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Wilson snaps up three bulkers at Wuxue Janda
Oslo: Short sea operator Wilson has signed a shipbuilding contract with Chinese yard Wuxue Janda Shipbuilding for the construction of…
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FMC Technologies and Technip form subsea giant
Oslo: Oil service giants FMC Technologies and Technip have signed a joint venture deal that will combine the two companies’…
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Secondary listing green light for Fredriksen bulker vehicle
Oslo: Oslo Børs will allow Knightsbridge Shipping Limited – to be renamed Golden Ocean Group – to go for a…
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Old Ocean Produce offloaded
Oslo: Atlantic Offshore has said that supply and rescue vessel Ocean Produce (built 1974) has been sold. The vessel, which…
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Siem Offshore makes structural changes
Oslo: Subsea 7 spinoff, Siem Offshore Inc, has announced a major restructuring of the business to form two separate divisions…
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Nordic American Tankers plans fleet expansion
Oslo: In a letter to shareholders, Nordic American Tankers chairman and ceo Herbjorn Hansson revealed that the company is planning…
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Statoil’s latest gas find
Oslo: Statoil has found gas and is now drilling at wildcat well 6706/12-2, some 6 km west of the Aasta…
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Europe
Knarr field produces first oil for BG Group
Oslo: BG Group has said today that Teekay FPSO Petrojarl Knarr has started production from the Knarr oil field in…
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Nordic American Offshore’s Hansson put his money where his mouth is
Oslo: Executive chairman and president of NYSE-listed Nordic American Offshore (NAO) Herbjorn Hansson has put his money where his mouth…
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Europe
DHT fixes four on time charters
Oslo: New York-listed DHT Holdings has booked time charter contracts for four of its vessels. VLCC DHT Chris (309,285dwt, built…
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Europe
Farstad offloads old AHTS
Oslo: Oslo-listed offshore specialist Farstad has taken a $0.53m loss this quarter by selling an old anchor handler. The AHTS…
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Aker Solutions looks to the future
Oslo: Aker Solutions has showed investors five strategic objectives after splitting in two in September. The company, which meets today…
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Arctic shipping volumes falling despite record ice-melt
Oslo: No records for shipping through Arctic waters are likely to be broken this year, even though meteorologists are predicting…
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Statoil linked with giant US shale acquisitions
Oslo: Norwegian energy giant Statoil is making the most of depressed prices for US shale-related firms, linked with at least…
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Fragile subsea market claims more Norwegian jobs
Oslo: The fragile state of the subsea market has seen more redundancies announced. Dredging specialist X-Subsea’s Norwegian division has been…
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Norwegian oil watchdog comes in for criticism
Oslo: Employees from two of Norway’s most important government watchdogs employed to cover the oil sector have been criticised for…
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Europe
Rosneft terminates drillship contract with North Atlantic Drilling
Oslo: North Atlantic Drilling, the majority owned subsidiary of John Fredriksen-controlled Seadrill, has said that Rosneft has terminated a contract to employ drillship…
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Statoil hands Coor five-year contract
Oslo: Statoil has awarded a contract for offshore facility services on the Statfjord and Snorre fields to Coor Service Management.…
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DOF caps great week with Atlantic contracts
Oslo: Capping off a great week for offshore specialist DOF, a subsidiary has been awarded several contracts in the Atlantic…
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Dolphin drillship contract cancelled
Oslo: Fred. Olsen Energy has said that subsidiary, Dolphin Drilling has received a contract termination for convenience notice from Anadarko…
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