Americas
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Bipartisan legislation introduced to improve resiliency of US ports
Legislation has been introduced in the US Congress to help upgrade ports to meet the challenges of extreme weather events,…
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Keppel seals $2.3bn FPSO contract with Petrobras
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has placed an order at Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard to build the P-78 floating production storage and…
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Former Pacific Drilling boss to lead Diamond Offshore
Houston-based Diamond Offshore Drilling has appointed Pacific Drilling’s former chief executive Bernie Wolford as the company’s president and CEO. Wolford,…
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GE and Toshiba forge offshore wind tie-up in Japan
GE Renewable Energy and Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions Corporation have partnered up to manufacture and commercialise GE’s massive Haliade-X…
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Seacor Power salvage operation begins with removal of fuel
Three weeks after the liftboat capsized off Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the salvage operation began last week, led by the unified…
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MR tankers likely to gain from US pipeline cyber attack
Product tanker owners are set to gain from a cyber attack on one of the US’s largest pipelines. The Colonial…
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FMC commissioner to examine China’s role in container shortage
The United States is beginning to question whether China is to blame for the box shortages plaguing global supply chains…
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Petrobras puts Golfinho offshore oilfield cluster back on the market
After unsuccessfully trying to sell its Golfinho asset last year, Petrobras has reopened bidding on the oilfield cluster in the…
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Vantage Drilling secures Middle East contract for jackup pair
Houston-based offshore driller Vantage Drilling has reportedly received conditional letters of award for its 2009-built jackups and Sapphire Driller for…
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BHP takes option on Noble jackup contract
Offshore driller Noble Corporation said that Australian resources giant BHP has declared a one-well option on its contract for provision…
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American ports fail to make the grade on efficiency
No American boxport is among the top 50 most efficient in the world, a new study reveals, in another damning…
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Seadrill seals drillship contract with Talos
Houston-based Talos Energy has signed a contract with John Fredriksen’s offshore drilling firm Seadrill for the 2014-built drillship for the…
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Decreasing water levels on Parana River threaten to further disrupt shipping
For at least the last year, water levels in the Parana River have been an issue, forcing carriers to reduce…
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American firm presses ahead with tech creating hydrogen from seawater without any need for desalination
Baltimore-based sHYp has developed an electrolyser that produces hydrogen from seawater or brine without requiring desalination or producing toxic waste.…
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Port of Corpus Christi and Stabilis in LNG bunkering tie-up
The Port of Corpus Christi and Stabilis Solutions have entered into a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the use of…
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Puget LNG and GAC Bunker Fuels team up on Tacoma LNG bunkering
US-based Puget LNG and GAC Bunker Fuels, a division of the Dubai-based GAC, have teamed up to supply LNG marine…
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Valaris emerges from chapter 11
Offshore driller Valaris has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from chapter 11, with its plan approved and confirmed by…
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Petrobras seeks ninth floater for Búzios field
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has initiated the bidding process for the acquisition of a new floating production storage and offloading…
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S&B acquires Technology Associates
Houston-based engineering firm S&B Infrastructure has acquired Technology Associates Inc. (TAI), a naval architecture and marine engineering company. The acquisition…
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Baker Hughes wins Petrobras subsea contract
Oilfield services major Baker Hughes has been awarded a subsea contract from Petrobras as part of the Marlim and Voador…
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