Offshore
Daewoo bids for LNG carriers
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering believes a loss of nuclear capacity in Japan will further boost a nascent recovery in new LNG ship orders. "The LNG market has been slowly recovering from virtually zero orders from late 2008 ...
2011-03-30 06:41:49
STX Pan Ocean working at LNG ships
Amid strong expectations that there will be increasing demands for LNG and coal in the wake of the recent nuclear power plant shock in Japan, one analysis shows that the LNG volume to be supplied from 2013 will increase dramatically to 89m tons by 20...
2011-03-29 23:17:30
Jurong scores two more jack-up
Noble Corporation has exercised options with Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine to build two new harsh-environment shallow-water drilling rigs. The new jack-up rigs have a price tag of $235m apiece and are set for delivery by Sembcorp's Jurong Shipya...
2011-03-29 08:14:20
Swissco books AHTS
Swissco Holdings is investing SGD 27m ($22m) to construct an anchor-handling tug supply vessel and a pair of utility vessels at a yard in China. Singapore-listed Swissco says the order, its second in less than four months, will be completed by 20...
2011-03-29 07:12:04
STX OSV scores PSV
STX OSV has secured a newbuilding contract for a large platform supply vessel from NorSea Group. The Norwegian owner has ordered a 4,000-dwt newbuilding at the Singapore-listed yard for delivery in June 2012. STX does not reveal a price for t...
2011-03-29 07:07:00
Samsung pens 4 drillships
Sammy Ofer’s Pacific Drilling has inked up to four deepwater drillships in South Korea. The Houston-based company has ordered two deepwater drillships at Samsung Heavy Industries in a deal worth $1bn or $500m per ship. The company expects th...
2011-03-29 07:02:12
Winner of 2 semi-sub platforms
Exmar is in talks to supply two semi-submersible oil production platforms to two potential partners. Chief executive Nicolas Saverys said that his company would not proceed with the construction of the facilities until contracts had been signed, ...
2011-03-29 06:55:41
Hyundai accelerates drillship drive
Norwegian drilling contractor Fred Olsen Energy is reportedly on the verge of placing an order for the construction of up to two deep-water drillships. It is likely to order the new drillships at Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries. Newbuilding p...
2011-03-29 06:43:26
Korea making clean sweep of offshore
As the oil prices have surpass $100 per barrel, offshore drilling ships and facilities are being raised as a cash cow in Korea's shipbuilding industry. There have been 10 new drillship orders placed worldwide so far this year, and Korean shipbuil...
2011-03-28 10:40:14
Excelerate mulls LNG-RV order
US LNG specialist player Excelerate Energy is looking into options for growing its regasification fleet. President and chief executive Rob Bryngelson said the company is considering both conversions of existing tonnage and newbuildings in what wo...
2011-03-28 06:49:05
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