Harvey Gulf closes Abdon Callais asset purchase
OCTOBER 14, 2013 — New Orleans based Harvey Gulf International Marine reports that it has closed its $460 million cash asset purchase of Abdon Callais Offshore, while simultaneously selling six of the
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Rolls-Royce, Guido Perla collaborate on Jackson Offshore PSVs
OCTOBER 10, 2013—Leading power and propulsion specialist Rolls-Royce and naval architectural and marine engineering firm Guido Perla and Associates, Inc. (GPA) teamed up last year to provide a highly innovative design and
Keppel Shipyard books two more FPSO conversions
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard Ltd has secured two Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) conversion contracts with a combined value of S$190 million. They come from repeat customers SBM
Harvey Gulf swoops on Abdon Callais Offshore
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 — Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC, New Orleans, and Abdon Callais Offshore, LLC (ACO), Golden Meadow, LA, have executed a definitive agreement that will Harvey Gulf is to purchase
Island Offshore wins North Sea LWI contract
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Island Offshore, a leading Light Well Intervention (LWI) specialist in which the Chouest and Ulstein family are partners, has been selected by Premier Oil UK Limited to undertake
New deepwater oil discovery for Petrobras
AUGUST 8, 2013—Brazil’s Petrobras has confirmed an oil discovery in a well 303 km offshore of the state of São Paulo in water depths of 2,158 meters. The deepwater discovery was at
Incat Tasmania to build catamaran crewboat
AUGUST 5, 2013—Australia’s Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has secured a contract to build a high-speed 70-meter-long crew support vessel for offshore oil operations in the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan. The contract
Harkand Group adds ROV offshore support vessel
AUGUST 2, 2013—The Harkand Group recently christened its newest ROV offshore support vessel, the Harkand Harmony, at a christening ceremony in a Singapore. Sophie Mottais-Trouve, the wife of Harkand’s Vice President of Commercial
Seadrill orders two more jack-ups at Chinese yard
JULY 31, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Seadrill Limited has entered into new contracts for the construction of two high specification jack-up drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore)
Jon Holvik is new Kongsberg Maritime, Inc. President
JULY 23, 2013 — Jon Holvik has taken over as President of the Houston headquartered Kongsberg Maritime Inc.; the U.S. subsidiary of the Norwegian headquartered supplier of dynamic positioning (DP) and automation/control