MAY 11, 2015 —The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today conditionally approved Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s revised multi-year Exploration Plan (EP) for the Chukchi Sea, following a comprehensive review and
MAY 6, 2015 — Rolls-Royce reports that it has just delivered its 1000th UUC underwater mountable thruster. It is the third unit in a series of six being installed on a Seadrill
JANUARY 20, 2015 — Classification society ABS has awarded approval in principle (AIP) for Hyundai Heavy Industries’ next-generation HD12000 heavy duty, wide beam drillship design. The drillship, which can accommodate a 20,000-psi
DECEMBER 9, 2014 — Noble Drilling (U.S.) LLC has been charged with environmental and maritime crimes for operating the drill ship Noble Discoverer and the drilling unit Kulluk in violation of federal
OCTOBER 21, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has inked a cooperation agreement that will see it build a 2,100 sq.m service facility at the Astican shipyard in Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Rolls-Royce says the
JULY 3, 2014—Leading classification society ABS, Houston, TX, has entered into a joint development project (JDP) with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to develop the first Liquefied Natural Gas-fueled
MAY 20, 2014 — Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) says that the latest addition to its C Power product line is the QSK60 C Power (CP) emergency generator set. Engineered by the Cummins
APRIL 9, 2014 — Yonhap News Agency reports that South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has clinched a 1.3 trillion won (US$1.2 billion) to build two drillships for what it identifies only
MARCH 27, 2014 — Classification society ABS reports that Rowan Companies’ newbuild Rowan Renaissance drillship is the first in the world to have earned ABS’ Integrated Software Quality Management (ISQM) notation. Capable
FEBRUARY 27, 2014 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine is starting the year with significant orders. Yesterday it announced that its PPL Shipyard had signed a turnkey jack-up rig contract worth US$214.3 million with