Offshore
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Atwood Oceanics gets Woodside semi-submersible contract
Houston-headquartered Atwood Oceanics has been awarded a one-well drilling services contract with Woodside Energy for semi-submersible rig . The contract, offshore…
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Atlantic Offshore lands ERRV contract with Repsol Sinopec
Norway’s Atlantic Offshore has secured a contract for emergency response and rescue vessel with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK. The three-year…
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Anadarko Petroleum announces two finds in Gulf of Mexico
Texas-based deep-water E&P company Anadarko Petroleum has announced two new discoveries in the US Gulf of Mexico. One, at the…
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Petrobras signs $5bn financing deal with Chinese bank
Brazil’s troubled state oil company Petrobras, which holds huge offshore oilfield interests, on Thursday agreed a multibillion-dollar financing deal with…
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Prosafe pockets $1.7m from charter extension
Aker BP, formerly known as Det norske oljeselskap, has extended the charter of Prosafe’s semi-submersible accommodation vessel at the Ivar…
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EMAS Chiyoda Subsea defaults on Forland Shipping charter
Embattled Ezra Holdings faces another tense fight as it stands accused of failing to pay up for a charter of…
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Pair given stiff prison terms for DeepWater Horizon claims fraud
A man and a woman were sentenced to prison terms on Thursday for conspiracy in making fraudulent damages claims related…
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OSV carnage images spark frenzy
Sometimes in this game of news, pictures can sell really well. Shipping tends to be a tricky industry to source…
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Emas Offshore awarded $93m in new contracts
Emas Offshore, part of Singaopore’s Ezra Holdings, has been awarded $32m of new charter contracts during the fourth quarter of…
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Saipem lands EPRD contract from BP
Italian offshore services company Saipem has been awarded a engineer, procure, remove and dispose (EPRD) contract by BP for the…
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VBMS awarded offshore cable installation work
Offshore service provider VBMS has secured a contract from NKT Cables for installation work on the Kriegers Flak combined grid…
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Technip secures Shell FLNG contract
Technip has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by Shell Australia. The contract will provide multi-disciplinary engineering…
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California governor asks President Obama for offshore drilling ban
Governor Jerry Brown of California has called on US President Barack Obama to ban all drilling for hydrocarbons offshore the…
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Chevron cancels FPSO at Hyundai Heavy Industries
Energy major Chevron has cancelled a $1.9bn contract with South Korea’s Hyundai Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of…
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Subsea 7 awarded North Sea contract by Centrica
Subsea 7 has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Centrica for the Oda field in the Norwegian…
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10 missing as SOCAR platform collapses in high winds
An oil platform belonging to Azerbaijan’s SOCAR has collapsed in the Caspian Sea and ten workers are missing. The accident…
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SEACOR pushes ahead with OSV spin-off
SEACOR Holdings is pushing ahead with plans to spin off its offshore marine services business that is conducted by its…
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COSL files lawsuit against Statoil
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has announced that it has filed a statement of claim against Statoil with Oslo District…
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Fugro retains Oceanteam charter contract
Oceanteam has announced that Fugro will retain the charter contract for its construction support vessel Southern Ocean after the collapse…
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Siem Offshore cancels PSV at Remontowa
Siem Offshore says it has cancelled a contract with Remontowa Shipbuilding for one of a series of four platform supply…
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