ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC. announced yesterday the appointment of Phil D. Wedemeyer to its Board of Directors and to the Chair of its Audit Committee. Mr. Wedemeyer recently retired from Grant Thornton LLP, an international accounting firm, where he had served as a partner since August 2007. Previously,
On the morning of Oct. 21st, 2011, the Delivery Ceremony of COSLINNOVATOR was successfully held in Yantai. It is the second deep water semi-submersible drilling platform built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. (hereafter refers to CIMC Raffles) for COSL Drilling Europe AS (hereafter refers to CDE
Bahamas Petroleum, the oil and gas exploration company with offshore licence permits in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, announces the acquisition phase of its 3D seismic programme has been completed. Earlier in the year, the Company announced it had raised £43.3m net of costs to pursue its technica
Statoil ASA , together with partners Petoro AS, Det norske oljeselskap ASA and Lundin Norway AS, has confirmed significant additional volumes in its appraisal well in the Aldous Major South discovery (PL265) in the North Sea. The results of appraisal well 16/2-10 have increased production license PL
Crystal Cruises of the NYK Group has been awarded three Travel Weekly magazine Magellan Awards for this year’s redesign of its largest ship, Crystal Serenity. Given for top design in the luxury cruise ship category, Crystal Serenity earned Gold Awards for both its Penthouses and Non-Suite Staterooms
Statoil has received consent for temporary use of Volve with the Navion Europa vessel for storage of oil. The consent is valid through 31 October 2011. Statoil has previously received consent for temporary use of Volve with Navion Europa through 15 October 2011. This new consent entails an extension
Havila Shipping announces results for 3rd quarter 2011. Summary * Havila Shipping ASA achieved a profit before tax of NOK -4.1m in Q3 2011, compared with NOK 9.8m in Q3 last year. Year to date, the profit before tax was NOK -82.3m, compared with NOK 118.2m at 30/09/2010. * Total operating income was
Seaway Heavy Lifting Contracting Ltd (SHL) is being awarded the Foundation installation contract for the Offshore Windpark RIFFGAT project by Offshore-Windpark RIFFGAT GmbH & Co. Offshore Windpark Riffgat is planned with 30 turbines (3.6 MW each) and one substation, covering an area of 5 x 1.2 km² a
CCA Offshore Container’s presence at the Offshore Energy Convention turned out to be a big success. Ter Haak daughter CCA’s stand was well patronized, with visitors being mostly responsible for their companies investments. The offshore industry is on the rise and in combination with the high quality
Octanex N.L. announces that the Operator of the Joint Venture exploring the WA-323-P and WA-330-P permits, Santos Offshore Pty Ltd , has confirmed the finalisation of agreements to acquire a new 3D seismic survey within the Permits and to take an assignment of a rig to drill a well inWA-323-P. The P
On October 20, 2011 the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte attended the signing ceremony for a major long-term agreement between the Port of Rotterdam and Shtandart TT B.V. Shareholders of Shtandart TT B.V. are Summa Group (75%) and the Dutch com
Octanex N.L. announced today that the Operator of the Joint Venture exploring the WA-323-P and WA-330-P permits (“Permits”), Santos Offshore Pty Ltd (“Santos Offshore”), has confirmed the finalisation of agreements to acquire a new 3D seismic survey within the Permits and to take an assignment of a
L&N (Scotland) Ltd has spent more than £400,000 in upgrading its Aberdeen premises and installing new equipment. The investment comes on the back of several subsea contract wins in the UK North Sea and South America and follows a recruitment surge in which staff numbers has increased from 30 to 45.
During recent weeks, noreq has been awarded several major contracts with Asian yards. Both Korea and Singapore is growing to be very important markets for Noreq. Some weeks back it was made official that Noreq was awarded the contract for Lifeboat packages for Maersk drillships being built with Sams
