With Cuba poised to drill for oil off its coast as early as this spring, Florida lawmakers are renewing efforts to block it, citing fears… By Lesley Clark, (Miami Herald) [mappress] Source:Miami Herald, February 4, 2011;
Tidewater Inc. announced today third quarter net earnings for the period ended December 31, 2010, of $34.4 million, or $0.67 per common share, on revenues of $271.8 million. For the same quarter last year, net earnings were $59.9 million, or $1.16 per common share, on revenues of $286.5 million. The
Havila Saturn KS where subsidiaries of Havila Shipping owns 85% has decided to sell the Anchor Handler Tug Supply vessel Havila Saturn, Havila Saturn is a Havyard 842 design vessel and was delivered to the company in February 2008. The price confirms the market values. The sale will give a considera
In February 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with GustoMSC to provide the Basic Design Package for two purpose built wind farm installation vessels. In June 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with Lamprell shipyard to build these new vessels and Seajacks will take delivery of the first new-b
Abu Dhabi Oil Co., Ltd. (Japan), ADOC, a subsidiary of Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. and an oil operating company in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, announced today the signing of a New Concession Agreement with the Supreme Petroleum Council of Abu Dhabi. ADOC is a 100% concession holder of the new concessio
Nord Stream today announced that the world’s largest pipelay vessel Solitaire (photo) has completed work on line 1 of the twin pipeline. Two of three sections of line 1 of the natural gas pipeline are now complete. In total, more than 83,300 pipe segments have been laid over a distance of 1,000 kilo
Total has announced the following appointments, effective March 1: Patrick Pouyanné, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and R&D in Exploration & Production, is appointed Deputy General Manager of the Chemicals Division and Deputy General Manager Petrochemicals. Olivier Cleret de L
In March 2011, SAL will put the second Type 183 into service. The vessel is already under construction at the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg. This innovative ship type will be the second heavy lift vessel in the market featuring 2 x 1,000 mtons SWL cranes while maintaining a high speed of 20 knots. The
Aminex PLC (‘Aminex’ or the ‘Company’) announces that it is proposing to increase its interest in the Nyuni Production Sharing Agreement in Tanzania (‘Nyuni PSA’) from 50% to 65% through a farm-in arrangement. Binding heads of agreement have been signed. Under the terms of the farm-in, Aminex will f
Brand new heavy-lift vessel MV “Beluga Cape Town” equipped for voyages to all points of the compass Cape Town is not only Africa’s southernmost metropolis but also the name of a brand new special vessel. The multipurpose heavy-lift project carrier unifies both, extraordinary performance and utmost e
The PSA calls for action and challenges the industry to launch effective measures to reduce noise problems in the petroleum activities. Discipline leader for working environment in the PSA, Sigve Knudsen, calls on the players to join forces to put an end to the noise problems in the petroleum activi
SeaBird Exploration Limited (‘SeaBird’ or ‘SBX’) provides a contract update regarding its business activities in the 2D and 3D shallow water as set out below; Following completion of a survey in Indonesia next week, Aquila Explorer has been awarded one contract and received a letter of intent for a
Songa Venus achieved operating efficiency of 99% during the month. The rig continues to operate for Total E&P in Australia. Songa Mercur achieved operating efficiency of 40% during the month. As per separate press release sent out 20 January 2011, the BOP and Marine Riser dropped to seabed during th
Schlumberger announced today the release of the SonicScope* 475 multipole sonic-while-drilling service. This new logging-while-drilling (LWD) service provides multipole measurements to consistently and reliably deliver compressional and shear data in all environments. SonicScope 475 is the only serv
