Total to acquire Maersk Oil in $7.45 billion deal
AUGUST 21, 2017 — The Boards of Total SA and A.P. Møller – Mærsk have both approved the acquisition of 100% of the equity of the E&P company Maersk Oil & Gas
Offshore
GoM Lease Sale 249 bidders still focused on deepwater
AUGUST 16, 2017 — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that the region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 249 generated $121,143,055 in high bids for 90 tracts covering 508,096
Canada’s Horizon Maritime emerges as buyer of Kleven Yd No. 379
AUGUST 14, 2017 — Mystery solved: Canada’s Horizon Maritime Services has emerged as the buyer of the Marin Teknikk MT 6015 design offshore multipurpose vessel whose sale was recently announced by Norwegian
DNV GL carries out first offshore drone survey
AUGUST 14, 2017 — DNV GL surveyors have carried out the classification society’s first offshore drone survey on the semisubmersible vessel Safe Scandinavia in the North Sea. The 25,383 GT tender support
Solstad Farstad AHT wins Brazil contract
AUGUST 14, 2017 — Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção S.A has awarded Solstad Farstad ASA (SOFF) a two-year firm contract for the AHTS BOS Turmalina. The 14,200 bhp UT 722 L design
M2 Subsea and Harvey Gulf in ROV services alliance
AUGUST 11, 2017 — ROV services provider M2 Subsea has formed an alliance with Harvey Gulf International Marine to provide subsea ROV services in the Gulf of Mexico. M2 Subsea’s ROVs will
Kleven finds new buyer for completed newbuild
AUGUST 9, 2017 — Norway’s Kleven shipyard has found a buyer for its Yard no. 379. The Marin Teknikk MT 6015 design offshore multipurpose vessel has gone to an unnamed “international player.” It
Russian gas pipeline prompts growth in Black Sea
AUGUST 4, 2017—Responding to what it sees as “significant growth” in the Black Sea harbor towing and offshore work market, Dutch towing and salvage specialist Multraship is transferring its 63-ton bollard pull
DONG Energy, Dominion developing Virginia wind farm
AUGUST 3, 2017— Dominion Energy Virginia recently signed an agreement and strategic partnership with Denmark’s DONG Energy to build two 6 MW turbines about 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach in
Seacat Services’ cats support U.K. offshore wind farm
AUGUST 2, 2017—The U.K.’s Galloper Wind Farm, currently under construction 30 km off the coast of Suffolk, will come on line in 2018, generating enough power for up to 336,000 homes. Starting