Underwater sterntube seal repairs keep semi on hire

OCTOBER 11, 2017 — When a semi-submersible offshore platform completed an oil & gas project offshore Veracruz, Mexico, twelve seals on its two sterntube assemblies needed to be replaced. The unit left

Sembcorp Marine to sell nine jack-ups for $1.3 billion

OCTOBER 9, 2017 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine reports that wholly-owned subsidiary PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd has signed agreements for the sale of nine Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rigs to Borr Drilling

Keppel Shipyard wins another FPSO conversion contract

OCTOBER 4, 2017 — Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) conversion contract

PPL Shipyard terminates three jack-up contracts

OCTOBER 4, 2017 — Sembcorp Marine reports that wholly-owned subsidiary, PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd has terminated three contracts with Mexico’s Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and its subsidiary Oro

VIDEO: DONG Energy changes its name to Ørsted

OCTOBER 2, 2017 — From November 6, Denmark’s DONG Energy, the world leader in deploying offshore wind facilities, is changing its name to Ørsted. “DONG was originally short for Danish Oil and

Innovation in well work over gets ABS approval

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 — A cantilever system developed by Abu Dhabi based Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has received ABS design approval and certification. Installed on the self-elevating support vessel (SESV) GMS Evolution,

Transocean to retire six floaters, take $1.4 billion hit

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) says it intends to retire the ultra-deepwater floaters GSF Jack Ryan, Sedco Energy, Sedco Express, Cajun Express, and Deepwater Pathfinder, and the deepwater floater Transocean

MAN variable speed gensets picked for Louis Dreyfus WSOV

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 — Turkish shipyard Cemre Marin Endüstri A.Ş, has ordered four MAN 8L21/31 variable speed gensets for the wind service operation vessel (WSOV) that it is building for France’s Louis

ABS review advances UMaine floating offshore wind concept

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 — ABS, has completed the design review of the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) documentation for the VolturnUS floating offshore wind turbine concept developed by the University of

Seadrill files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 — Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has today filed prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of Texas together with an agreed restructuring plan. As part of the

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