Keppel firms up $4.1 billion order for Petrobras semis

AUGUST 7, 2012 — Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has firmed up contracts worth $4.1 billion with Sete Brasil Participações S.A. (Sete Brasil) that will see it build five additional

Cochin Shipyard launches advanced PSVs

AUGUST 6, 2012 — Government of India owned Cochin Shipyard Limited last week launched two platform supply vessels that it is building for a European client. Bearing the shipyard Hull Nos. BY

Oceanteam refinances two offshore construction vessels

AUGUST 3, 2012 — Norway’s Oceanteam Shipping ASA (OTS) has concluded a $147 million refinancing of two offshore construction vessels, CSV Bourbon Oceanteam 101 and CSV Southern Ocean, with SpareBank 1 SMN,

First of new series of Platform Supply Vessels for Brazil

AUGUST 2, 2012—The 4,500 dwt Starnav Perseus, the first of four GPA 688SC PSVs (Petrobras PSV 4500), was recently launched at Brazilian shipyard Detroit Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Detroit Chile.  

Ugland newbuild PSV to have innovative propulsion system

AUGUST 1, 2012 — A SALT 100 design PSV building at the Kleven Verft shipyard in Ulsteinvik, Norway, is to have a breakthrough propulsion system by Scana Industrier subsidiary Scana Propulsion. As

Ensco takes delivery of semi, joins S&P 500

JULY 31, 2012 — Ensco plc reports that it took delivery of ENSCO 8506, the seventh and final rig in the ENSCO 8500 Series of semisubmersible offshore drilling rigs on, July 30,

Hercules Offshore reports increased revenues

JULY 27, 2012 — Hercules Offshore, Inc. (HERO) today reported revenue of $179.0 million for the second quarter 2012 compared with revenue of $170.2 million for the second quarter 2011. However, the

Technip to charter advanced OCV

JULY 25, 2012 —Technip (Paris:TEC) has entered a long-term charter agreement for a newbuild Skipsteknisk ST-261 design offshore construction vessel ordered from Bergen Group last month by Norway’s North Sea Shipping. (See

Seadrill gets $4 billion ultra-deepwater unit commitment

JULY 25, 2012 —John Fredriksen controlled Seadrill says it has received a commitment from a major oil company for new contracts on newbuild drillships West Auriga, West Vela and a third drilling

Skandi Aker gets milestone well-intervention role

JULY 25, 2012 — Aker Solutions’ subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services has received a contract from Total E&P Angola for providing subsea intervention services from the oil services company’s purpose-built intervention vessel, Skandi

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