South & Central Asia

India: Cochin Shipyard Delivers Skandi Hawk to DOF

India: Cochin Shipyard Delivers Skandi Hawk to DOF

DOF ASA’s subsidiary, DOF Rederi II AS, , has today taken delivery of Skandi Hawk from Cochin Shipyard in India. The vessel is a combined CSV/PSV of STX PSV 09 CD design and the second vessel in a series of two vessels from the same yard.   The Skandi Hawk’s overall length is 88.1 m and [...]

IEV Prevents Marine Growth Offshore India

IEV Prevents Marine Growth Offshore India

IEV International Limited (“IEV International”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IEV Holdings Limited (“IEV”), received the second award this month to supply its Marine Growth Prevention (“MGP”) technology to new structures located offshore India. In this award from McDermott Middle East Inc., IEV International will provide and install its proprietary “ocean-powered” Marine Growth Prevention systems on [...]

PTTEP Expects First Gas from Bongkot South in 1H 2012

PTTEP Expects First Gas from Bongkot South in 1H 2012

Mr. Anon Sirisaengtaksin , President and CEO of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited or PTTEP, revealed today that PTTEP and its subsidiaries had a better operating results for 2011 than the previous year. In 2012, the company is ready for the first gas from Bongkot South Field in the 1st half while crude [...]

Singapore: Mermaid Maritime Receives LoA for MTR-1 Barge

Singapore: Mermaid Maritime Receives LoA for MTR-1 Barge

Mermaid Maritime’s subsidiary, MTR‐1 (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., has secured a letter of award with an international upstream oil and gas company for accommodation barge support services in Indonesia utilizing the ‘MTR‐1’. The duration of this Contract is for 150 days and has a potential value of USD 4.9 million. The Self Erecting Tender Barge, MTR-1, [...]

Indonesia: PT IEV Takes Part in Offshore Platform Removal

Indonesia: PT IEV Takes Part in Offshore Platform Removal

PT IEV INDONESIA (“PT IEV”), a subsidiary of IEV Holdings Limited, received an award by PT Sempec Indonesia in January 2012 to provide Diamond Wire Cutting Services for the removal of a platform offshore North Madura Island, Indonesia. PT IEV will mobilise a crew of seven specialists to operate 24 hours and three Diamond Wire [...]

Petronas Contracts Nordic Maritime for Seismic Survey Offshore Indonesia

Petronas Contracts Nordic Maritime for Seismic Survey Offshore Indonesia

Nordic Maritime Pte Ltd, in collaboration with PT Elnusa TBK, has recently been awarded the provision of marine seismic data acquisition & processing services for West Glagah Kambuna Block, Offshore North Sumatra –Indonesia, from PETRONAS Carigali (West Glagah Kambuna) LTD (“PCL”) on 13th January 2012. The company’s 2D seismic vessel M/V “Nordic Energy” will start [...]

China: COSCO, Remazel Cooperate in Offshore Equipment Manufacturing

China: COSCO, Remazel Cooperate in Offshore Equipment Manufacturing

The signing ceremony of cooperative agreement between Nantong COSCO Heavy Industry Co.,Ltd. (CHIC) and Italy Remazel Co. was held recently in Shanghai. Mr. Wang Zhihua, General Manager of Nantong COSCO Heavy Industry Co.,Ltd. and Mr. Gianfranco Gamba, CEO of Remazel Co. signed the agreement on each party’s behalf. According to the agreement, the two sides [...]

India: Customs Detains SEAMEC II Vessel

India: Customs Detains SEAMEC II Vessel

Seamec Ltd has informed Bombay Stock Exchange that the SEAMEC II vessel was detained by the Customs for non production of the copy of the original Bill of Entry purported to have filed by the seller of the vessel, an Indian Corporate Entity, at the time of import in the year of 1988. The Company [...]

Dutch Fairstar Expects FORTE in May

Dutch Fairstar Expects FORTE in May

Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) announces that it will take delivery of the 50,000DWT semi-submersible vessel FORTE, currently under construction by Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI) in China, on May 23, 2012. Willem Out, Chief Operating Officer of Fairstar, visited the FORTE just before the beginning of the Chinese New Year Holiday. He reported “GSI has [...]

Big Spenders Optimistic over 2012 Outlook

Oil and gas industry leaders have forecast improved performance and higher levels of capital expenditure this year, despite concerns over global economic instability, according to a new report on the future of the sector. Increased investment across the industry will focus on exploration activity, with North America emerging as the area with the greatest opportunities [...]


 




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