Halliburton chooses Cape Town for stim vessel repair work
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
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Bergen Group Fosen wins AHTS contract
MARCH 14, 2013 — Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen shipyard has signed a contract with NFDS Offshore 1 AS for outfitting and commissioning a newbuild anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS). The vessel
EMAS AMC wins major Statoil subsea contract
MARCH 14, 2013 — EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of Singapore based EMAS, has won a contract from Statoil for the transport and installation of subsea templates for the Norwegian Sea’s
Edda orders next generation accommodation vessel
MARCH 14, 2013 — Edda Accommodation, operated by Norway’s Østensjø Rederi, has placed an order for a new monohull accommodation vessel at Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. The order includes
Ramform Titan newbuilds to have ABB power and propulsion
MARCH 13, 2013 — ABB has won a $26 million repeat order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation Ramform Titan seismic vessels ordered from Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi
Harvey Gulf gets $100 million charter for newbuild
FEBRUARY 11, 2013 — New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine LLC reports that it has signed a $100 million four year charter with DOF Subsea for its 310 ft multipurpose construction
Offshore lease sale seen as barometer of industry interest
FEBRUARY 8, 2013 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said yesterday that Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227, to be held March 20, 2013, will offer 38.6 million acres
Sembcorp Marine unit wins North Sea topsides contract
FEBRUARY 8, 2013 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine says that its wholly-owned SMOE subsidiary has secured a contract worth about Singapore $900 million (about US$ 727 million) from Det norske oljeselskap ASA, Norway.
Faulty bolts could sideline offshore drilling rigs
FEBRUARY 7, 2013—In a Safety Alert on January 29, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) directed the suspension of operations of offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico that
ABB to supply electrical systems for Brazilian drillships
FEBRUARY 7, 2013—Under contracts worth $160 million, ABB, Zurich, Switzerland, will design, supply, supervision of installation, testing and commissioning of the main electrical systems for seven next generation drill ships that are being