Business & Finance
WorleyParsons to Execute FEED on Chevron’s Rosebank Field (UK)
WorleyParsons announces that Chevron North Sea Limited has selected WorleyParsons and its INTECSEA subsidiary to execute the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the facilities associated with the Rosebank field, which include a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) and subsea in
UK: Chevron Selects WorleyParsons for Execution of Rosebank FEED
WorleyParsons announces that Chevron North Sea Limited has selected WorleyParsons and its INTECSEA subsidiary to execute the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the facilities associated with the Rosebank field, which include a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) and subsea in
UK’s Rolls-Royce to Power Fjord Line’s Two Cruise Ferries
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a contract with shipowner Fjord Line A/S to install Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) based power and propulsion systems in two cruise ferries being built at the Bergen Group Fosen AS yard in Norway. Each vessel will be equipped with four gas engin
USA: RESOLVE Engineering Announces Launching of Two New Vessels
RESOLVE Engineering Group, LLC has announced the launch of two of the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering firm’s latest design and construction support jobs. The American Phoenix, a 616’ x 105’ chemical tanker was built by BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards, Alabama for owner Mid-Ocean Tanker Com
BOEM to Offer Lease Sale in US GOM for Oil and Gas Development
As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau announced that BOEM will offer more than 20 million acres offshore T
UK: Prospector Executes Contract with Total for Drilling Services in North Sea
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. announced that further to the announcement on 25 April 2012, one of the Company’s subsidiaries has executed a contract (the “Contract”) with Total E&P UK Limited and Elf Exploration UK Limited (“Total”) for offshore drilling services in the North Sea with its first
Mainport Completes Purchase of New Vessel (Ireland)
Mainport completed the purchase of the Forth Hunter last on Thursday 12 July in Edinburgh. The ship has now been renamed Mainport Kells and she started her new long term contract in Bergen supporting the seismic industry. The vessel is owned and managed by Mainport. She is currently on charter to We
USA: BOEM Announces 20 Mln Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sale Offshore Texas
As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau announced that BOEM will offer more than 20 million acres offshore T
Mainport’s New Ship Starts to Support Seismic Industry in Bergen, Norway
Mainport completed the purchase of the Forth Hunter last on Thursday 12 July in Edinburgh . The ship has now been renamed Mainport Kells and she started her new long term contract in Bergen supporting the seismic industry. Mainport is an integrated marine services company which provides a full range
USA: Scripps’ Birch Aquarium to Establish International Coral Reef Program
With coral reefs worldwide threatened and disappearing, international collaboration is imperative for conservation efforts to succeed. Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, along with its sister aquarium, Taiwan’s National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, have been
French Technip Charters New Build Offshore Construction Vessel
Technip has entered a long-term charter agreement for a new build offshore construction vessel with North Sea Shipping. The charter will be for a period of five or seven years commitment plus a five-year extension option, with a further option to purchase the vessel. The vessel is specially designed
Helix Energy Announces 2Q Income Report (USA)
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. reported net income of $44.6 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2012 compared with net income of $41.3 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, for the same period in 2011, and net income of $65.7 million, or $0.62 per diluted share, in the
First Graduates Praise Lloyd’s Maritime Academy’s MBA in Shipping & Logistics (UK)
The first graduates of the Lloyd’s Maritime Academy and Middlesex University MBA in Shipping & Logistics have celebrated completion of the course in July 2012 and given a ringing endorsement of this unique professional development programme. Some 27 of 70 graduates made the journey to London to see
Technip Enters Charter Agreement for New Build Vessel (Norway)
Technip has entered a long-term charter agreement for a new build offshore construction vessel with North Sea Shipping. The charter will be for a period of five or seven years commitment plus a five-year extension option, with a further option to purchase the vessel. The vessel is specially designed