BAE Systems yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the first of four platform supply vessels it’s building for Jackson Offshore Operators. The new vessels, which will support drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, reflect BAE Systems’ continued growth in U.S. commercial shipbuilding and its support to the offshore oil and gas industry. The [...]
RDS, the drilling facilities engineering division of KCA Deutag, announced it has signed a contract with Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguacu (EEP Overseas Limited), a newly established Brazilian shipyard. This contract signifies the first project between RDS and EEP. RDS’ core business is to deliver a comprehensive drilling facilities engineering service at every stage of design, [...]
Estaleiros do Brasil Ltda. (EBR), a jointly owned Brazilian company by Toyo Engineering Corporation and SOG – Óleo e Gás S.A. (SOG) , a leading engineering company in Brazil, has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract to install topsides units for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) system. The contract [...]
Subsea 7 S.A. today announced that it has signed a contract to build a new heavy construction vessel which will be delivered in 2016. The new vessel will be one of the most capable heavy construction vessels in Subsea 7’s fleet of over 40 ships. She will be deployed globally to meet increasing market demands [...]
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Sevan Drilling, a Norway-based drilling contractor which owns a fleet of Ultra Deepwater drilling rigs of a specific cylindrical design, yesterday, during its Investor Day presentation announced it would not take options for the rigs 5. and 6. at Cosco shipyard. The company’s representatives said they wanted to focus on securing a contract for its rig [...]
Excelerate Energy and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) have filed their formal application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct a floating offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification facility . “The filing represents a major milestone in the permitting process and signifies a step closer to receiving approval to build and operate [...]
Perdido is the world’s deepest offshore oil drilling and production platform. The following video shows the construction of this platform, which demanded international expertise, with equipment brought in from around the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbWO6WmGCmU Moored in 2,450 metres (8,000 feet) of water in the Gulf of Mexico, it opens up a new frontier in deep-water oil [...]
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Executives and employees from BAE Systems and GulfMark gathered recently at the BAE Systems’ facility in Mobile to oversee the initial cutting of steel for the vessel’s first module, which is expected to be delivered in the second half of 2014. The BAE Systems-built 300-Class Green DP2 vessels are designed by MMC Ship Design & [...]
Today Heerema Fabrication Group’s Zwijndrecht yard in the Netherlands officially started the construction of the integrated production Montrose BLP (bridge linked platform) topsides for client Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited. At the end of last year HFG’s Zwijndrecht fabrication facility signed the contract with Talisman Sinopec Energy for the fabrication of the 8,500 tons Montrose [...]
Tome Ferrostaal, a joint venture between Tome Engenharia and Ferrostaal in Brazil, has selected Intergraph(®) SmartMarine(®) Enterprise solutions, distributed by Sisgraph, as part of a project with Petrobras, one of the world’s largest energy companies. Intergraph’s enterprise engineering software will be used to construct the topsides of six identical floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) [...]
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