MAY 25, 2018 — Equinor (the company formerly known as Statoil) has awarded Odfjell Drilling a contract for the sixth-generation semisubmersible Deepsea Atlantic for six firm wells with an estimated total duration
MAY 7, 2018 — The Trump Administration’s plans to open up Atlantic waters for offshore drilling continue to face mounting resistance from coastal states. Back in March, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
JANUARY 12, 2018 — There’s growing opposition to plans announced January 4, by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to make “over 90 percent of the total OCS acreage and more than 98 percent
APRIL 28, 2017 — Setting the stage for many likely legal challenges, President Donald J. Trump today issued an Executive Order aimed at implementing an America-first offshore energy strategy. As well as
DECEMBER 21, 2016 — Oil and gas industry voices are already calling on the incoming Trump administration to reverse “permanent” restrictions on drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic announced yesterday by President
MAY 2, 2015 — ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the offshore industry, has published a guide to help offshore drilling unit owners carry out rig lay-ups. The new ABS
MARCH 16, 2015 — The Obama Administration has decided not to open up areas in the Atlantic for offshore drilling. The administration’s proposal for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas
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
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — The Natural Resources Development Council (NRDC) reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has rejected a Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. and Shell Offshore
FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured contracts to build three high-specification KFELS B Class jack-up rigs worth