Offshore
Subsea 7 to order pipe-layers
Subsea 7 is looking to order up to two pipelay newbuildings worth around $800m. The London-headquartered company is understood to have already lined up a tender for the construction of two large flexible-lay vessels. Subsea 7 has reportedly sho...
2012-09-19 06:58:36
Sembcorp buys UK offshore firm
Singapore's Sembcorp Marine has bought UK's offshore supplier SLP Engineering, a unit of Smulders Group. The deal was done through SMOE, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine. SMOE agreed to pay about £2.5m ($4m) for both shares and settlement ...
2012-09-18 07:15:38
Rongsheng spurs Green Ship
China's private-owned Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries is into offshore facility business as well as building high-value LNG carrier, cruise ship, etc. On September 8, Rongsheng had a meeting with CANSI, governmental officials, classification so...
2012-09-17 07:30:21
COSCO orders 30 VLCCs
China's COSCO Dalian Ocean Shipping Company (DOSCO) has reportedly ordered 30 very large crude carriers newbuildings. A western tanker broker reported that DOSCO, the tanker arm of COSCO Group, has booked a series of up to 30 VLCCs at three shipya...
2012-09-17 06:01:25
China Offshore Spur
Chinese shipbuilding industries insist improvement in offshore segment in 2012. Chief Adviser Zhao Zhiming of China Petroleum & Petrochemical Equipment Industry Association (CPEIA) said China's total production value of offshore facility construct...
2012-09-14 08:14:16
Samsung wins FSU
Statoil has, on behalf of the licence owners, issued a letter of intent to Samsung Heavy Industries for construction of a new permanent floating storage unit (FSU) for the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea. The contract is worth an estimated USD 2...
2012-09-14 07:52:24
Brazil to build more Offshore
Brazilian shipyards will increase construction of oil platforms and drilling rigs to meet the needs of state-run energy giant Petrobras, President Dilma Rousseff said in her weekly column. "We already have platforms built in Brazil and we are buil...
2012-09-14 07:26:11
Hyundai confirms 2nd drillship
Hyundai Heavy Industries confirmed Thursday morning that it has won an additional drillship newbuilding contract this year. The Korean shipbuilding behemoth signed a $620m contract with Rowan of the US, in Houston, on September 12th local date, Hy...
2012-09-13 10:20:34
Ocean Rig's semi-sub engaged
Ocean Rig has signed a letter of intent with an oil major for a six-month charter contract for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs, Eirik Raude (built 2002). The contract values $112m. Drilling is scheduled to commence in the first quarte...
2012-09-13 08:06:01
COSCO wins $200m offshore
China's COSCO Qidong Offshore has won an order for a semi-submersible accommodation vessel for just over $200m. The vessel, based on Global Maritime’s GM500A design, will be able to accommodate 500 people and operate in the harsh environment in ...
2012-09-13 07:05:09
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