Oil & Gas

MAY 2, 2013 — Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard has ordered two cranes from Cargotec's MacGregor subsidiary for installation on the 113 m subsea IMR vessel it is building for Nigeria's Marine Platforms Limited (MPL). ( ...

APRIL 29, 2012 — Hong Kong based Kuma Shipping is to build two platform supply vessels of the new Ulstein P128 design at a Chinese shipyard for planned delivery in 2014. The design has been developed to serve the general PSV market related to work-over barges and jack-up rigs. "This is a des ...

APRIL 26 2013 — Oslo-listed Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has unveiled what it says is the "ultimate seismic acquisition platform," the 24-streamer Ramform Titan which was named today at the MHI shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The new ship, which is the first in a series of four from the same shipbuilder, will be the most powe ...

APRIL 23, 2013 — Vard reports that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Stavanger, Norway, based Simon Møkster Shipping for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel of its PSV 06 LNG design. The shipbuilding contract for the design and construction of the vessel is expected to be ente ...

APRIL 22, 2013 — Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and Ulstein families are partners, has been awarded a major contract extension by BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. The two-year contract extension is valued at approximately NOK 0.5 billion ($86.5 million) and includes options for NOK 0.75 billion ($129. ...

APRIL 17, 2017 — Shipbuilder Sinopacific and owner Deep Sea Supply yesterday held a naming ceremony in Aberdeen, Scotland, for Sea Falcon, the first of twelve PX 105 platform supply vessels Sinopacific is building for the owner at its Zhejiang, China, shipyard under a contract signed just 22 m ...

MARCH 15, 2013 — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar yesterday announced the findings of a Departmental review of Shell's 2012 Arctic operations. Salazar ordered the review in January ( ...

MARCH 15, 2013 — Halliburton's Angola-based stimulation vessel Stim Star Angola, is in the Port of Cape Town for scheduled repair work by DCD Marine. "The choice of DCD Marine as a service provider was based on the previously successfully completed project undertaken by the company on Halliburton's Stim Star vessel d ...