Offshore
Daewoo cruises on LNG boom
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is forecast to continue to win high-value newbuilding orders in the following years. Seo Jeong-deok, an analyst at MERITZ Securities, said, "Newbuilding orders for ultra-large containerships, LNG-related of...
2011-06-08 12:26:12
E&P spending $533bn
Global exploration and production spending is estimated to top $533 billion this year, up 14% on an earlier forecast, on the back of high oil and gas prices. A strong driver for the spending surge, based on a survey of 445 companies by Dahlman Ro...
2011-06-08 07:55:27
21-drillship bidding begins
Petrobras’ board of directors have officially set into motion a tender for the construction of 21 drilling rigs (ultra-deepwater drillships) to be built in Brazil. The state-controlled energy giant says two contracts will be awarded for each of...
2011-06-08 07:32:14
Brazilian President develops shipbuilding
The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, promised to push forward the development of shipbuilding and, in turn, to promote the creation of an industry of parts and equipment for the sector. Rousseff made her commitment at the inauguration ceremony...
2011-06-07 06:46:39
Keppel to deliver FPU to Petrobras
The first Floating Production Unit completely built in Brazil was christened at Keppel's BrasFELS shipyard in the presence of Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff on June 5, 2011. The consortium of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) and Techn...
2011-06-07 05:56:14
SCF reveals LNG carrier order
Sovcomflot (SCF Group), the largest operator of ice-class LNG carriers, confirmed its global leadership position by placing orders for two ultramodern ice-class LNG-carriers, that will be used by Gazprom Global LNG Limited (GGLNG) for LNG transportat...
2011-06-07 05:50:31
Asian yards switch to OSVs
More Asian yards can be expected to switch to building offshore vessels as other shipping markets continue to suffer. Speaking on the sidelines of a Marine Money conference in Oslo, Det Norske Veritas's operations chief Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen told ...
2011-06-06 07:35:07
USC-Shtokman in co-op
Mr. A. Zagorovskiy, Chief Executive Officer of the Shtokman Development AG (SDAG) and Mr. R. Trotsenko, President of the Unified Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) signed the Cooperation Agreement on June 2, 2011 in Moscow. According to the Agreement SDA...
2011-06-06 07:31:29
Petrobras in 21-rig tender
Brazil's Petrobras has launched a tender for the construction of 21 drilling rigs to be built in Brazil, Chief Executive Jose Sergio Gabrielli said on June 3rd. Brazil is planning to build a fleet of drilling rigs in domestic shipyards as a way of...
2011-06-06 06:29:10
Meyer Werft floats Celebrity Silhouette
Celebrity Cruises' new Celebrity Silhouette has been floated out from Meyer Werft's covered shipbuilding facility in Papenburg, Germany, where numerous area residents lined up to be among the first to see the fourth in Celebrity's five-ship Solstice...
2011-06-03 08:15:11
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