Petrobras unseals bids for presalt rigs
Petrobras has opened the sealed bids submitted in a three part tender intended to lead to the construction, in Brazil, of 28 offshore drilling rigs required for development of the pre-salt zone.
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Keppel FELS books jack-up order
Norwegian billionaire investor Øystein Stray Spetalen has joined the parade of those seeing opportunities ahead for newbuild jack-up rigs. Standard Drilling, a subsidiary of Mr. Spetalen’s Ferncliff TIH AS investment company, has
Salazar says he’ll cut offshore wind red tape
Using an approach that it says has helped get solar energy projects started on public lands in the West, the Department of the Interior is launching what it calls a “Smart from
DryShips buys options to build up to four drillships
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) says it has entered into an agreement with “a major South Korean shipyard” for the option to construct up to four ultra deepwater drillships. The new vessels would
Landrieu to keep up pressure on Salazar
United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D.-La., today expressed disappointment following Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s visit to Houma, Louisiana, where he was supposedly to have outlined a series of steps to lift
Salazar meets with shallow water drillers
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was in Louisiana today for a meeting with shallow water drillers. He was accompanied by Assistant Secretary Tom Strickland, and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
OSX Brasil buys Vela VLCC’s for FPSO conversion
OSX Brasil S.A., the offshore services unit of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista’s EMX empire, continues to forge ahead with its operations. Among recent developments have been a $54 million agreement to buy
Ezra to add four platform supply vessels to fleet
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings Limited says it will add four high-end multi-purpose platform supply vessels (PSV’s) to its fleet in the light of the positive outlook for the offshore oil and gas sector.
New York moves ahead on offshore renewables
New York’s plans for offshore renewable energy are moving along. Yesterday, BOEMRE held its first offshore renewable energy task force meeting in partnership with New York’s Office of the Governor. The task
Polarcus orders two advanced seismic ships
Dubai-based, Oslo-listed seismic vessel operator Polarcus has ordered two new high-end 3D seismic ships. Like the company’s exisiting existing POLARCUS ASIMA and POLARCUS ALIMA, they will be constructed to the X-bowed ULSTEIN