Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the company’s offshore drilling fleet has been updated as of October 2, 2006. Drilling rig status and contract information on Transocean Inc.’s offshore drilling fleet has been condens
A woman committed suicide on the Carnival cruise ship Conquest by jumping off of an upper deck and landing on the balcony of a cabin several decks below, Houston FBI Special Agent Shauna Dunlap said. The 48-year-old woman’s name and hometown were not released. The death occurred Saturday and the bod
Petro-Canada (TSX:PCA) is reporting its first oil output from the De Ruyter development in the southern North Sea, which is expected to help stabilize production in the region. The Calgary-based company said Monday that the De Ruyter field, under waters in the Dutch continental shelf, is expected to
Work on the road leading to Bahrain Financial Harbour is nearing 10 per cent, Assistant Under-Secretary Issam Abdulla Khalaf has announced, according to the GDN. He was speaking as he inspected the site of the project, awarded to Boskalis Westminster Middle East in a BD4.7 million deal. The projects
Subsea 7 yesterday announced it has been awarded a significant contract offshore Angola by Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. The EPIC (Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning) work scope, with a value of approximately US$ 290 million
The local inhabitants turned out in their thousands to witness the official raising of the Volvo Ocean Race and Alicante
IHC Holland Merwede is delighted to announce that the Group has decided to commission a fourth slipway in the Netherlands, namely the former van der Giessen-de Noord slipway in Krimpen aan den IJssel (the Netherlands), Europe
On Friday 29 September 2006 the name-giving ceremony of the 5,600 m
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Ferretti S.p.A. filed an application with the Consob and Borsa Italiana to list its common shares on the online stock market (also known as Mercato Telematico Azionario, MTA) organized and operated by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. This transaction will be carried out by means of a Global Offering that will
Stena Bulk has sold 50 per cent of the tanker Stena Arctica to the Finnish oil company Neste Oil, which will also operate the vessel on a 10-year charter from 1 January, 2007
A 78-year-old retired teacher died during a cruise less than two weeks after the ship had been detained due to a sickness bug, an inquest heard. Pat Horn, of Cheltenham, Glos, died on 8 June, a day after contracting the Norovirus which led to the Van Gogh liner being held at Harwich, Essex. More tha
Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co. of Korea will expand its shipbuilding facility at Subic Bay Freeport by at least 100 hectares to house a training center and water treatment substation and other support facilities. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority administrator and chief executive office
The crew of the Cambodian flagged cargo ship named “Kaptan Dursun Akbas” which had ran aground at Canakkale Strait earlier today, are trying to rescue the ship with their own efforts. After running aground in the Kepez- Dalyan Region, the captain did not ask for rescue assistance, and the crew membe
