Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard is on course to deliver ENSCO 8505, the sixth of seven ENSCO 8500 Series ultra-deepwater semisubmersible (semi) drilling rigs to Ensco (NYSE: ESV) safely, on time and within
Siemens Industry, Inc. says that it has improved upon its popular Siship Blue Drive with the launch of its Blue(TM) Drive Plus C system, a new diesel electric propulsion system now available
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) reports that its has closed its underwritten public offeringof 8,050,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $30.00 per share, for
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved a supplemental Exploration Plan (EP) submitted by BP for deepwater oil and gas activities. BOEM conducted a site-specific Environmental Assessment (EA) of the
Norway’s Cecon ASA still believes that what is now Chantier Davie Canada, Inc., Lévis, Québec, Canada, will complete the three newbuild offshore construction vessels it has on order at the shipyard “Further
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: GLF) is adding three vessels to the vessel construction program it announced in August. The construction program is designed to provide the company with vessels of the right
Rolls-Royce is to design and equip two UT 735 SE offshore supply vessels for Brasil Supply S.A., which is headquartered in Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The order is worth GBP15
Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petrobras announced its results for the first half of 2011, showing net income of R$21.928 billion (about $13.595 billion), an increase of 37 percent over the same period
Houston headquartered National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) reports that it has signed contracts to supply drilling equipment packages for seven drillships to Brazilian shipbuilder Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (“EAS”), including drilling riser
China’s Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. an affiliate of Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, has delivered Bourbon Front, the first Ulstein PX105 platform supply vessel, to Bourbon Offshore Norway. As well as the Ulstein X-bow,