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Seadrill Offshore Services Links With Malaysia's SDRL

Nov 05, 2012

SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SDRL)  & Seadrill Limited  sign MOU to integrate their tender rig businesses.The new and restructured tender rig business will mark a new phase of cooperation between the two companies. The enlarged tender rig business under SapuraKencana will comprise…

Seadrill Orders New Ultra-deepwater Drillship

Sep 24, 2012

Seadrill has entered into a turnkey contract to build a new ultra-deepwater drillship at the Samsung yard in South Korea, for 2014 delivery.The project value price is estimated to be around US$600 million (including project management, drilling and handling tools…

Esa Ikaheimonen Joins Transocean Ltd

Sep 10, 2012

Esa Ikaheimonen Joins Transocean Ltd.Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) announced today that Esa Ikäheimonen will succeed Gregory L. Cauthen as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on November 15, 2012. Based in Geneva…

Aker Solutions to Supply Six Jurong Shipyard Drillships

Aug 27, 2012

Aker Solutions wins contract to supply drilling equipment packages for a series of six deepwater drillships for the Brazilian market. The six new vessels will be operated by Norwegian drilling operators Seadrill and Odfjell Drilling (3 each) under 15-year charter contracts from Petrobras…

Drillship Contracts Worth US$4-billion Awarded to Sembcorp

Aug 08, 2012

Sembcorp Marine secures US$ 4.032 Billion drillship contracts from Sete Brasil.Sembcorp Marine Ltd, through Jurong Offshore Pte Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiarieshas secured contracts from Sete Brasil Participacǒes S.A. (Sete Brasil), for the…

Rolls-Royce to Power High-tech Drillships

Jul 25, 2012

Rolls-Royce awarded contracts worth over £70-million to supply large thrusters for offshore drilling vessels.These latest orders, which include options for additional thrusters, are from a variety of customers who are expanding their drillship…

OSX Will Construct PLSV for New Client

Feb 28, 2012

OSX was hired by Sapura Navegação Marítima S/A for the construction of one PLSV (Pipe-Laying Support Vessel), for a total amount of approximately US$ 263 million, to be built and delivered by OSX at the Açu Shipbuilding Unit, in the north of the State of Rio de Janeiro…

Keppel Details FY 2011 Results

Jan 26, 2012

The Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the full year ended 31 December 2011. The FY 2011 Report Card and the Address by Mr Choo Chiau Beng, Chief Executive Officer, are below. The…

Dockwise Secures $55m in Contracts

Dec 21, 2011

Dockwise Ltd. announced 12 new awards totaling $55m, of which six, to the value of more than $15m, are for execution in Q4 2011. The remaining contracts are for execution in 2012 and 2013. Furthermore the company has entered into a Master Service…

Big Rig Orders to Noreq

Oct 20, 2011

During recent weeks, Noreq has been awarded several major contracts with Asian yards. Both Korea and Singapore is growing to be very important markets for Noreq. Some weeks back it was made official that Noreq was awarded the contract for Lifeboat…

Kongsberg Opens New Mexican Service Hub

Sep 09, 2011

Kongsberg Maritime Mexico S.A. DE C.V., became fully operational out of its new facility in the city of Veracruz this summer. As an extension to Kongsberg Maritime’s worldwide service network, the new service hub will offer service and support…

Statoil: Securing More Rig Capacity

Sep 09, 2011

Statoil has signed a contract with North Atlantic Norway to hire the West Hercules rig which can be used for exploration and production drilling internationally and on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).Statoil has signed an agreement with North Atlantic Norway Ltd (Norwegian Branch)…

Statoil Awards Rig Contract to Dolphin AS

Mar 23, 2010

Statoil has awarded a contract to Dolphin AS and a letter of intent to Seadrill for two rigs which will operate on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The Bideford Dolphin rig has won a three-year contract with start-up from 27 January 2011…

Athens Group Third Year of Growth

Jan 26, 2010

Athens Group announced a 64% increase in year-over-year revenue for 2009 as well as a 225% increase in booked business for 2010. Athens Group is experiencing a growing demand for its Drilling Technology Assurance (DTA) Services on newbuilds…

Keppel FELS 6th Drilling Rig for Seadrill

Dec 14, 2009

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track to deliver West Vencedor, the sixth of seven KFELS semisubmersible drilling tenders (SSDT) to Seadrill Limited before the end of 2009. The completion of this project on time and within budget, will…

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