Oil & Gas

FEBRUARY 8, 2013 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said yesterday that Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227, to be held March 20, 2013, will offer 38.6 million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama for oil and gas exploration and development. The sale, ...

FEBRUARY 8, 2013 — Singapore's Sembcorp Marine says that its wholly-owned SMOE subsidiary has secured a contract worth about Singapore $900 million (about US$ 727 million) from Det norske oljeselskap ASA, Norway. It covers engineering, procurement and construction of the Process, Drilling and Quarters Platform (pdQ) Topsides to be installed at a ...

FEBRUARY 7, 2013—In a Safety Alert on January 29, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) directed the suspension of operations of offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico that use GE-manufactured bolts on the Lower Marine Riser Package to connect the Blowout Preventer (BOP).  Before returning ...

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 built in the Brazil. The DP3 drillships will be used to ...

FEBRUARY 7, 2012 — Singapore's Jaya Holdings Limited has delivered a new state-of-the-art multi-purpose offshore support vessel, Jaya Pride, from its Batam, Indonesia, shipyard. Chief Executive Officer Venkatraman Sheshashayee says the vessel is "a highly versatile DP2 workboat for offshore platform maintenance" and is alread ...

FEBRUARY 7, 2012 — In what National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi yesterday called "a bit of a surprise," President Barack Obama yesterday announced that he has chosen Sally Jewell to be the next Secretary of the Interior. For the past eight years, Ms. Jewell has been the CEO of Recreational Equipment Inc., com ...

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — Rolls-Royce says that an offshore vessel under construction for Simon Møkster Shipping will be the first in the world to feature its innovative Unified Bridge solution — which it calls "a step change in vessel operation." The bridge is being installed on a UT 776 WP platform supply ve ...

JANUARY 31, 2013 — Leevac Shipyards Jennings LLC, Jennings, LA, has signed contracts with Aries Marine, Inc. of Lafayette, LA, to build two diesel electric platform supply vessels. With dimensions of 270 ft x 56 ft x 21.5 ft, they will be built to Leevac Design Services "LDS" 270 DE PSV design. Construction will begin immediat ...