Fossil Energy
Rolls-Royce Ålesund Centre to Focus on Offshore O&G Activities (Norway)
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, yesterday officially opened its new European Marine Technology and Training Centre in Ålesund, Norway in front of a crowd of 300 customers, partners and government officials. The celebration, whose guest of honour was HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway,
Ulstein to Design & Equip Two PSV’s for Britoil Offshore (Norway)
Shipowner Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd. has entered into a contract of design and equipment packages for two platform supply vessels of the new PX121 design from ULSTEIN. The vessels will be constructed at Britoil’s own yard, P.T. Britoil Offshore Indonesia, on the island Batam. The X-BOW® vess
Rem Offshore Secures Contract for Newly Ordered Vessel (Norway)
Rem Offshore ASA today ordered an Offshore Construction Vessel at Kleven Verft AS, Norway. The vessel is of the MT6022 design with a length of 108 meters and a breadth of 22 meters. The OSCV is expected to be delivered in the first quarter 2014. The contract value for the vessel is approximately USD
Pacific Drilling Inks LOI for Pacific Khamsin. Thinks of Private Placement
Pacific Drilling S.A., an international offshore drilling contractor, has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed costumer for its under-construction drillship, Pacific Khamsin, the company yesterday reported. The company’s CEO Chris Becket said: “We have signed a letter of intent with a major
Woodside Extends Safe Astoria Deal for Another Month (Australia)
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum has decided to extend a contract for the use of Safe Astoria semi-submersible rig, Prosafe, the owner of the rig has announced. With this, Australia’s largest LNG exporter has exercised the second of two 30-days options to use Safe Astoria at its North Rankin Redevelop
Bureau Veritas Makes Key Appointments
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has restructured its marine and offshore activities and made a number of new key appointments. The moves follow the retirement of Bernard Anne from his position as Executive Vice-President and Managing Director of the Marine Division. The m
COSLPromoter Gets Clearance to Operate in Norway
The Petroleum Safety Authority in Norway (PSA) this week awarded an Acknowledge of Compliance (AoC) to COSLPromoter rig owned by Stavanger-based COSL Drilling Europe. This means that the semi submersible drilling rig, built by CIMC Raffles, is now approved for operations on the Norwegian Continental
INAgip Orders New Platform for IKA SW Field Offshore Croatia
INAgip, a joint venture between Croatia’s oil company INA and Italy’s Eni, yesterday ordered an offshore production platform from Rosetti Marino. A significant portion of the construction works will be undertaken at Croatia’s Viktor Lenac shipyard which is a subcontractor of Rosetti Marino. Construc
Eni Hires Norisol for ISO Maintenance of Goliat Platform (Norway)
Eni Norge is entering into an agreement for the provision of ISO services on the Goliat platform. The value of the contract will be just over NOK 300 million (USD 52.2 million). This is one of several maintenance contracts to be awarded in connection with the operation and maintenance of the Goliat
Ezra Clinches $200 Mln Contracts from Korea’s STX and Daewoo
Ezra Holdings Limited , a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, today announced that it has secured two contracts with major South Korean clients worth a combined total of approximately US$200 million. Ezra’ subsea divisio
EMAS Celebrates 20th Anniversary (Singapore)
EMAS, the operating brand of Ezra Holdings, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, today celebrates its 20th Anniversary in the global offshore industry. This year has been an important year for EMAS as it begins to see f
Proserv Clinches Cygnus Field Deal (UK)
Proserv, a provider of production technology services, has secured a £1.2million (approximately $2 million) contract to supply topside control equipment for the £1.4 billion ($2.18 billion) Cygnus offshore project. The award comes from AMEC, a company responsible for a detailed design of the Cygnus
Enbridge to Build Pipeline for Anadarko’s Heidelberg Development (USA)
Enbridge Inc will build, own and operate a crude oil pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico to connect the proposed Heidelberg development, operated by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, to an existing third-party pipeline system, Enbridge has announced. The lateral pipeline is expected to be operational by 20
Drydocks World Chairman Speaks at Indonesia Investment Summit
The Chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World, Khamis Juma Buamim delivered the key address at the Indonesia Investment Summit. The Summit convened by the Investment Coordinating Board of Indonesia – BKPM – in Jakarta in association with The International Herald Tribune on November 6-7, 2012 and