Offshore
Keppel Offshore & Marine braces for tough market
Despite ending 2008 on a strong note with an 18% increase in revenues to $8.5bn Keppel Offshore & Marine has stated that it expects to see fewer rig and shiprepair contracts during the coming months. The subsidiary of the Keppel Group, accounted ...
2009-01-28 07:25:52
Samsung wins FLNG : Kanfa Aragon
Kanfa Aragon AS, a subsidiary of Sevan Marine ASA, on January 22th signed a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea for the development of a liquefied natural gas production topside to the world’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas ...
2009-01-23 07:48:37
Flex LNG defers delivery of world's first LNG-FPSOs
Flex LNG, a pioneer of floating liquefied natural gas solutions, has deferred delivery of the world’s first floating LNG liquefaction vessels by at least six months, the company disclosed on January 22th. The vessels, which are being constructe...
2009-01-23 07:08:26
New Robert Allan ASD tug class
Recently delivered to Norwegian owners Østensjø Rederi AS by Sanmar Denizcilik Makin eve Ticaret Ltd., of Istanbul, Turkey, Vivax is the first in a new class of ASD (azimuthing stern drive) tug. It is similar to a successful line of Robert Allan...
2009-01-22 07:32:10
QBSHI’s offshore engineering equipment in mass production
Recently, CPOE NO.7 drilling platform built by Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry (QBSHI) for China National Petroleum Offshore Engineering (CPOE) has been successfully delivered. This is the QBSHI’s successful delivery of another offsh...
2009-01-21 22:54:00
Keppel delivers Maersk Resolve on time
Keppel FELS Limited has delivered the third of four high efficiency jackup rigs to Maersk Drilling (previously Maersk Contractors), on time and incident-free. The rig was named Mærsk Resolve, by Mrs Sun-hee Madsen, spouse of Mr Erik Madsen, Maer...
2009-01-21 07:53:37
Jurong completes first of Larsen rig orders
Jurong Shipyard has completed the first of four ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs for Larsen Oil & Gas. The rig was named PetroRig 1 at a ceremony on Saturday by Liv Berge Halvorsen, wife of Berge Gerdt Larsen, owner of Larsen Oil & G...
2009-01-21 07:41:01
First China-built semi-submersible drilling platform deliver
The semisubmersible drilling platform constructed by China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industy (DSIC) for USA’s Noble was delivered on January 15th. It is the very first semisubmersible drilling platform fully built by Chinese shipbuilder. It is rep...
2009-01-20 16:50:33
Singaporean hit by cancellations
Singapore's once-roaring oil rig industry has been hit by contract cancellations due to weaker energy demand and as plummeting crude prices dampen exploration. Until the global financial crisis worsened last year, oil rig builders had been riding ...
2009-01-20 08:00:52
Vantage Drilling names its first jack-up rig
Vantage Drilling, the US-listed company one-third owned by TMT boss Nobu Su, has named its first jack-up drilling rig. The Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 jack-up was named Emerald Driller at a ceremony at Singapore’s PPL Shipyard on Friday. T...
2009-01-20 07:52:04
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