Statoil awards Technip LOI for world’s largest Spar hull
JULY 12, 2012 — Statoil has awarded Technip a letter of intent for construction of the hull for the world’s largest Spar platform on the Aasta Hansteen field in approximately 1,300 meters
Offshore
OSD secures design contract for Platform Supply Vessel
july 12, 2012—Offshore Ship Designers’ UK division OSD-IMT has been awarded a contract to supply the design for a modified version of its IMT 982 Platform Supply Vessel to be built at the
Drydocks World Dubai completes major maintenance project on NDI jack-up
JULY 10, 2012 — Drydocks World, Dubai, has completed maintenance and upgrade work on Abu Dhabi-UAE based National Drilling Company’s (NDC) jack-up cantilever type self elevating drilling platform, Delma. Drydocks World has
Keppel Kazakhstan to build $242 million KFELS B Class jack-up for Caspian
JULY 10, 2012 — Keppel Kazakhstan and its consortium partner Ersai Caspian Contractor have secured a contract from Teniz Burgylau for a KFELS B Class jack-up rig worth $242 million. Scheduled for
Golar LNG wins FSRU contract for Chile’s Mejiliones Seaport project
JULY 6, 2012 — Chilean energy company Gas Atacama has awarded John Fredriksen controlled Golar LNG Limited the Mejillones Seaport FSRU Project. The initial term of the contract, in Gas Atacama’s option,
First of two ice-breaking supply vessels for Sovcomflot launched
JULY 1, 2012—The first of two 99.9m multi-functional icebreaking supply vessels for Arctic operation was launched at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard on June 30. The hull assembly for sister vessel is expected to
Island Offshore orders PSV pair at STX OSV
JUNE 29, 2012 — Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and Ulstein families are partners, has ordered two platform supply vessels from STX OSV. The vessels will be of Rolls-Royce’s UT 717
Wärtsilä power solutions ordered for six pipelayers being built for Brazil
JUNE 29, 2012 —Wärtsilä is to supply integrated power solutions to six new offshore Pipe Laying Vessels (PLVs) being built for operation in Brazilian waters. The majority of the orders were booked
Rigs set sail for the Arctic
JUNE 28, 2012—Destined to support Shell’s drilling efforts in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, the semi-submersible Kulluk and drillship Noble Discoverer recently set sail for the Arctic from Vigor Industrial’s Seattle, WA,
Standard Drilling to sell two of six jack-ups under construction at Keppel FELS
JUNE 26, 2012 — Oslo Axcess listed SD Standard Drilling Plc has today entered into a final agreement for the sale of one of the six K-FELS class B jack-ups it has