Offshore
Big 3 & Chinese vie for CNG project
Four Far Eastern shipyards have been shortlisted to construct the world’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) vessels for a Vietnamese project. Shipbuilders in South Korea and China have submitted provisional technical bids for four newbuildings....
2009-06-24 11:44:08
Lauritzen reshuffle strengthens offshore sector
Danish shipowner J Lauritzen has moved Anders Mortensen, president of the company’s tanker division, to head up a new division focusing on specialised offshore vessels. Jan Kastrup-Nielsen, president of Lauritzen Kosan, the company’s gas carr...
2009-06-23 07:19:57
Some Problems to China's first LNG carrier
China's first LNG newbuilding has been taken offhire for a few weeks in an effort to fix problems with contamination of its stern bearing oil. Industry sources say the 147,000-cbm Dapeng Sun (built 2008), which was constructed by Hudong Zhonghua S...
2009-06-22 10:25:11
GDF Suez and Hoegh to issue FSRU tender
European energy giant GDF Suez and Hoegh LNG are expected to issue a tender shortly for a purpose-built LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for their Triton project off Italy. Four shipyards - Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineeri...
2009-06-22 09:58:28
Daewoo names Petroserv rig
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea on June 19th held a naming ceremony for a semi-submersible drilling rig ordered by Brazil’s Petroserv in 2006. On the day, the rig with a length of 116.6 meters, breadth of 96.7 meters and ...
2009-06-19 16:02:51
Samsung seen advantageous
Samsung Heavy Industries seems to have obtained the preferential negotiation right for the designing segment of international oil major Royal Dutch Shell group's plan to build an LNG-FPSO (floating, production, storage & offloading) unit. This ha...
2009-06-19 08:50:57
Petrobras needs FPSO
Petrobras has approved an extra-heavy oil project that calls for a 100,000-barrel-per-day FPSO. The Brazilian oil and gas company says it plans to have the floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) online between 2015 and 2016 on its...
2009-06-19 08:00:51
Jaya seeks to suspend debt repayments
Cash-strapped offshore support vessel builder and operator Jaya Holdings is seeking to suspend debt repayments. Singapore-listed Jaya plans to meet with its debtors in an attempt to freeze over S$300m ($206.2m) in loan repayments while the company un...
2009-06-19 07:54:20
Heerema to set up yard for pipelines storage
Dutch offshore vessel owner Heerema will set up a $160m yard in Angola to support its pipeline work for BP’s new deepwater projects. According to local reports, the yard will be built in conjunction with local contractor Cembir Maritime Constru...
2009-06-19 07:47:38
Höegh set to order LNG-RV newbuildings
Norwegian gas ship owner Höegh LNG is on target to start tendering for a new $300m regasification ship from Asian shipyards after gaining approval for the Port Meridian project in the UK. Höegh LNG chief executive Sveinung Støhle said his ...
2009-06-19 07:36:58
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