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

Seadrill orders seventh drillship, takes option for eighth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 — John Fredriksen’s Seadrill has entered into a turnkey contract to build a new ultra-deepwater drillship at Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries. The project value price is estimated to be

Shell Alaska drilling faces another regulatory obstacle

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 — Shell Oil faces a further potential delay in getting the oil spill containment system it must have before drilling into potentially oil-bearing zones in Alaska’s Beaufort or Chukchi

CSV is designed for maximum operational availability

AUGUST 28, 2012 — Responding to market demands for offshore construction support vessels (CSVs) for deep and harsh environments, Norway’s GC Rieber Shipping has placed a NOK 800 million order with Ulstein

Rethinking the Platform Supply Vessel

AUGUST 27, 2012—Robert “Bob” Hill has made a name for himself thinking out of the box. Hill, shown at left, is the principal of Ocean Tug & Barge Corp., which has a

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