Offshore
Samsung pens two drillships
The Danish giant has placed firm newbuilding contracts for two units for delivery in the third and fourth quarters of 2013. South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries announced today it has won two drillships from Denmark's Maersk Drilling for $1.12bn. ...
2011-04-06 16:22:35
LNG carriers to boom
Since there are sharply growing demands for LNG coupled with the recent nuclear power plant shock in Japan, market experts expect there will be a bulk of new LNG carrier orders to be placed after April. Korea's four largest shipbuilders, which have ...
2011-04-06 09:57:20
Eco-friendly floating port unveiled
A blueprint for a new "floating port" in Scotland has been set out. The transhipment facility consisting of a large storage vessel fitted with cranes, which could be built at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, would be the “greenest” terminal ...
2011-04-06 06:53:21
SBM contracts out FPSO topside
Singapore’s Dyna-Mac Holdings has won an order worth around $40 million to supply topside modules for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel with production capacity of 100,000 barrels a day of oil and storage capacity for 1.3 ...
2011-04-06 06:42:24
LNG-FPGU: Next-Gen power station
The concept of LNG floating power-generating unit (FPGU) may soon be reality. Gas-industry players have already created the first LNG-FSRUs and projects for LNG-FPSOs are awaiting the green light. SBM Inc marketing manager Leen Poldervaart sai...
2011-04-05 07:04:09
DSIC inks more jack-up rigs
China's Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore (DSIC Offshore) has secured two more jack-up drilling rigs plus additional option contracts. Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. has exercised two of its three options with the yard for the construction ...
2011-04-05 06:53:30
Samsung secures LNG carriers
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries has clinched an order for four LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers. Golar LNG has booked four 160,000-cbm LNG carriers at the shipyard for just under $800m in total. Arctic Securities said that Oslo- and ...
2011-04-05 06:31:30
Samsung may win drillships
Huston-based offshore drilling specialist, Pride International, has extended an option with Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries by 30 days to build a ultra-deepwater drillship. Samsung received a firm drillship order and one option from the shipowner...
2011-04-04 09:33:40
STX wins 3 gas carriers
Unigas has declared options for another three ethylene carriers at South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding. STX had won 3+3 6,500-cbm gas carriers in February this year and the three optional ships are now said to have declared. All six v...
2011-04-04 06:27:10
DSIC develops 170K LNG carrier
China's Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC) has revealed it has eventually entered into the final phase of the basic technology development for a 170,000-cbm LNG carrier to which the company has invested millions of yuan every year since 2006. ...
2011-04-03 22:12:37
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