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  • Norway: Ulstein Sells Karianne Vessel to Island Offshore

    20 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Ulstein Verft has sold the construction vessel Karianne of SX121 type design to Island Offshore. The vessel was completed on time from ULSTEIN in the fourth quarter of 2010. The vessel was originally contracted by the shipping company Marine Subsea, which could not to take delivery of her after completion. CEO Gunvor Ulstein says […]

  • 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. […]

  • FOGL, Desire Petroleum Join Forces (Falkland Islands)

    3 October 2013

    The boards of FOGL and Desire Petroleum have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended combination of FOGL with Desire, pursuant to which FOGL will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Desire in exchange for FOGL Consideration Shares. The Combination values the entire issued share capital of Desire at […]

  • 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 […]

  • Apache Extends Varanus Island Contract with AGC (Australia)

    31 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    AusGroup Limited subsidiary AGC Industries Pty Ltd (“AGC”), a leading Australian based construction and fabrication company today announced it has been awarded an extension of their existing contract with Apache Energy Limited for ongoing works on Varanus Island and associated offshore facilities. Valued at approximately AUD15 million per annum, AGC’s scope of works involves mechanical […]

  • 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. 

  • InterMoor Completes Contract with AGR Offshore Falkland Islands

    4 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed a 27-month contract for AGR on their multi-client exploration drilling project off the Falkland Islands. The campaign kicked off early 2010 with the mobilization of Diamond Drilling’s Ocean Guardian semisubmersible from Invergordon, UK, and the 164-day roundtrip tow to exploration locations in the remote North Falkland basin and […]

  • 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. 

  • Scotland: Hallin Installs Tidal Turbine in Orkney Island

    18 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, has successfully completed the installation of the world’s most powerful single rotor subsea tidal turbine in Orkney Island, Scotland. Hallin was contracted by Atlantis Resources Corporation (Atlantis) to provide specialist services as an experienced integrated subsea contractor to plan install the 1 megawatt tidal turbine AR-1000 at the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Archaeologists Discover Historic Shipwreck at Channel Islands (USA)

    23 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Seventy years after it was scuttled off Los Angeles, Calif., government archaeologists have found the wrecked remains of a rare Pacific Coast schooner that was employed in the lumber trade during the early 1900s. Today, Robert Schwemmer, maritime archaeologist for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, presented a scientific paper on the George E. Billings […]

  • 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.

  • Ocean energy test centers connect in Canary Islands

    3 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The International Wave and Tidal Energy Research Sites (WaTERS) network has held its fourth meeting in Canary Islands to discuss common challenges and collaborative opportunities.

  • 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 […]

  • Picture of the Day: LNG Module Arrives at Curtis Island

    23 April 2014

    The module program has been in full swing for the Curtis Island LNG projects for more than 20 months with well over half the modules now in their permanent positions across the sites, Bechtel said on Wednesday. One of the largest modules across the three projects arrived this week, weighing in at almost 3,500 tonnes. […]