Offshore

First steel cut for Prelude FLNG

OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Shell yesterday celebrated the cutting of first steel at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea for the substrucure of what will be the largest offshore floating

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,

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