Ceona announced that its fully-owned pipelay and heavy subsea construction vessel – the Ceona Amazon – has successfully floated at Crist yard in Poland on 25 April. The vessel is currently being towed to the Lloyd Werft yard in Bremerhaven (Germany) for extensive outfitting. The flooding of the larg
EMGS has received additional pre-funding for the ongoing Daybreak 3D multi-client electromagnetic survey in the Alaminos Canyon protraction of the US Gulf of Mexico. The survey started on 22 February and is expected to be completed mid-June with integrated data delivery starting in June. The survey
BW Offshore has signed a Letter of Award (LOA) with Premier Oil for a FPSO to operate on the Catcher oil field in the UK North Sea. The LOA will be converted into a final contract subject to final partner sanction and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approval, expected to be completed
Vroon has announced that ERRV VOS Faithful has been launched yesterday in China. This 50‑m ERRV (emergency response and rescue vessel) is under construction at Nanjing East Star Shipyard in China. VOS Faithful is the third in a ten-vessel newbuilding programme, with six 50-m ERRVs being built at Nan
Tangiers Petroleum Limited has announced that the TAO-1 well off the Moroccan coast is on track to be spudded in June, with the Moroccan National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines providing its final approval relating to the farm-out agreement between Tangiers and Galp Energia. The signing of the Ame
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a three-year US$160 million contract extension by BP Exploration & Production Inc. for light subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance services in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will run from the second quarter 2014 to the third quarter 2017. T
Between 5 and 14 March 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Maersk Drilling in respect of preparedness and maintenance management. The objective of the audit was to monitor that Maersk Drilling, at all levels of the organisation, is working systematically on the preven
Dana Petroleum has reported that the first production well has now been successfully completed and flow tested and a further three wells have been drilled and cased to surface casing depth in the Western Isles Development Project. All four subsea christmas trees have also been installed on the seabe
FAR Limited and Svenska Petroleum Exploration, a Joint Venture partners, have reported that in response to the ongoing elections in Guinea Bissau, the Joint Venture has postponed plans to drill the first well until March 2015. FAR and its Joint Venture partner Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB have a
Tianjin Marine, a unit of HNA, signed a letter of intent with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) for the construction of four LNG tankers with a capacity of between 160,000-175,000 cbm. The LNG tankers will cost between $200m and $230m each, and Tianjin Marine will confirm with DSIC on firm orders
Shell Canada Energy, PetroChina Corporation, Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) and Mitsubishi Corporation have announced, in the presence of Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia and Rich Coleman, Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing and Deputy Premier, the signi
MacArtney has performed a major upgrade of two FOCUS-2 ROTV systems belonging to Swedish marine survey contractor and specialist, MMT. Both vehicles have been fitted with new state-of-the-art equipment to carry out geophysical survey missions for clients within oil, gas and renewable energy industri
MacArtney has performed a major upgrade of two FOCUS-2 ROTV systems belonging to Swedish marine survey contractor and specialist, MMT. Both vehicles have been fitted with new state-of-the-art equipment to carry out geophysical survey missions for clients within oil, gas and renewable energy industri
Drydocks World the leading international service provider to the marine and maritime sectors including to the oil & gas and energy industry, today announced the completion of major repair and refurbishment of National Drilling Company’s (NDC) jack-up drilling rig Al Ittihad. The company has successf
