DNV GL issues new position paper on subsea systems

APRIL 6, 2016 — New subsea technologies and systems must be qualified before use to build confidence that they will function as intended. However, says classification society DNV GL, current subsea technology

Wartsila to design jack-up lift vessel

APRIL 5, 2016 – Wärtsilä is to provide the design for a new jack-up lift vessel. The contract was signed in March with a Chinese shipyard and includes an option for three

Rem Offshore reports termination of CSV charter

APRIL 4, 2016 —Fosnavag, Norway, headquartered Rem Offshore reports that the charter party for the CSV vessel Rem Poseidon between subsidiary Rem Ship AS and Bahrain-basednAdams Offshore has been terminated due to

Dockwise gets $40 million Johan Sverdrup project job

APRIL 1, 2016 — Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) reports that it has been awarded a $40 million contract by South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries for the transportation of the three topside

Jack-up to be converted to MOSS

MARCH 29, 2016 —Houston headquartered William Jacob Management, Inc. (WJM) has secured its initial contract to complete the detailed engineering and design of its first Mobile Offshore Support Services Vessel: the MOSS

Bourbon to acquire Jaccar ethane activities

MARCH 29, 2016 — Paris headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon, which is 47.8% owned by Jaccar Holdings, is reinventing itself, or being reinvented. It is to acquire various ethane transportation activities currently

Keppel FELS delivers two jack-ups to Grupo R

MARCH 28, 2016 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has delivered two jack-up rigs to Mexican company, Grupo R. Built to

Chevron ships first LNG cargo from Gorgon Project

MARCH 21, 2016 — Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced that its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gorgon Project has departed Barrow Island off the northwest coast of

PGS names third Ramform Titan seismic ship

MARCH 17, 2016 — PGS reports that the third of four 104.2 m x 70 m Ramform Titan-class seismic vessels, the Ramform Tethys, was named in a ceremony held today at the

Responders extinguish Bayou Sorrel platform fire

MARCH 16, 2015 — The Coast Guard reports that responders have extinguished a fire that broke out Tuesday on an oil production platform in Berry Lake Canal in Bayou Sorrel, Iberville Parish,

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