Offshore
Swifships wins patrol ships
US shipyard Swifships Shipbuilders has clinched a $20.2m contract tied to the construction of coastal patrol crafts for the Egyptian Navy. The US Navy says the Morgan City, Louisiana-based shipbuilder will detail, design and construct four 28-met...
2011-02-14 07:09:08
Keppel wins FPSO orders
Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil, announced that it had secured two contracts totalling R$500 million (approx. S$381.4 million) for Floating Production storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit...
2011-02-14 07:03:31
Atlantico clinches seven drillships
Brazil's energy giant Petrobras has signed a $4.6bn contract to build seven drillships at the country’s largest shipyard, Estaleiro Atlantico Sul. The seven drillships will be owned by a newly formed entity, Sete Brazil, controlled by the state-...
2011-02-14 06:56:00
Golar to supply converted FSRU
Golar LNG Energy will convert an idle LNG carrier to a FSRU (Floating Storage Regasification Unit) to put it into the West Java FSRU project led by Indonesia's state-run oil company, Pertamina. The 1977-built LNG ship currently laid up in Norway ...
2011-02-11 13:10:43
RBG to add four DSVs
Subsea services player RBG is planning to spend GBP 3m ($4.8m) for the expansion of its fleet of diving support vessels. The UK shipowner, known as a provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, says it i...
2011-02-11 07:31:28
Flex LNG bullish on LNG-FPSO
Flex LNG chief executive Philip Fjeld said the company expected a final investment decision to be made on its first confirmed project using floating liquefied natural gas production units “sometime this year”. Delivery will take place in 2014 ...
2011-02-11 07:12:53
Drillship leads newbuild market
As the international oil prices are continuously increasing, playing a favorable role in the offshore plant facility market, Korea's large shipbuilders seem to continue winning new orders for drillships for a while. According to industry sources,...
2011-02-11 06:24:02
Keppel inks 2+2 jack-up rigs
Singapore’s Keppel Fels has won an order from US drilling contractor Ensco for two fixed-price new ultra-premium harsh-environment jack-up rigs. The contract includes options for two additional jack-ups of the same design at similar terms that ...
2011-02-10 08:55:59
SCI inks AHTS pair
Shipping Corp of India has ordered two anchor handling tug supply vessels at Cochin Shipyard. State-owned SCI has booked two 120-tbp vessels at the west coast yard, a statement says. It is not clear how much SCI will pay for the ships or when the...
2011-02-10 08:37:58
Tidewater may cancel newbuild
Tidewater may cancel an offshore-support vessel newbuilding on order in Brazil. In a report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York-listed offshore owner said: “Currently the company is experiencing substantial delay ...
2011-02-10 08:34:45
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