Ecowinde installation vessel

Van Oord to build “most ecological wind farm yet” for Ecowende

Van Oord has been contracted to build the Hollandse Kust (west) lot V wind farm. Located about 28.6 nautical miles west of the Netherlands, it is being billed by developer Ecowende (a

Island Condor

Island Offshore to convert Island Condor for new long-term contract

Ulsteinvik, Norway, headquartered Island Offshore has secured long-term employment for its supply vessel Island Condor, commencing in autumn 2024. “This is a fantastic Christmas gift for the company! We have worked purposefully

Seadrill CEO discusses Petrobras contracts

Seadrill books Petrobras contracts worth $1.1 billion

In another sign of the uptick in the offshore drilling sector, Brazil’s Petrobras has awarded Seadrill Limited a pair of 1,064-day fixed-term contracts for its drillships West Auriga and West Polaris. Awarded

Valaris drillship

Valaris takes delivery of two drillships

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris Limited (NYSE: VAL) reports that it has exercised its options and taken delivery of newbuild drillships Valaris DS-13 and DS-14 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $337

oil and gas

Gulf of Mexico O&G sale: High bids and big questions

Yesterday’s Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 generated $382,168,507 in high bids for 311 tracts covering 1.7 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total

oil and gas

API slams BOEM’s 5-year oil and gas lease sale program

In what the American Petroleum Institute (API) slams as “a step in the wrong direction,” the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has now published the final 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil

Edda Wind has got green term loan financing for four new CSOVs at Vard

Edda Wind lines up green term loan for CSOV quartet

Haugesund, Norway, headquartered Edda Wind ASA reports that it has secured green term loan financing for the four newbuild commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) that it ordered at Fincantieri’s Norwegian-based subsidiary Vard

Seadrill's Lief Nelson

Organizational changes at Seadrill

As previously announced, offshore driller Seadrill Limited (NYSE & OSE: SDRL) has decided to close its London, England, office and consolidate its corporate office in Houston. Someone who won’t be making the

Carbon Ridge carbon capture system fitted on Crowley vessel

Crowley to pilot Carbon Ridge carbon capture on containership

Back in September 2022, Crowley was among the companies contributing to a funding round that raised $6 million for Los Angeles based onboard carbon capture and storage start-up Carbon Ridge Inc. Now,

CSOV with methanol ready engines

New Schulte CSOVs will be methanol ready

Norway’s Ulstein Verft AS has ordered two sets of three MAN 12V175D-MEV methanol ready engines for two CSOVs (commissioning service operation vessels) currently under construction for Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BS Offshore). The

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