Offshore
Subsea 7 bags new orders
Offshore engineering firm Subsea 7 has won two new contracts from Shell for engineering and installation works at two Gulf of Mexico plays. The company announced the double contract wins at the Cardamom and West Boreas projects in a statement on ...
2011-12-13 08:29:19
Yangzijiang Forms Offshore JV
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd. said Monday it is forming a joint venture with Qatar Investment Corp. to set up two companies. The joint venture will be establishing YZJ Offshore Engineering Pte. Ltd. in Singapore and YZJ Offshore Engineer...
2011-12-13 08:07:31
Keppel names semi-submersible
Singapore's Keppel FELS shipyard is on course to deliver ENSCO 8505, the sixth of seven ENSCO 8500 Series ultra-deepwater semisubmersible (semi) drilling rigs to Ensco safely, on time and within budget. The rig is expected to be completed in the...
2011-12-13 07:51:09
Kleven inks $61.4m PSV
Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Maritime has won an order for platform supply vessel (PSV) from compatriot shipowner JJ Ugland Group which made a return to the offshore vessel business. The Grimstad-based owner and partner Sandvik ordered the PSV at...
2011-12-12 15:15:51
Changhae into offshore equipment
Changhae Energeering of South Korea held a temporary general stockholders' meeting on 9 December to reveal that it decided to enter into shipbuilding/offshore plant equipment business. On 7 December, Changhae made a public announcement that it had...
2011-12-12 10:08:28
Arctech Helsinki wins Rescue Vessel
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build a multipurpose emergency and rescue vessel for Russian Ministry of Transport. The contract has been awarded together with Shipyard Yantar JSC. The value of the order is about EUR 76 m...
2011-12-12 07:52:30
Daewoo in talks for Brazil rigs
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is reportedly in exclusive negotiation with Brazil's Petrobras to build deep-sea semi-submersible rigs and up to 21 deep-sea drillships. Local media the Financial News cited Daewoo president N...
2011-12-09 11:41:06
Ichthys LNG bids start
More than 20 shipowners and shipyards expresses interest in building up to three LNG carriers for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia. Industry players say energy major Total, which put out the original feelers on the vessel requirement, is expe...
2011-12-09 09:17:17
Rig builders to feel the pinch
Rig builders may not be immune from the gloom surrounding the global economy after all. So far the offshore industry has escaped the worst of the pain currently afflicting shipowners thanks to oil prices remaining stubbornly high. But a susta...
2011-12-09 08:05:33
25 drillship's expected
In 2012, newbuilding drillship would be contracted as about the same as this year's 27 vessels. Analyst Park Mu-Hyun from E*TRADE Securities of South Korea recently forecast that about 25 drillships or $15bn of new order would be placed next year,...
2011-12-09 07:11:32
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