Caterpillar to power six Brazilian built drillships

APRIL 30, 2013 — Caterpillar Global Petroleum announced today it has been awarded a contract by Brazilian shipbuilder Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu (EEP) to provide the diesel generator sets for the main

Brazil’s pre-salt brings big orders to GE Power Conversion

APRIL 3, 2013 — GE’s Power Conversion business (NYSE: GE) has won contracts valued at more than $600 million to provide propulsion systems for customers involved with the pre-salt oilfield expansion off

ABB to supply electrical systems for Brazilian drillships

FEBRUARY 7, 2013—Under contracts worth $160 million, ABB, Zurich, Switzerland, will design, supply, supervision of installation, testing and commissioning of the main electrical systems for seven next generation drill ships that are being

Noble working to correct Alaska drillship deficiencies

DECEMBER 28, 2012 — Noble Corporation says that it is working “cooperatively and diligently” to rectify deficiencies and maintenance issues raised by the U.S. Coast Guard during a recent inspection of the

Pacific Drilling extends drillship option at Samsung

DECEMBER 18, 2012 — Pacific Drilling S.A. (NYSE: PACD) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries to extend an option to construct an eighth ultra-deepwater drillship until

Atlântico Sul drillships to have Rolls-Royce engines, thrusters

DECEMBER 13, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has received announced an order worth more than £100 million (about $161 million) to supply integrated power and propulsion systems for seven drillships to be  built at

Sembcorp Marine gets seventh Brazil drillship order

NOVEMBER 29, 2012 — “We are proud to be recognized as a strategic partner in Brazil’s pre-salt drillships program for its deepwater oil fields,” Sembcorp Marine President and CEO Mr. Wong Weng

Sembcorp Marine gets seventh Brazil drillship order

NOVEMBER 29, 2012 — “We are proud to be recognized as a strategic partner in Brazil’s pre-salt drillships program for its deepwater oil fields,” Sembcorp Marine President and CEO Mr. Wong Weng

Wärtsilä gensets and thrusters for Brazil drillships

NOVEMBER 22, 2012 — Wärtsilä, has been awarded a further order as part of the ongoing Brazilian program to build a number of drill units (DRUs) to serve its offshore oil industry.

TTS Group invests in drillship, gets orders for cranes

NOVEMBER 20, 2012 — Norway’s TTS Group ASA reports that its subsidiary TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS has won a contract worth approximately NOK 130 million (about US$25 million) from Korea’s STX

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