Offshore
Technip lands BP contract
French oil industry contractor Technip has landed a new contract from BP for the installation of two risers on the Schiehallion field in the North Sea, west of the Shetlands, foreign media reports. The company has already completed the contract for t...
2009-12-16 07:27:23
Keppel rig deliveries break record
Singapore’s Keppel FELS will make a record 13 rig deliveries this year when it hands over the West Vencedor to Seadrill at Christmas, foreign media reports. The West Vencedor is the sixth in a series of seven semi-submersible drilling tenders or...
2009-12-16 06:54:45
Koreans expecting LNG-FSRU order
Jamaica is pushing ahead with its tender for an LNG floating storage and re-gasification unit (LNG-FSRU), and South Korean shipbuilders may secure a contract to build the vessel. Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) has put out a request for pro...
2009-12-16 06:15:54
Nakilat-Keppel new yard to open
Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (NKOM) is making good progress on a new shipyard facility at Ras Laffan in Qatar, which is also expected to be operational next year. NKOM is a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine and Qatar Gas Transpor...
2009-12-15 07:21:09
DSIC and Rongsheng enter LNG ship sector
A report in the China Daily hints at two more yards on the mainland readying to enter the LNG carrier construction business, on the back of huge gas demand in the world’s most populous nation. Statistics from Customs show that China imported 4....
2009-12-14 07:41:53
STX Europe awarded PSV's
STX Europe has been awarded contracts with Siem Offshore for design and building of two Platform Supply Vessels. The vessels are designed by STX Europe in Ålesund and will be built at STX Europe in Brazil. The vessels are scheduled for ...
2009-12-14 07:22:47
JJ Sietas secures ro-ro order
German shipbuilder JJ Sietas has replenished its orderbook with an order for a coastal ro-ro by AG Reederei Norden-Frisia It is one example of the way hard-pressed German yards are benefiting from the growth in the country's offshore wind farms. ...
2009-12-11 14:26:40
Keppel wins $115m contracts
Singapore’s Keppel Corp said Thursday that it has won three offshore related contracts worth SGD160m ($115m) in total. The first, worth SGD104m, involves the conversion of a suezmax tanker into an FPSO for EOC subsidiary Emas Offshore Constructi...
2009-12-11 08:01:50
PPL Shipyard sells rig
Singapore’s PPL Shipyard has sold a former Seadrill jack-up drilling rig to Vietnamese national oil company Vietsopetro, foreign media reports. The ex-West Elara is a Pacific 375 deep drilling design rig and was one of two jack-ups on order for...
2009-12-09 08:05:10
Petrobras LNG-FPSO JV grows
Spain's Repsol and Portugal's Galp Energia have joined the Petrobras-led joint venture aimed at bringing an LNG-FPSO to the waters off Brazil, the Brazilian state-owned energy company said Monday. The two companies and original joint venture partn...
2009-12-08 14:30:03
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