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  • PSV Island Clipper lands its first contract

    24 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore’s platform supply vessel (PSV) Island Clipper has been awarded a contract for a duration of three moths.  According to the company, the contract starts on May 10, 2015 and the vessel will work on well stimulation in the UK sector. The charterer has the option to extend the work period with 3×1 wells, […]

  • Falkland Islands: Rockhopper Spuds New Exploration Well

    14 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that the 14/10-3 exploration well was spudded at 1700hrs GMT on 13 January 2011. 14/10-3 is located 8km North West of the Sea Lion 14/10-2 discovery well on Licence PL032, which Rockhopper operates and holds a 100% working interest in. […]

  • Dong Energy Seizes Six Blocks in Faroe Islands

    26 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    On 25 June the Faroese Trade and Industry Minister awarded six blocks to DONG Energy in the Open Door Licence Round. The awarded blocks are located in the Faroe-Shetland Basin, west of the producing British fields Foinaven and Schiehallion, and DONG Energy has been awarded operatorship and a 100% interest. Together with the recent licence […]

  • Lundin awards extension to Island Offshore’s platform supplier

    22 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Island offshore has received a one-year contract extension for one of its vessels from Lundin in Norway. 

  • OMV hires Island Innovator rig for Norwegian operations

    12 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Island Drilling has been awarded a contract with OMV in Norway. 

  • ConocoPhillips to use ‘Island Constructor’ for Greater Ekofisk work

    24 March 2020

    Oil major ConocoPhillips has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for the use of the Island Constructor vessel for well intervention activities in the Greater Ekofisk Area.

  • Gulf Island Fabrication wraps up Leevac buy

    5 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Gulf Island Fabrication, a Houston-based fabricator of specialized offshore structures, has completed the purchase of substantially all of Leevac’s machinery and equipment. The purchase agreement between Leevac Shipyards, LLC and its related affiliates, and a Gulf Island subsidiary was made on December 23, 2015, and included Leevac’s leasehold interests at its marine fabrication facilities in Jennings, […]

  • Boskalis to construct first artificial residential island in the Americas

    17 January 2011

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract from Ocean Reef Island Inc to construct an artificial island off the coast near the residential area of Punta Pacifica in Panama City. The project, with a contract value of approximately € 55 million, is already underway and the project is expected to be completed mid […]

  • Marshall Islands Calls for Global Cut in Shipping Emissions

    21 April 2015

    In a submission to the International Maritime Organization, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, currently the world’s third largest shipping registry, has called for the setting of a new global target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, a growing sector currently left out of international climate negotiations. Speaking to the submission, the country’s […]

  • Rosneft denied access to gas pipeline on Sakhalin Island

    19 February 2015

    An arbitration court on Sakhalin Island decided to refuse access to the Sakhalin 2 pipeline to Rosneft.

  • Greek islands get wind & wave resource evaluation

    9 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers from the Dunarea de Jos University of Galati in Romania have published a joint evaluation of the wind and wave energy resources close to the Greek islands.

  • Bechtel completes Curtis Island LNG construction (Video)

    12 October 2016

    LNG-engineer Bechtel on Tuesday said that the construction of the Curtis Island LNG program, near Gladstone in Australia, has been completed with the production start at APLNG’s second liquefaction train.

  • Bechtel nearing completion of Curtis Island LNG projects

    12 January 2016

    LNG engineer Bechtel informed all three of the Curtis Island liquefied natural gas projects are operational following the first cargo shipped from Australia Pacific LNG plant on Saturday.

  • Smart Islands project poised for £3M funding award

    29 November 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has agreed in principle to invest up to £2.95 million in the Smart Islands renewables initiative on the Isles of Scilly.

  • New report to highlight Highlands and Islands marine resource

    13 October 2017
    Research & Development

    The potential for the Highlands and Islands to become a leading player in developing the UK’s marine economy will be the focus of a new, region-wide study. Known as a ‘science and innovation audit’ (SIA), the study will fully explore, for the first time, the potential of the region’s marine resource as an economic driver […]

  • Italian boatbuilder adds 100 more jobs to Island

    13 February 2007

    An Italian design company known worldwide for its yacht components will be building a production facility in eastern P.E.I., creating 100 fulltime jobs. Opacmare of Rivalta, Italy, had originally planned to open its North American production facility in Florida. Those plans have been scuttled and the plant will now be constructed at Pooles Corner near […]

  • Japan chases Taiwanese ship off disputed islands

    17 August 2006

    Japan’s Coast Guard on Thursday chased away a group of Taiwanese nationalists as they tried to sail to Japanese-held islands also claimed by Taiwan, officials said. The group was filmed before they left northern Taiwan’s Keelong harbour, shouting at Taiwanese coast guard officials. “I am not afraid to die, I am afraid of nothing,” one […]

  • Island Global Yachting highlights expansions in six months

    18 July 2007

    Establishing new standards of quality and service for the marina industry, IGY has garnered an outstanding reputation throughout key global yachting and nautical tourism areas from the Caribbean to the Arabian Gulf. In just a few short years, Island Global Yachting, (IGY) has emerged as one of the world’s premier owners, developers and managers of […]

  • Dutch Plans Artificial Island Resort off Portugal

    7 February 2006

    A Dutch businessman wants to build Europe’s first holiday resort on an artificial island off Portugal, in a project that would cost 1.5 billion euros and include a casino and underwater hotel.

  • Aker Yards to build platform supply vessel for Island

    7 April 2006

    Aker Yards has signed a contract with Island Offshore VIII KS, a company within the Island Offshore Group in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a UT 755 LN platform supply vessel. The value of the contract is approximately NOK 150 million.

  • 228 More Dolphins Slaughtered in Danish Faroe Islands

    27 September 2017

    Some 219 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were killed at Skálabotnur on the Faroese island of Eysturoy, and nine more pilot whales were killed at Hvalba, on September 25, marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd said. That brings the 2017 statistics up to 1,605 small cetaceans slaughtered in 23 grindadrap hunts so far this year. Sea Shepherd has set as its mission […]

  • Norway: STX OSV Delivers PSV Island Contender

    27 September 2012

    Island Offshore Management AS took delivery of its 21’st vessel the Island Contender. The vessel of UT 776 CDG design, equipped for operating on gas alone, was delivered from STX OSV Brevik in Norway. Island Contender is the sistership of Island Crusader delivered in May. This is one of the first offshore vessel to feature lean […]

  • China: ISLAND INNOVATOR Delivered by COSCO Shipyard Group

    27 September 2012

    On September 26, 2012, the sixth-generation semi-submersible drilling platform ISLAND INNOVATOR was successfully delivered by COSCO Shipyard Group. Built for Norwegian shipowners, the multifunctional platform, detailed design, production design, procurement of equipment, system installation and commissioning of which are completed by COSCO Shipyard, represents the highest level of technology among products of the same type […]

  • Rakeen to launch Al Marjan Island at Cityscape 2007

    16 October 2007

    Rakeen, one of the region’s most dynamic property developers and master planners, has announced that Al Marjan Island, a USD 1.8 billion man-made island development off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, will be launched during Cityscape Dubai 2007 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre from October 16-18, 2007.

  • Prysmian Bags Cyclades Islands Interconnection Deal in Greece

    4 September 2018
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth approximately €21 million by Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), the transmission system operator of the Greek electricity system, for two interconnections between the Cyclades islands (Evia, Andros and Tinos), Greece. The project involves the design, supply and installation, as well as the related land civil work of […]