Oil & Gas

Statoil has awarded the contract for construction of two new drilling rigs for use on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) to Songa Offshore. Statoil announced the tender for the new category D (Cat D) rigs in May. These rigs have sp ...

Maersk Drilling, a business unit within the A.P. Moller- Maersk group, has declared its option to build two ultra deepwater drillships at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea and has obtained a new option for the construction of two additional drillships.The drillships are scheduled for delivery from the shipyard in the second and third quarters of 201 ...

One of the world's largest well stimulation vessels, the 300 ft Blue Tarpon, was delivered  to Baker Hughes, Houston, Tex., earlier this month by North American Shipbuilding, Larose, La. Baker Hughes selected naval architectural firm Elliott Bay Design Group, Seattle, Wash., to provide the owner's design for the vessel and integrate th ...

Singapore shipbuilder Keppel Singmarine has awarded Wärtsilä a contract to supply an integrated solution for power generation, power distribution, and propulsion for the Diving Support & Construction Vessel (DSCV)

Ocean Marine Services, Inc., Nikiski, Alaska, recently purchased the 1998-built, 194 ft offshore support vessel Sabre from Gulf Coast creditors, according to shipbroker Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, Wash.The U.S. flag Sabre (ex- Gulf Sabre, ex- Seacor Sabre) to has an overall length of 194 ft, beam of 40 ft and 15 ft depth. It was originally built for Sea ...

PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan Co., Ltd. of Singapore, Singapore and The Levingston Corporation, Boerne, Texas, said today that they have signed a Letter of Intent to build a Levingston designed 415WC (World Class) with an option for one additional similar vessel for an undisclosed contract value. The announcement was made at the new Elevating Boats LLC's (EBI) facility at Poncha ...

Cargotec is to supply two active heave-compensated (AHC) cranes for Volstad Maritime's large offshore construction vessel (OCV) on order at Bergen Group Fosen shipyard in Norway (hull 89.The contract covers a 250-tonne MacGregor AHC subse ...

EMAS Production is set to take delivery of one of Vietnam's largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels from Singapore's Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard), on behalf of owner PV Keez Pte. Ltd. To be managed and operated by EMAS Production, FPSO Lewek EMAS has been chartered by Premier Oil Vietnam Offshore B.V. for the development of the Chim ...