explorer Drillship for Congo Operations

    24 January 2013

    China’s oil company CNOOC has, through its subsidiary CNOOC Congo SA, signed a contract to charter the Jasper Explorer drillship from Jasper Drilling Pte Ltd. Under the contract, the Jasper Explorer will drill two firm wells plus one option well in offshore Republic of Congo, West Africa. The program duration for the two firm wells […]

  • Repsol Hires Offshore Shuttle Tanker for Brazilian Ops

    24 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    On January 15, Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS , of which NYK has a 50 percent share, delivered Carmen Knutsen, a new 157,000 DWT offshore shuttle tanker built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, to Repsol YPF A.S.  under time-charter contract for five years plus an option for crude oil transport off Brazil. Furthermore, the KNOT Group […]

  • BP Facing Record Fine in Deepwater Horizon Settlement

    15 November 2012

    British oil giant BP could pay a record fine and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster as a part of the plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice, Reuters has reported, citing sources close to the matter. The agreement could be announced as early as today, Reuters further says, without […]

  • ConocoPhillips, Maersk Hire Noble’s New Jack-Ups

    8 February 2013

    Noble Corporation, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry, has secured contracts for two of its newbuild rigs. The first contract is for the Noble Houston Colbert jack-up rig, currently under construction in Singapore’s Jurong Shipyard. Upon delivery, the rig will be hired by ConocoPhillips and will be deployed in Alaska. […]

  • ATP to Acquire Five Deepwater Licences Offshore Israel

    24 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      ATP Oil & Gas Corporation is expanding its deepwater operating and infrastructure expertise to offshore Israel. Subject to approval of the Ministry of National Infrastructures (MNI), ATP has signed agreements to acquire five licenses, of which two are pending, in approximately 4,000 feet of water. T. Paul Bulmahn, Chairman and CEO stated, “The strategic […]

  • P&O Cruises Captain Fined for Air Pollution

    4 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    The Criminal Court of Marseille fined the captain of the cruise ship Azura and its owner Carnival Corporation & plc

  • Best Spot Results for d’Amico in Over Five Years

    6 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Product tanker owner d’Amico International Shipping recorded the best spot results in the fourth quarter of 2014 in the last five years. Marco Fiori, Chief Executive Officer of d’Amico International Shipping attributed the results to the decline in the crude oil price which increased refiners’ margins, driving up product volumes and therefore tonnage demand and rates. “We can already […]

  • Oceaneering Hires ‘Normand Flower’ for Work in Gulf of Mexico

    21 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Oceaneering International, Inc. announced yesterday that it has entered into a three-year charter for use of the Normand Flower, a multi-service subsea support vessel owned by Solstad Offshore ASA. The charter term is expected to commence during the fourth quarter of 2013 upon arrival of the vessel for work in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). […]

  • HAL Hires Interior Designers for Its Pinnacle Class

    2 May 2013

    Holland America Line has selected two leading firms to create the interior spaces of the line’s new 99,000-ton ship that is slated for delivery in February 2016. The first in a new Pinnacle Class of vessel, the ship will showcase decors by designer Adam D. Tihany and designer and architect Bjorn Storbraaten. Tihany will join […]

  • Greece’s MTM Firm Receives Energy Management Certificate

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      Lloyd’s Register has awarded Maran Tankers Management, Inc. (MTM), the oil tanker management company of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group, with ISO 50001 certification as commercial ship operators continue to search for ways to lessen their environmental impact and operating costs. ISO 50001 is a voluntary international standard that specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, […]

  • Shell Hires AET’s Newbuilding DP2 Shuttle Tanker

    20 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Shell has sealed a deal with AET to build and operate a new dynamic positioning shuttle tanker.

  • Bahri Orders Five VLCCs from Hyundai Samho

    24 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) inked an agreement with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) on May 21, 2015 to build 5 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) plus 5 more optional VLCCs. Eng. Ibrahim Abdulrahman Al-Omar, Bahri’s Chief Executive Officer said that this agreement is in line with Bahri’s plans to renew and expand its fleet […]

  • BC Ferries Opens Bidding for Construction of Five Vessels

    8 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    BC Ferries issued Requests for Expressions of Interest for the construction of five new major vessels.

  • Sembcorp Marine Purchases Norwegian Ship Design Firm

    22 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard, a subsidiary of Singapore-based marine and offshore engineering group Sembcorp Marine, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire a 100% equity stake in Norwegian ship design and engineering company LMG Marin AS for USD 20 million. The consideration for the acquisition, to be fully paid in cash by internally generated […]

  • K Line, KLPL Place Orders for Five Tankers

    7 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) and “K” Line Pte Ltd. (KLPL) have signed ship building contracts for three next generation Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) and two Aframax tankers. Orders for two 311,360 dwt VLCCs were placed by “K” Line with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI). The vessels, which will feature a length of 339.5 […]

  • Nordic Pulls Five Ships Out of Handytankers Pool

    25 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen-listed shipowner Nordic Shipholding has decided to withdraw five of its vessels from the Handytankers Pool and redeploy them in smaller and more focused pools in an effort to improve its earnings. The move follows a decrease in the forecasted daily rate in the Handytankers Pool due to a softer tanker market as the average daily TCE rate earned by […]

  • Yangzijiang Shipbuilding to Build Five Bulkers for Asian Owners

    6 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The orders include three 82,000 dwt and two 325,000 dwt bulk carriers.

  • Nigeria: FG, Indian Firm Hold Talks on Shipbuilding

    8 May 2011

    The management of an Indian firm, ABG Shipyard, has began talks with the Federal Government with a view to setting up a shipbuilding yard… By John Iwori(ThisDayLive) [mappress] Source: ThisDayLive, May 8, 2011;

  • Two Cruise Firms Get Approval to Sail to Cuba

    8 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Cuban government has granted its approval to two cruise line majors, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Royal Caribbean Cruises, to begin cruises to Cuba. Namely, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings said that it will start sending its cruise ships in March 2017 as all three of its brands, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent […]