June 1st, 20180Shell on Thursday announced it is beginning production at the Kaikias Field in the US Gulf of Mexico about a year ahead of plan, according to Reuters.
The field is located about 130 miles off of Louisiana in the Mars-Ursa basin in about 4,500 feet of water.
Shell, an 80% majority stakeholder in the development, reduced its costs by...
May 31st, 20180Dutch offshore firm Van Oord has been chosen by Germany’s wpd as the preferred contractor for the Yunlin offshore wind project off Taiwan.
The project has a contract value of around €500m ($581m) and sees Van Oord responsible for the design, manufacturing and installation of eighty foundations.
Preparations for the wind farm...
May 25th, 20180Supermajor Shell says it has made a big oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, southeast of New Orleans.
The Dover well discovery, made in a water depth of 7,500 feet and a total depth of 29,000 feet 170 miles offshore, is Shell’s sixth in the Norphlet play.
It is located just 13 miles from the multibillion-dollar Appomattox...
May 24th, 20180The 11 hostages held onboard the Dutch ship have been released by Nigerian pirates after a month in captivity. Splash understands a ransom was paid. The seafarers’ release was relayed by their shipmanager ForestWave yesterday.
The ship was attacked near Port Harcourt on April 21.
“The crew are currently on their way to be...
May 23rd, 20180Switzerland's Gunvor Group, John Dragnis-led Oceangold Tankers and ABN Amro’s Maas Capital have teamed up to form ClearOcean Tankers.
Incorporated in Cyprus, ClearOcean is a ship holding company which each of the three partners have an equal stake in. The company has already ordered four MR2 product tankers at STX Offshore...
May 21st, 20180Shell Offshore has awarded a contract to Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters, a unit of Singapore shipbuilding group Sembcorp Marine, to construct and integrate the hull, topsides and living quarters of the Vito semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU).
The contract includes installation of Shell-furnished equipment, and...
May 17th, 20180Keppel Offshore & Marine's Keppel Singmarine has been awarded a contract by Dutch dredging company Van Oord to build two LNG-powered dual-fuel dredgers.
The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2020 and second quarter of 2012, while Van Oord also has an additional option available.
Jaap de Jong, staff...
May 16th, 20180Vroon Offshore Services has been awarded a two-year contract with BP Exploration & Production to provide emergency response and rescue vessels supporting operations in the North Sea and West of Shetland.
The contract has options to extend to five years and utilises five Vroon’s ERRVs, the VOS Fabulous, VOS Vigilant, VOS...
May 14th, 20180Dry bulk shipping has taken a transformative step with news of a landmark blockchain initiative. Hashtagged #TransformingTrade, banking giant HSBC tweeted that it, along with Dutch bank ING, have just used Corda blockchain technology to finance a shipment of soya beans from Argentina to Malaysia for food and agriculture conglomerate...
May 8th, 20180Dutch shipping and offshore firm Jumbo has been awarded the installation contract for Shell's deep-water Vito development in the US Gulf of Mexico.
The project scope involves the initial pre-lay of the mooring system, and subsequent tow and hook-up of the FPS.
Roddy Lafontaine, VP Offshore for Jumbo, commented: "The Jumbo Offshore...
