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Offshore
Seadrill secures Saudi Aramco jackup extension
Offshore drilling services provider Seadrill has received a three-year contract extension from Saudi Aramco for the jack-up . The extension…
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Europe
Norwegian authority finds issue with Teekay FPSO at Petrojarl Knarr
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has found a number of problems on Shell’s FPSO, following an audit on the unit.…
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Europe
Farstad Shipping standstill agreed
Farstad Shipping has announced that its secured lenders have agreed to a formal standstill involving a deferral of all amortisations…
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Europe
Odfjell Drilling finds work for semi-submersible
Norway’s Odfjell Drilling has found further employment for semi-submersible rig with Faroe Petroleum Norge. The rig will be used for…
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Asia
BW enters energy markets with Gabon oilfield investment
Andreas Sohmen-Pao’s BW Group has branched out again, this time entering the energy sector. BW Offshore has in partnership with…
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Europe
Wilhelmsen and Wallenius one step closer to merging jointly owned investments
Wilhelmsen and Wallenius have signed an agreement leading to a new ownership structure for their jointly owned investments in Wallenius…
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Europe
Gary Vogel joins Ship Finance International board
John Fredriksen’s Ship Finance International Limited has appointed Gary Vogel, the current chief executive of Eagle Bulk Shipping, to its…
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Europe
Maritime & Merchant Bank launches
Maritime & Merchant Bank (M&M), a niche Norwegian bank for the shipping and offshore sector, opened its doors for business…
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Europe
Figenschou tapped to lead Aurora LPG
Aurora LPG, fresh from being bought out by BW LPG, has appointed Aage Figenschou as its new CEO with immediate…
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Europe
Farstad stops paying interest to creditors
Farstad Shipping’s takeover by Siem, first announced on November 24, has yet to be finalised. As a result Farstad has…
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Europe
Fredriksen old boys’ club targets cheap drilling assets with ‘son of Seadrill’
A clutch of former confidantes of John Fredriksen have come together to make a big splash in the drilling sector.…
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Asia
EMAS Chiyoda Subsea buys time from Forland Shipping
Norway’s Forland Shipping, the owner of subsea vessel , has said it has reached a temporary agreement with EMAS Chiyoda…
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Europe
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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Asia
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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Europe
Höegh LNG signs 20-year FSRU deal in Pakistan
Norway’s Höegh LNG has signed an FSRU contract with Global Energy Infrastructure Limited (GEIL) for an LNG import project in…
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Europe
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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Greater China
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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Europe
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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Europe
Viking Supply Ships closes Russian offices
Viking Supply Ships (VSS) has announced that it has has decided to close down its offices in Moscow and Sakhalin…
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Europe
DeepOcean awarded subsea work by Statoil
DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Statoil to provide survey and light construction services in 2017. Offshore work will…
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