The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it is co-ordinating the containment and clean up efforts of the resultant oil… [mappress] Source: Xinhua, May 26, 2010
Next week (w/b 31 May) will see a major milestone reached by IHC Engineering Business (EB), when their largest project to date, a 2,000t capacity J-Lay system for the Saipem FDS2 (Field Development Ship), leaves its manufacturing location on Teesside. The lay system will then be en route to the Sams
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan has commissioned a new well at the Alyat Deniz offshore field. [mappress] Source: Newsaz, May 26, 2010;
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea efforts continue to focus on progressing options to stop the flow of oil from the well through interventions via the blow out preventer (BOP), and to collect the flow of oil from
Rem Offshore ASA has ordered four large platform supply vessels. Two of the contracts are with Kleven Verft AS of the VS 485 design. The vessels will be delivered in June and September 2011. The value of the contracts with Kleven is approximately US $106 million (NOK 700 million). The other two cont
Scorpion Offshore received a letter of agreement (LOA) from two European majors for the use of the Offshore Vigilant jackup in a drilling program offshore Venezuela. The drilling program includes two firm wells, plus two optional wells, with an estimated duration between 240 and 480 days, depending
Ensco plc is hosting a reception this evening at Lancaster House to celebrate the opening of Ensco’s new global headquarters in London. The event is to introduce Ensco as one of the largest global companies to move its legal domicile to the UK. The reception will be attended by major business leader
Aban Offshore Ltd said on Tuesday it secured a contract worth about $187 million for the deployment of a jack-up rig in West Asia for… [mappress] Source:BSE, May 25, 2010;
SSP Offshore Inc. has been notified that a binding arbitration award has been granted in its favour relating to the arbitration with South Riding Point Holding Ltd. The arbitrator has awarded a total of $3,272,313 (U.S.) to a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporation inclusive of legal and arbitrat
Eidesvik can confirm that Viking Poseidon is involved in work at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) off the coast of Louisianan. Recently, Viking Poseidon was the vessel that lowered the second top hat device as an attempt to stop the leakage from the well. Vikin
Aminex PLC announces that its associated company Korex Ltd.has signed a Production Sharing Contract with the Korea Oil Exploration Company for exploration rights in the Korean East Sea. KOEC is the state oil company of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . This agreement replaces an earlier PS
Oceaneering International in the US has announced it was the high bidder to acquire DMT Sapphire from an affiliate of Deep Marine Technology (DMT), under a bankruptcy-sponsored auction proceeding. The bid was US$16.5 million. A bankruptcy court hearing to approve the sale of the class 2 dynamically
Acergy S.A. announced today the award of a contract valued at approximately $120 million, offshore Nigeria in shallow water depths. This contract includes the removal of existing risers and the installation of approximately 15km of new pipelines and associated risers, together with associated diving
Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Monday cordial relations with Greenland will help ensure it adheres to high environmental… [mappress] Source:Calgaryherald , May 25, 2010;
