Offshore
COSCO Nantong wins two rigs
China's COSCO Shipyard has signed a LOI with Norway's Sevan Marine to additionally build two cylindrical deep-sea drilling rigs. The LOI will go into effect after authorized by the board. The newbuildings are priced at around $525m each and to b...
2011-03-27 23:06:05
Chance to leap
Business Week reported local time on 24th that Korea's shipbuilders face a good opportunity to increase their market share in the world market in the wake of the recent devastating quake in Japan. Under the influence of the earthquake, the compe...
2011-03-27 23:05:09
Two LNG ships may be ordered
It is forecast a newbuidling order for two LNG ships to be put into Canada's LNG export project would be placed. The project planned by BC LNG Export Co-Op is a middle-scale LNG project to export 1.8m tons of LNG a year from British Columbia's li...
2011-03-25 12:32:09
Pearl GTL plant 'Onstream'
Qatar Petroleum and Shell announced Wednesday (23 March) the first flow of dedicated offshore gas into the Pearl GTL plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar. Shell, which is the operator of the Pearl GTL plant developed...
2011-03-25 07:38:58
Samsung launches 'Smart Shipyard'
S. Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries and KT held an opening ceremony for 'Smart Shipyard' yesterday at Samsung's Geoje shipyard. The yard said it has formed wireless internet access environment where workers can process tasks in real-time. T...
2011-03-24 22:05:20
Shipbuilders plan GTL-FPSO
Amid skyrocketing oil prices, Korea's shipbuilders are plunging into the GTL (GAS-To-Liquid) business. GTL is technology that switches natural gas to high quality, clean-burning oil products or chemicals such as diesel or jet fuel at lower costs....
2011-03-24 22:04:31
LNG carrier order boom looms
Renewed concerns about nuclear power could spur new orders for LNG carrier newbuildings. “Demand for LNG is going to grow as a source of alternative energy, which could lead to a shortage of vessels,” said Mirae Asset Securities analyst Lee S...
2011-03-24 08:10:09
"Time for Floating LNG": ABS
ABS Vice President of Global Gas William J. Sember (pictured) says the classification society is in advanced stages of design review for a number of Floating LNG (FLNG) concepts, as this technology moves ever closer to reality Speaking at the Gas...
2011-03-24 07:14:39
STX Europe wins heavy cargo vessel
STX Europe has won an order for multi-purpose newbuilding from Meriaura of Finland, which promises to save jobs at its Turku Shipyard. STX will design and deliver the 105 metre multi-purpose heavy cargo vessel by next spring in a deal which plugs...
2011-03-24 06:59:30
Technip wins LNG-FPSO FEED
France's Technip revealed Wednesday that it had been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for two floating production units for Chevron's Gendalo and Gehem gas fields, offshore Indonesia. Technip said the contract covered the ...
2011-03-24 06:14:56
Start  Prev  691  692  693  694  695  696  697  698  699  700  Next  End