Vessels News


Oceaneering inks 10-year ROV deal off Canada

May 25, 2017

Oceaneering International subsidiary Oceaneering Canada Ltd., has entered into a 10-year deal with a major international oil and gas company to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services and equipment for projects offshore of Newfoundland and Labrador…

Vallianz inks OSV deals worth US$115 million

May 23, 2017

Vallianz Holdings secured long-term charter contracts for four vessels valued at up to US$115 million in total in the Middle East, Egypt, and Turkmenistan. The contracts mark Vallianz’s entry into two new markets in the Middle East and Central Asia…

Statoil to drill Vigdis with Bideford Dolphin

May 22, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has approved for Statoil to use the Bideford Dolphin mobile drilling facility for production drilling at Vigdis in the Norwegian North Sea. Statoil is to plug the B-1 AH production well on the Vigdis field…

Ocean Yield extends Lewek Connector charter

May 19, 2017

Ocean Yield has agreed a contract extension on its four-month bareboat charter of the Lewek Connector subsea construction vessel with a related company of Ezra Holdings at a rate of US$40,000/day. The initial contract was for four months…

Keppel O&M set to deliver SOCAR newbuild

May 18, 2017

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) is set to deliver SOCAR’s newbuild, the recently named Heydar Aliyev semisubmersible drilling rig. Keppel O&M through its subsidiary in Azerbaijan, Caspian Shipyard Co. (CSC), will deliver the Heydar Aliyev to Caspian Drilling Co…

M² Subsea inks Nord Stream 2, Baltic Sea work

May 18, 2017

The Go Electra, from M2 Subsea. M² Subsea secured its first contract award that will see the firm supply the Go Electra vessel, ROVs and personnel to support survey work on the world’s longest subsea pipeline system…

WGEG predicts rig market to decline

May 18, 2017

Westwood Global Energy Group (WGEG) predicts to see stagnation in terms of dollar demand through to early next decade before signs of a recovery emerge. This is due primarily to the marked oversupply of equipment. Most critically, the newbuild offshore rig market (comprising jackups…

Cairn finds further Senegal success

May 18, 2017

Cairn Energy’s latest SNE well offshore Senegal, SNE-6, has proved to be successful, with the confirmation of good connectivity with the SNE-5 well. Map of Senegal, from Cairn. Cairn…

Petrobras flows at Lula Sul

May 18, 2017

Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) started production from the Lula Sul field offshore Brazil with the P-66 floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit. Image from Petrobras Twitter. Lula…

Faroe to drill Brasse duo with Deepsea Bergen

May 16, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has approved Faroe Petroleum to drill two exploration wells at the Brasse prospect in the North Sea, starting next month. Brasse (well 31/7-1) is some 97km west of Øygarden in Hordaland county in production license 740…

GMS close to Evolution cantilever launch

May 16, 2017

Gulf Marine Services is close to putting its new cantilever system on its GMS Evolution self propelled jackup barge into system.  The cantilever system will enable the firm to compete for well workover and intervention work that was previously…

LQT inks GoM, South America work

May 15, 2017

LQT Industries has been awarded multiple Gulf of Mexico projects including aluminum accommodation rental packages, construction, and refurbishment projects. LQT is providing aluminum accommodation packages for major oil and gas operators on two separate offshore platforms…

Repsol's Stordal comes up dry

May 12, 2017

Repsol Norge has come up dry at the Stordal wildcat in the Norwegian Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Map of Stordal in PL 705, from the NPD. Upon completing drilling operations at Stordal (well 6705/7-1)…

Fugro starts Mareano survey in Barents Sea

May 09, 2017

Fugro started the Mareano hydrographic survey encompassing an area of Norwegian waters of approximately 15,000sq km. The MV Fugro Helmert, from Fugro.  The contract was awarded…

SeaBird inks South America 2D LOI

May 09, 2017

SeaBird Exploration signed a letter of intent for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. The project is estimated to start in the first half of Q3, and will have a duration of approximately two and a half months.  SeaBird will be using the Northern Explorer for the project.

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