MAY 11, 2015 —The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today conditionally approved Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s revised multi-year Exploration Plan (EP) for the Chukchi Sea, following a comprehensive review and
MAY 8, 2015 — Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards reports that its Pasajes, San Sebastián, shipyard has delivered the Field Support Vessel (FSV) Ocean Falcon to Norway’s Atlantic Offshore A.S. The ship is
MAY 8, 2015 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has reached an important milestone in the construction of its largest ship thus far, yard number 302, the first of the two giant SX165 design
MAY 6, 2015 — Rolls-Royce reports that it has just delivered its 1000th UUC underwater mountable thruster. It is the third unit in a series of six being installed on a Seadrill
MAY 5, 2015 — Ulstein is using this week’s OTC event in Houston to launch two new heavy lift designs that, it says “pave the way for the next generation, cost efficient
MAY 4, 2015 — Spanish ship design firm SENER is developing a new Multipurpose Subsea Support Vessel specially designed for subsea ROV (Remoted Operated Vehicle) light construction duties, for world-wide service. The
APRIL 28, 2015 — With more and more operators asking drilling contractors to operate their dynamic positioning (DP) units in closed-bus mode, DNV GL is now issuing an Offshore Technical Guide to
APRIL 22, 2015—The 302-foot-long HOS Warland, the first of two specially outfitted Multi-purpose Service Vessels, was recently launched at Eastern Shipbuilding’s Allanton, FL, facility at a christening ceremony attended by hundreds of
APRIL 22, 2015 — Damen Shipyards Galaţi recently held a keel laying ceremony to mark the start of construction of two PSV 5000 platform supply vessels for Canada’s Atlantic Towing. The 90-m
APRIL 21, 2015 — Sembcorp Marine’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) conversion contract worth Singapore $56 million from Teekay for the Gina Krog Field in
