Havila Shipping ASA has entered into a long term charter contract with Deepocean for the 2009 built Subsea vessel Havila Phoenix. The contract is for a firm period of 7 years with 4 optional periods each of 1 year. Commencement is Q1 2014. The contract includes an agreement about some reconstruction
Meraas Development LLC has again contracted Van Oord to build an island in the emirate of Dubai. Jumana Island will lie 500 metres off the coast and will be used for urban development. A bridge will connect the island to the coast. The contract is worth approximately EUR 100 million. Work on the pro
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (“OSCV”) for DOF Subsea. The vessel will be of OSCV 12
Technip was awarded by Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd (SSPC) an important subsea pipelines contract for the Malikai Deepwater project, located offshore Sabah, at a water depth of approximately 650 meters. The contract includes transportation, installation and pre-commissioning of a 8” 50-kilomete
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (“OSCV”) for Farstad Shipping (“Farstad”). This newbui
SeaBird Exploration Plc (“SeaBird”) announced that the Osprey Explorer has been awarded a contract with estimated duration of about 30 days in West Africa. Estimated contract value is approximately USD 2.6 million. Commencement is within the next days. Osprey Explorer is currently in Las Palmas. Sea
IAHL Corporation said that further negotiations of a previously announced letter of intent on October 10, 2012, between its wholly-owned subsidiary, Altenesol Colombia S.A.S., and Geoproduction Oil and Gas Company of Colombia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canacol Energy LTD, has resulted in a signed
The first phase of Iran’s Kish gas field with the aim of early production will come on stream next Iranian calendar year that begins 20 March, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Ahamd Qalebani announced. “The Kish gas field is one of the most important NIOC’s projects,” he
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has entered into a new contract with STX OSV AS for building of a construction service vessel (CSV) of type OSCV 03. The vessel’s contract value is around NOK 600 million and she will be delivered during 2nd quarter 2014. SOFF has signed a 5 year firm charter agreement fo
DOF Subsea USA has entered into a long-term charter agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine for the new build DPII Multipurpose Construction Vessel, the Harvey Deep-Sea. The four year charter agreement will commence upon delivery of the vessel from Easter Shipyard, Florida in June 2013. The
Rosneft and ExxonMobil have agreed to expand their cooperation under their 2011 Strategic Cooperation Agreement to include an additional approximately 600,000 square kilometers (150 million acres) of exploration acreage in the Russian Arctic and potential participation by Rosneft (or its affiliate)
ISE announces the award of a contract from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA). ISE will provide two commercial off-the-shelf, high speed Aurora Towfish, which will be used to support mine detection missions and route survey operations for the Royal Canadian Navy’s Maritime Coastal Defenc
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement with Kleven Verft (“Kleven”) to build a new 22 streamer 3D seismic vessel with ice-class 1A*. The seismic company Dolphin Geophysical (“Dolphin”) has contracted the vessel for a fixed period of five years, and the high end vessel will enter this contr
EDF Trading and EXMAR announced their intention to jointly look for small-scale LNG export opportunities in North America using barge-mounted natural gas liquefaction developed by EXMAR, Wison and Black&Veatch. The aim would be to bring mobile, self-contained liquefaction units to LNG import termina
