Oil & Gas

IJmuiden, Netherlands, headquartered Offshore Ship Designers has been chosen to design a series of six new fuel-efficient seismic support/chase vessels ordered by  offshore major Bourbon to be built at Dubai’s Grandweld Shipyards. The 53 m vessels will have a fuel efficient hybrid propulsion system delivering a flexible economic solution for the varied condition ...

Norway's Farstad Shipping ASA has reached an agreement with Brazil's Petroserv S.A. that will see it buy Petroserv's 50 percent share in BOS Navegação S.A. for $56.5 million.The deal will give Farstad Shipping e 100 percent ownership of BOS (Brazil Offshore Services), which was established in June 1999 as a joint venture between Farstad and Petroserv. Today t ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of a new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier marking an evolutionary advance from Moss-type LNG carriers. The new vessel-type dubbed "EXTREM" features a peapod-shaped continuous cover for the Moss spherical tanks that is integrated with the ship's hull, rather than the conventional hemispheric ...

Statoil has awarded the contract for construction of two new drilling rigs for use on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) to Songa Offshore. Statoil announced the tender for the new category D (Cat D) rigs in May. These rigs have sp ...

Maersk Drilling, a business unit within the A.P. Moller- Maersk group, has declared its option to build two ultra deepwater drillships at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea and has obtained a new option for the construction of two additional drillships.The drillships are scheduled for delivery from the shipyard in the second and third quarters of 201 ...

One of the world's largest well stimulation vessels, the 300 ft Blue Tarpon, was delivered  to Baker Hughes, Houston, Tex., earlier this month by North American Shipbuilding, Larose, La. Baker Hughes selected naval architectural firm Elliott Bay Design Group, Seattle, Wash., to provide the owner's design for the vessel and integrate th ...

Singapore shipbuilder Keppel Singmarine has awarded Wärtsilä a contract to supply an integrated solution for power generation, power distribution, and propulsion for the Diving Support & Construction Vessel (DSCV)

Ocean Marine Services, Inc., Nikiski, Alaska, recently purchased the 1998-built, 194 ft offshore support vessel Sabre from Gulf Coast creditors, according to shipbroker Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, Wash.The U.S. flag Sabre (ex- Gulf Sabre, ex- Seacor Sabre) to has an overall length of 194 ft, beam of 40 ft and 15 ft depth. It was originally built for Sea ...