Rebecca Dufour

C-Innovation names Rebecca Dufour commercial manager

Houston-headquartered advanced subsea solutions specialist C-Innovation (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has promoted Rebecca Dufour to commercial manager. Rebecca Dufour joined C-I in 2021

L/B Robert after tilting

Gale force winds led to liftboat L/B Robert tilt

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a November 2022 incident in which, two days after its crew had evacuated it, the liftboat L/B Robert listed (tilted), incurring damage

Seatrium will build Sparta FPU

Shell awards Seatrium contract for Sparta FPU

Following its final investment decision (FID) to go ahead with the Sparta deepwater development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Shell Offshore has awarded Singapore’s Seatrium a contract to construct and integrate

Island Constructor at sea

Island Constructor set for installation of next-gen subsea equipment

The Island Condor is not the only Island Offshore vessel headed to a shipyard for an upgrade. Ulstein reports that the Island Constructor, a 120 meter Ulstein SX 121 subsea vessel that

Sparta FPU will look like Vita FPU

Shell and Equinor to go ahead with Sparta deepwater development

In yet another demonstration of the continuing importance of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as a source of low carbon intensive production of oil, Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc,(51%

Seadrill CEO discusses Petrobras contracts

Seadrill books Petrobras contracts worth $1.1 billion

In another sign of the uptick in the offshore drilling sector, Brazil’s Petrobras has awarded Seadrill Limited a pair of 1,064-day fixed-term contracts for its drillships West Auriga and West Polaris. Awarded

Valaris drillship

Valaris takes delivery of two drillships

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris Limited (NYSE: VAL) reports that it has exercised its options and taken delivery of newbuild drillships Valaris DS-13 and DS-14 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $337

oil and gas

Gulf of Mexico O&G sale: High bids and big questions

Yesterday’s Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 generated $382,168,507 in high bids for 311 tracts covering 1.7 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total

oil and gas

API slams BOEM’s 5-year oil and gas lease sale program

In what the American Petroleum Institute (API) slams as “a step in the wrong direction,” the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has now published the final 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil

Seadrill's Lief Nelson

Organizational changes at Seadrill

As previously announced, offshore driller Seadrill Limited (NYSE & OSE: SDRL) has decided to close its London, England, office and consolidate its corporate office in Houston. Someone who won’t be making the

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