Offshore
Recovery of sunken rig begins
Ensco International and US authorities have launched an operation to recover a drilling rig that has been blamed for the SKS Satilla incident. The US Coast Guard says the jack-up 7,160-gt Ensco 74 (built 1999) is about 7.3 meters below water about...
2009-03-13 11:07:49
Irving receives order for OSV
Canada's Atlantic Towing has forged a long-term charter deal with EnCana Corp that will see it build an offshore supply vessel (OSV) at Halifax Shipyard. Atlantic, the vessel operating subsidiary of Irving Shipbuilding, said Thursday that it will ...
2009-03-13 07:54:42
Seajacks takes delivery of harsh environment liftboat
Oslo-listed Seajacks International (SEAJ) has taken delivery of the first of two GustoMSC NG2500X harsh environment liftboats from Lamprell Energy Limited's offshore fabrication yard in Jebel Ali, Dubai. Seajacks Kraken was delivered on time and o...
2009-03-13 07:23:50
Low reserves to boost oil and gas demand
Demand for oil and gas is expected to surge next year as governments have not been replacing reserves at the required rate, Iain Light, global oil and gas director at Lloyd’s Register EMEA warned this week Strategic reserves in countries like t...
2009-03-13 07:20:13
Thai anticipates high demand for OSVs
Italthai Marine, a local shipbuilder and repairer under the Italthai Group, is optimistic of achieving 200-per-cent revenue growth this year thanks to persistently high demand for offshore supply vessels (OSV) in the crude-oil production business. As...
2009-03-13 07:10:13
“STX Offshore & Shipbuilding”: New name for STX Shipbuil...
South Korea’s STX Shipbuilding changes its name to “STX Offshore and Shipbuilding”. The shipbuilder announced Thursday in a regulatory filing that it will lay a bill of modifying articles of association before the general meeting of stockhol...
2009-03-12 16:54:03
China Shipping gears up for LNG debut
China Shipping Development Co said on Wednesday that it would shortly sign an agreement with a unit of top Chinese oil and gas producer CNPC to set up a $5 million joint venture to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG). China Shipping would account for 90...
2009-03-12 07:51:13
Karmsund bankruptcy leads to order cancellations
Norwegian shipyard Karmsund Maritime Services (KMS) is to petition for bankruptcy. That has led to the cancellation of the contracts for two anchor handlers for Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) and comes within days of the cancellation of the orders fo...
2009-03-11 15:40:14
Korea pitches Brazil: Offshore field
South Korea is hoping to participate in a large-scale oil field development project in Brazil, taking advantage of its successful shipbuilding industry, local media in Seoul reported. The Knowledge Economy Ministry on Sunday said it will seek to ...
2009-03-11 07:44:58
Ezra cancels offshore vessels
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings has cancelled two offshore newbuilding orders at troubled Norwegian shipbuilder Karmsund Maritime. “Karmsund said it would not be able to complete and deliver the vessels in accordance to the respective contracts,” ...
2009-03-10 12:02:56
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