Total terminates Skandi Aker well intervention contract
JUNE 25, 2014 — Aker Solutions says its subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services has been notified by Total in Angola of the termination of a $250 million, two-year contract for the Skandi Aker
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Bourbon takes delivery of 500th vessel
JUNE 25, 2014 — Paris-headquartered Bourbon has celebrated delivery of the 500th vessel. It says that this puts it in control of the world’s largest fleet of vessels operated for the offshore
Nam Cheong books AWB order
JUNE 23, 2014 — Malaysia’s largest offshore support vessel builder, Nam Cheong Limited, has won an order worth around $84 million to build two Accommodation Work Barges, with the option to purchase
NAO firms up PSV duo order at Vard
JUNE 23, 2014 — Nordic American Offshore Ltd. (NYSE:NAO) has firmed up a letter of intent announced earlier this month and entered into agreements to purchase two newbuilding Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs).
Damen Vlissingen stretches jack-up’s legs
JUNE 20, 2014 — Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (DSV) in the Netherlands has been chosen to upgrade the Rowan Companies jack-up Rowan Viking for a new contract with Lundin Petroleum in the Norwegian
Havyard sells another design package to China
JUNE 17, 2014 — Chinese shipyard Fujien Mawei Shipbuilding has returned to Norway’s Havyard Group with an order for design package for a Havyard 832 L SE PSV. The vessel is being
BSEE responds to Deepwater Nautilus equipment failure
JUNE 11, 2014 — The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) yesterday said that it was responding to an equipment failure on board the Deepwater Nautilus semisubmersible drilling rig in the
Wärtsilä inks three-year service deal with DOF
JUNE 11, 2014 — Wärtsilä has signed a three-year services supply agreement with Norway’s DOF Group. It covers services for all Wärtsilä equipment, including engines and propulsion as well as electrical and
CIMC Raffles delivers jack-up
JUNE 9, 2014 — China’s CIMC Raffles shipyard has delivered the jack-up drilling rig New Sheng Li 1# to Sinopec Sheng Li Petroleum Engineering Co., Ltd. at CIMC Raffles on 6th June
Bourbon Far East and Tanjung in talks
JUNE 9, 2014 — Paris-headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon says that Malaysian Group Tanjung Offshore Berhard (Tanjung) and Bourbon Far East Pte. Ltd. have entered into exclusive discussions for the sale of