Today, amid great public attention, the most powerful heavy-lift jack-up vessel ‘INNOVATION’ was named in Bremerhaven by Mrs Geertrui Van Rompuy-Windels, Europe’s First Lady and spouse of Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council. HGO InfraSea Solutions, a joint company (50/50) of HOCHTIE
Bourbon, a leader in offshore oil and gas marine services, released First Half 2012 Results. “Against the backdrop of a continuing favorable market environment. BOURBON reports growth in line with the BOURBON 2015 Leadership Strategy plan. as the positive impact of the increase in average daily rate
On the first of August 2012 product-carrier SCF Neva (DWT – 47,125 tons, year of construction – 2006, ice class – 1A) started transportation of oil from the Gulf of Ob (Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District), becoming the largest tanker ever to start operating from this little explored area of the Russia
75 years on, Cargotec’s MacGregor range of reliable, innovative technologies continues to provide shipowners and operators with unrivalled expertise and performance in the most demanding marine environments. “This year marks the 75th anniversary of MacGregor, Cargotec’s global market-leading brand i
The first SP-12 platform, as the biggest phase of the gas field, is going to be installed in two months’ time. The construction of the first SP-12 platform is close to be completed in Khorramshahr Yard and the platform is planned to move towards the installation site (Assalouyeh) within the next mon
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL has announced the Mbawa well, located in Block L8 offshore Kenya, has reached a depth of 2,553m RT (below the drill floor). The Mbawa well operator, Apache Corporation, has advised Pancontinental that between the last casing set at 1997.53m RT and the current depth of 255
Ocean Installer has just successfully completed a contract for a pipeline survey and boulder relocation at the Corrib field. The job was part of the development of the Corrib gas field and the contract covered the survey of a 20-inch, 83km long offshore pipeline and the relocation of about 250 bould
McDermott International, Inc. announced that it will build another high capacity reeled pipelay vessel with top-tier payload capacity, tentatively named Lay Vessel 108 (“LV108”). The vessel will be a sister ship to the recently completed subsea construction vessel the Lay Vessel North Ocean 105 (“LV
PTTEP entered into a partnership with TOTAL and JX NOEX for M11 block, in Myanmar, ready to drill one exploration well by the third quarter of next year. Mr. Tevin Vongvanich, the President and CEO of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited or PTTEP disclosed that PTTEP International L
Ophir Energy plc provides an operational update for its East African operations. Tanzania, Blocks 1, 3 and 4: Additional seismic and petrophysical analysis has increased management estimates of in-place resource for the Upper Cretaceous Mzia discovery in Block 1 from the previously announced 2-6 TCF
Drydocks World, the world leader prolific shipyard, will have a strong representation at Europe’s largest maritime exhibition, SMM being organized in Hamburg-Germany from 4th to 7th September 2012. This year’s event is the largest ever and is expected to attract visitors from all over Europe and bey
China Oilfield Services Limited announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, COSL Finance BVI Limited, has successfully completed a USD 1 billion 10-year senior notes issue. This offshore notes issue was guaranteed by COSL. The issue price of the notes will be 99.341% of its principal amount, with an
Energy Partners, Ltd. provided its initial assessment of the impact of Hurricane Isaac on its operations. In advance of Hurricane Isaac, EPL safely evacuated all personnel from its operations in the Gulf of Mexico and shut in 100% of its oil and gas production. The majority of EPL’s core properties
IHC Hydrohammer®, part of IHC Merwede, has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting to design and manufacture the S-2500 piling hammer, which is the largest ever built by the company. IHC Hydrohammer is delighted to be chosen as the supplier of this equipment and the order highlights the stro
