Dear readers, in today’s list of the most read articles of this past week is an article of the arrival of the Pieter Schelte vessel to Rotterdam. To call it just a ‘vessel’ is an understatement. A platform installation / decommissioning and pipelaying vessel in one, it has been described as a twin-h
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted today an international rig count report for December 2014 on its Investor Relations website according to which the international offshore rig count is down by three rigs from last month’s count. The international rig count for December 2014 was 1,313, down 11 fro
Gains from low oil prices can be substantial for developing-country importers if supported by stronger global growth, says a World Bank Group analysis of the oil price decline, contained in the latest edition of Global Economic Prospects. The decline in oil prices reflects a confluence of factors, i
Brent oil, a global benchmark for crude oil prices, plunged to $49.92 a barrel on Wednesday. According to Reuters, this is the lowest since May 2009. The news agency, citing analysts, said that the oil is falling due to an excessively abundant supply and weak global economy, and the prices are yet t
Starting this month Maersk Training will enter into a global training agreement with an international offshore drilling contractor Transocean. The Danish-based Maersk Training will be responsible for administration of all and delivery of certain training for Transocean’s offshore crew for a period o
The global oil and gas industry is entering a challenging 2015 based on stubbornly low oil prices, Moody’s Investors Service says in a new report. Moody’s says that among players exploration and production (E&P) companies will be hit first, while oilfield services (OFS) and midstream energy operat
Specialized shipbuilder Keppel Singmarine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured two contracts worth a total of about S$65 million ($48.7 million). The first contract was awarded by Seaways International Pte. Ltd. (Seaways) to build a multi-task Anchor Handl
The most popular news of the past week include Offshore Energy Today’s compilation of the most read articles in 2014, a news article about Russia’s Gazprom becoming the sole owner of the South Stream, a report that five oil companies are eager to explore for oil and gas in the Adriatic Sea, and a wa
Yesterday, we published a list of fifteen most read articles of the year. Today, as previously announced, we are running a second batch. If you haven’t read the first part, click here. 16. ‘Largest ever subsea structure’ at Ichthys 17. 1 dead, 3 hurt in Gulf of Mexico platform blast 18.
Dear readers, we hope a great night full of joy is behind you. As promised yesterday, we are bringing a list of the most read articles of the year 2014. Since we published around six thousand news articles in 2014, we have decided to run the list in two batches of 15 articles each. The first [&helli
Dear readers, another year is almost behind us. It has been a good one for Offshore Energy Today thanks to you. We want to thank all of our readers for being with us over the years, for coming back to Offshore Energy Today on a daily basis, showing us that we’re on the right course. […]
In the last full week of this year, Total’s start of drilling in Angola was the most read article at Offshore Energy Today, followed by a story on Providence winning a case against Transocean. Our compilations of most viewed videos and galleries of the year also sparked your interest, as well as one
Today, we bring you our top picks from the 2014 galleries; these include new vessel deliveries, jack-up rigs, offshore platform fires and offshore drilling protests. 1. Gallery: Fire on Alaska platform contained In October, fire broke out on the Baker platform, in the Cook Inlet of Alaska. 2. Gall
Today, we are bringing you videos our readers watched the most on Offshore Energy Today during the course of 2014. Enjoy! 1. VIDEO: World’s largest semi-submersible taking shape With topside dimensions of 150 metres by 110 metres, the Ichthys offshore processing facility will be the world’s larges
