Oil & Gas

JANUARY 11, 2013 — STX OSV Holdings Limited reports that Tidewater Inc. has acquired contracts for three PSV 09 design platform supply vessels(PSVs) under construction at STX OSV in Norway. STX OSV had originally secured the contracts for the design and construction of three vessels for STX Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. in 2010, and Tidewater has ...

JANUARY 8, 2013 — Rolls-Royce has won a £26 million order to provide an integrated design, power and propulsion and equipment package for four Rolls-Royce UT 771 CDL offshore supply vessels to be built at COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co. Ltd, in China for a Hong Kong owner. The contract includes options for four additional vessels. ...

JANUARY 4, 2013 –  Vroon Offshore Services' latest addition to its subsea-support fleet, VOS Sweet, safely completed its voyage from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China and arrived in the Netherlands yesterday. Some final fitting work will be undertaken and her crane will be installed, following which the vessel will be avai ...

DECEMBER 6, 2012 — BAE Systems' shipyard in Jacksonville, Fla., is to build two new platform supply vessels for Jackson Offshore Operators, LLC. The contract reflects continued growth in U.S. commercial shipbuilding for BAE Systems and is another major step forward in the company's support to the oil and gas indus ...

NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Seadrill has received a Letter of Award from Husky Oil Operations Limited for a new five-year contract for the newbuild harsh environment semi-submersible rig West Mira for operations in Canada and Greenland. Total estimated revenue potential for the contract, including mobilization and performance bonus is approxim ...

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Norway's Rem Offshore ASA has placed a newbuilding contract with shipbuilder Kleven Verft AS for a 108 m x 22 m OSCV vessel of the MT6022 design. The vessel will be delivered from the shipyard in the first quarter of 2014 and the contract price is approximately NOK 600 million (about US$105 million) ...

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Singapore shipowner Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd. is entering the PSV market. It has entered into a contract with Ulstein covering the design and equipment for two PX121 platform supply vessels that it will build at its own shipyard in Batam, Indonesia, P.T. Britoil Offshore Indonesia. When t ...

OCTOBER 24, 2012 — Singapore's Keppel FELS shipyard has delivered Paradise 400, a high-specification KFELS B Class jack-up rig to Safin Gulf FZCO (Safin) ahead of schedule and with a strong safety record. The rig is a refurbishment and upgrade of a KFELS B Class jack-up rig that Keppel FELS purchased in 2011. Upg ...