Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) have taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. The VOS Prevail, a platform-supply vessel, is the last in a series of four vessels built at Cochin Shipyard in India. She is a standard Rolls Royce UT-755 LN design platform-supply vessel The vessel was deli
DryShips Inc. , a global provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes and off-shore contract drilling oil services, announced today that its fully-owned subsidiary Ocean Rig UDW Inc. has signed definitive documentation following the previously announced Letter of Award. The contra
Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) announced that a Heads of Agreement (Agreement) has been entered into with ASX-listed FAR Limited (FAR). The Agreement enables FAR to immediately acquire a 10% interest in the AGC Profond PSC offshore Senegal and Guinea Bissau and gives Ophir the right to acquire a 25% inter
IHC Parts & Services, part of IHC Merwede has announced a new joint agreement with Bakker Sliedrecht for the condition monitoring of dredging vessels. This will see the two companies combining forces to supply a unique range of specialist and high-quality services to customers that in turn will enab
Viking Offshore and Marine Limited (“Viking” or the “Group”) announced today it is buying a 100%-stake in Marshal Systems Pte. Ltd. (“Marshal”), a leading integrator of marine communication, fire and safety equipment and control and instrumentation systems for S$17 million (approximately USD $13 Mil
THE global offshore wind market will outperform previous forecasts and grow into a £750 billion industry by 2030, according to a ground-… By Nathalie Thomas (scotlandonsunday) [mappress] Source: scotlandonsunday, October 18, 2010;
THE global offshore wind market will outperform previous forecasts and grow into a £750 billion industry by 2030, according to a ground-… By Nathalie Thomas (scotlandonsunday) [mappress] Source: scotlandonsunday, October 18, 2010;
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered 2 customised DOP submersible dredge pumps plus their ladders to SeReAnt for the Antwerp harbour clean up project. The enormous construction project is running smoothly, and the DOP pumps are mounted on trolleys over the settling tanks. The use of a standard DOP
FG International Holland BV, the Dutch special lifting company, in close cooperation with local partner CR Asia, has replaced the riser hose that forms the centre piece of the Arthit/Bongkot development. After meticulous planning triple redundancy was applied to make sure the replacement would be pe
Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI) has now announced with reference to the earlier announcement dated October 12, 2010 regarding the… (equitybulls) [mappress] Source: equitybulls, October 18, 2010
Tap Oil Limited announces that the Manora-4 appraisal well, in concession area G1/48, Gulf of Thailand, was spudded on 14 October 2010. Manora-4 is a stepout well targeting an area adjacent to the Manora Field. The Manora Field was discovered by the Manora-1 exploration well in November 2009. Tap’s
Total E&P Norge AS, operator of production licence 102 C, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 25/5-7. The well is located about 20 kilometres northeast of the Heimdal field in the North Sea. The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in the Middle Jur
Seadrill has entered into an agreement for the construction of two jack-up drilling rigs with Jurong Shipyard (JSPL) in Singapore. The new units are scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter 2012 and first quarter 2013 respectively, and total project price is estimated at US$400 million, which in
The Port of Providence has won $10.5 million in federal funds for the purchase and installation of two harbor cranes to expand cargo… By Alex Kuffner (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, October 18, 2010;
