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Sat-comms developments

Oct 03, 2014

Customized data communication solutions are required in the offshore industry, particularly for rigs and seismic vessels, where data collected is needed in real-time onshore for processing. Airbus Defence and Space’s sales subsidiary…

Swissco acquires four more rigs

Oct 01, 2014

Singapore’s Swissco completed the acquisition of four additional mobile offshore drilling units, bringing their rig fleet to eight. Swissco’s previous four rigs have contracts for an oil major in Latin America worth approximately US$94…

Semco Maritime secures UK rig projects

Sep 24, 2014

Semco Martime received their first orders for their rig projects at Invergordon, UK, which include equipment, upgrading two Prospector Drilling jackup rigs and the Songa Offshore semisubmersible rig Songa Dee.  Songa…

Lundin to spud Indonesian well

Sep 23, 2014

Lundin Gurita BV is expected to spud the Gobi-1 well offshore Indonesia by mid-October, announced joint venture partner, Nido Petroleum Ltd. The rig the company expects to use for the well, located in West Natuna basin, will be available by early October…

Sevan considers delayed unit's options

Sep 22, 2014

Sevan Drilling has agreed a 'standstill' arrangement with Cosco (Qidong) Offshore over its drillship, the Sevan Developer. Significant delays in the build of the new deepwater drilling facility, and a drop in the market for deepwater units…

Saudi Aramco selects Aqualis for rig moving

Sep 17, 2014

Aqualis Offshore, part of Aqualis, has signed a three-year rig moving services contract with Saudi Aramco for the firm's jackups in the Arabian Gulf.  Aqualis Offshore will support Saudi Aramco with rig moving services and personnel from Aqualis Offshore’s offices in the Middle East region…

Korea looks to western engineering expertise

Sep 16, 2014

South Korea has become an international shipbuilding power-house – a name-plate for dozens of global mega-projects stretching from New Foundland to Australia.  What is described as “the largest fabrication facility in the world” is in…

BHI international rig count for August 2014

Sep 09, 2014

Baker Hughes issued the August 2014 international rotary drilling rig count, showing a total of 1339 rigs operating worldwide in August 2014, outside of the US & Canada. The results show a decrease of 43 from the 1382 counted in July 2014…

SHI picks ABB for Ocean Rig MODUs

Sep 09, 2014

ABB is to deliver total power solutions to Ocean Rig’s two new seventh generation integrated design mobile offshore drilling units (MODU), being built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) at Goeje shipyard in Korea. The contract includes…

Sevan Louisiana issues continue

Sep 08, 2014

Sevan Drilling's cylindrical drilling unit, the Sevan Louisiana (pictured), continues to encounter operational difficulties due to the BOP and supporting systems, the firm said today (September 8). An original issue with the unit's BOP…

RDS inked for Sea Lion study

Sep 02, 2014

Rig design and engineering firm RDS has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by AMEC for Premier Oil’s Sea Lion development in the North Falklands Basin. The FEED work is part of AMEC’s overall FEED contract for…

Security offshore: Reigning in complexity

Sep 01, 2014

Vigilance remains key when it comes to offshore cyber security. Gregory Hale explains. Interconnected systems can be risky. Photo: OE Staff. Computer networks on offshore oil…

Point by point: The business of FPSOs

Sep 01, 2014

In advance of OE’s 2014 Global FPSO Forum, Managing Editor Audrey Leon spoke with Peter Lovie, Senior Advisor, Floating Systems for Peter M Lovie PE, LLC, and program chair for Global FPSO Forum; Arjan Voogt, MARIN USA; and Bruce Crager, Endeavor Management…

Energean buys tender assist rig

Aug 27, 2014

Greece-based exploration firm Energean Oil & Gas has launched a US$225 million investment program to develop 30MMbbl of reserves in North West Greece and to increase production from the Prinos, Prinos North and Epsilon fields to 10,000bbl/day by 2016…

Bush Library offers "Rigs to Reefs" discussion

Aug 13, 2014

Marine scientist Dr. Quenton Dokken will examine the 'Rigs to Reefs' program, an effort to transform oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico into artificial reefs, on 26 August at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University…

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