Britoil to enter PSV market with PX121 pair

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Singapore shipowner Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd. is entering the PSV market. It has entered into a contract with Ulstein covering the design and equipment for two PX121

Keppel FELS delivers refurbished and upgraded jack-up

OCTOBER 24, 2012 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard has delivered Paradise 400, a high-specification KFELS B Class jack-up rig to Safin Gulf FZCO (Safin) ahead of schedule and with a strong safety

Rolls-Royce to design and equip Brazilian-built PSVs

OCTOBER 23, 2012 – Brazil’s Bravante Group has awarded Rolls-Royce a GBP 24 million (about $38.5 million) order to design and equip four UT 775 SE platform supply vessels (PSVs) that will

First steel cut for Prelude FLNG

OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Shell yesterday celebrated the cutting of first steel at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea for the substrucure of what will be the largest offshore floating

McDermott’s Mexico yard gets rig refurb contracts

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) reports that a subsidiary has been awarded contracts to refurbish and undertake rig repair work at the McDermott Altamira fabrication facility in Tamaulipas,

Nam Cheong sells two build-for-stock PSV newbuilds

OCTOBER 10, 2012 — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, headquartered Nam Cheong Limited reports it has secured sales contracts worth a total of US $52.5 million for two of the platform supply vessels in

Damen-design Platform Supply Vessels for Brazil

OCTOBER 5, 2012—Brazil shipyard Wilson, Sons is the midst of constructing six Platform Supply Vessels under license based on Damen’s PSV 4500 design for Wilson Sons Ultratug Offshore (WSUT). Two PSVs have

OSG gets new agreement for giant FSO

OCTOBER 4, 2012 — Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) reports that it has signed a new service agreement with Maersk Oil Qatar AS (“MOQ”) for FSO Africa, a floating storage and

Transocean: Bad news from Rio, good news from Shell

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 — First the bad news, then the good from Transocean Ltd. (NYSE : RIG). Yesterday, the offshore drilling giant announced that the federal court in Rio de Janeiro had

Atwood books contract for under-construction drillship

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 — Houston headquartered Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) reports that a subsidiary has been awarded a drilling services contract for the Atwood Advantage by a subsidiary of Noble Energy

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