GC Rieber Shipping has agreed a time charter agreement with Senvion for the construction support vessel (CSV) Polar Queen for use on offshore wind farms. The contract is for a fixed period of seven months with options to extend by up to three months…
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has ended a charter contract for the EM Leader, as its vessel utilization increased in Q2 2016, compared to last year. The EM Leader, from EMGS. The…
Technip’s US arm has awarded Boa a contract for light construction, heavy lift and possible umbilical lay operations and installations in the Gulf of Mexico for up to five months, including mobilization and options. The scope of work…
Quest Offshore assesses the drilling, subsea, and marine construction dynamics affecting of one of the world’s pre-eminent deepwater basins amid the downturn. The Gulf of Mexico has long been a region of critical importance to the global deepwater industry…
Farstad Shipping has been awarded two charter contracts from Petrobras for operations offshore Brazil. There will be a four-year contract for the PSV Far Strider expected to begin in April 2016. Petrobras has also awarded the anchor…
Det Norske's Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading vessel has returned to full capacity after an electric fault was fixed. The fault, which occurred late November, was in the high voltage drive motor for one of the gas export compressors on Alvheim…
Conductor Installation Services (CIS) successfully completed its second subsea piling campaign for Technip in Norway. Deck Layout close-up. Image from Technip. CIS used its remotely operated Subsea Piling System…
A letter of award has been announced and signed by Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS), worth approximately US$15.3 million, with a repeat customer in India. The survey, which is located off the eastern coast of India, is expected to start in early January 2016 by the vessel BOA Thalassa…
Electromagnetic Geoservices EMGS signed a US$7 million contract extension with an oil company in Malaysia. The vessel BOA Thalassa commenced the extension of the survey on 21 October, and expected duration of the survey is approximately 1…
Electromagnetic Geoservcies (EMGS) signed an extended charter agreement for the vessel BOA Thalassa with BOA SBL (owner of the vessel) at new and improved commercial terms. The new terms are valid as of 1 October 2015. The Galatea and Thalassa vessels…
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) signed a multi-client acquisition agreement with the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in India. The agreement grants EMGS a two-year permit to acquire 3D EM multi-client data within a 325,000sq km area off West coast India…
Dutch motion-compsenated gangway firm Ampelmann has been awarded a contract by Boa Marine Services (BMS) for a gangway solution for the ExxonMobil-operated Gulf of Mexico Julia project. The work scope of Ampelmann comprises transferring…
Det norske is ramping up activity and production on its Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The FPSO (pictured), which produces Alvheim field (comprising the Kneler…
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has received a letter of award (LOA) for a contract worth approximately US$4.2 million from an oil company for 3D EM data acquisition over their operated area in Malaysia. The two parties have entered into a two-year contract…
InterMoor completed its role in the largest foundation installation project offshore Trinidad and Tobago to date. The final stage of the project involved hooking up Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.’s Ocean Victory semisubmersible drilling rig…