Administration plans largest ever offshore oil and gas lease sale

OCTOBER 26, 2017 — The U.S. Department of the Interior is proposing the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States –76,967,935 acres in federal waters of the

Goodbye Chris Christie, hello NJ offshore wind

OCTOBER 25, 2016 — Whoever wins the race to succeed Chris Christie as Governor of New Jersey, things look brighter for the offshore wind industry. Christie was once a fervent advocate of

Study examines offshore wind potential for Jamaica

OCTOBER 20, 2017 — A Louisiana firm that specializes in engineering and support of oil and gas and offshore wind platforms has been awarded a contract by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ)

VIDEO: World’s first floating offshore wind farm starts operation

OCTOBER 18, 2017 — Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, has started to deliver electricity to the Scottish grid. Operated by Statoil in partnership with Masdar, the 30 MW

Seven injured, one missing in platform explosion

OCTOBER 16, 2017— The City of Kenner (Louisiana) reported on its Facebook page that at least seven people were injured and another is missing in an explosion on a natural gas platform

Larry Rigdon named Tidewater interim CEO and President

OCTOBER 16, 2017 — Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) said today that Jeffrey M. Platt has elected to retire effective October 15, 2017 from his roles as CEO, President, and a director of

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

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