Lamprell has today announced completion and delivery of a PUQ (Production Utilities Quarters) deck for the Golden Eagle Area Development (GEAD) in the North Sea to its client, Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited and its GEAD co-venturers, on schedule and on budget. Guinnes World Records has confirmed tha
Naim Ibrahim Al-Naim, director of King Abdulaziz Port, has inaugurated its locally manufactured Zamil 602 vessel at its shipyard at King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam. The Zamil 602 was manufactured at Zamil offshore services company at KAP in Dammam. Among those present at the inauguration was KAP Direc
Qatargas has achieved another significant safety milestone by completing twelve years of operations on its offshore facilities without a Lost Time Incident (LTI). This outstanding performance across the entire offshore facilities and operations is the result of the continuous and proven commitment t
Drydocks World & Maritime World, the leading global provider of innovative services to the marine and maritime sectors under oil & gas and energy industries, today announced its participation in Careers UAE, to highlight the tremendous employment potential, the major career opportunities and its est
Large wave damages Ensco 8506 rig in Gulf of Mexico The Coast Guard is overseeing response efforts for an offshore drilling rig that began taking on water into a ballast tank after a large wave hit them in heavy seas more than 100 miles south of Galveston. Police raids Petrobras HQ (Brazil) Federa
PLS Inc., a leading Houston-based research, transaction and advisory firm, in conjunction with its international partner Derrick Petroleum Services, reports that global upstream oil and gas M&A activity for Q1 2014 totaled $40.7 billion spread across 192 transactions (including 133 with deal value d
Shell and Gulf Drilling International are celebrating a safety milestone. Qatar Shell decided to focus on all incidents in order to improve overall Safety at the workplace and imbed the philosophy behind it, deeper into the minds of people working for them. That initiative resulted in coining of a
On April 14, 2014, a proposal was submitted by Delek Group’s gas partnerships for the supply of natural gas through pipeline from the Leviathan reservoir in a tender published by the Government of Cyprus through the Government gas company – DEFA. The tender is for the supply of natural gas to Cyprus
Singapore’s Ezion Holdings Limited has secured a charter contract with a value of approximately USD 35 million over a 3 year period to provide a service rig to be used by a Middle Eastern state-linked company to support its oil & gas activities in the Arabian Gulf. The service rig is expected to be
Dubai’s Grandweld Shipyards recently completed delivery of the Bourbon Grebe vessel, according to a newsletter published by Offshore Ship Designers. Bourbon Grebe is the fourth Hybrid Seismic Support Vessel type IMT952 in a series of six for Bourbon Offshore. The vessel, designed by Offshore Ship De
Ensco plc has ordered two high-specification jack-ups, ENSCO 140 and ENSCO 141 in order to fulfill customer demand for the Company’s differentiated rig technology and contract drilling services in the Middle East. Both rigs, which will incorporate Ensco’s patented Canti-Leverage AdvantageSM technolo
India’s Seamec Ltd. has secured a contract extension for its Alliance diving support vessel. The company said today that the existing contract for the charter hire of the “Alliance” with Sea Horse General Contracting Establishment, UAE, Dubai for work in the Mediterranean sea, offshore Egypt, has be
Chemical engineering specialist Aubin Group has reported strong growth following an investment from BGF.
His Excellency Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World & Maritime World has been invited to speak at the London Summit of Leaders, organized by the Europe Business Assembly from April 15-17, 2014 at the prestigious and historic premises of the British Institute of Directors in London, UK. H.E
