The product will enable the delivery of electro and automation systems for large, electric propulsion vessels, such as drilling rigs and tankers, large passenger and cruise ships, various offshore service vessels
Norway’s Statoil has awarded Songa Offshore with contracts for two newbuild “cat D” semisubmersible rigs. This award follows the agreement of July 2011 between Songa Rig AS and Statoil for the first two cat D rigs. The contract period is for eight years with an aggregated value of USD 2.66 Billion, with options for extensions [...]
Petrobras announces the cancelation of the bidding process to hire the services and charter of 21 drilling rigs to be built in Brazil. Petrobras will immediately start negotiations with the two companies, Ocean Rig do Brasil Ltda and Sete Brasil Participações S.A., with the goal of getting better contract conditions. Petrobras received on October 3, [...]
KONGSBERG has been awarded a significant offshore automation contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The contract covers deliveries to two semi-submersible drilling rigs (Cat-D), with an option for KONGSBERG to deliver products and services for two more semi-submersible drilling rigs. “This is what we call a ‘Full Picture’ solution from Kongsberg Maritime, as [...]
Subsea 7, through its i-Tech division, announces today the award by Statoil ASA for the provision of ROV services onboard China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL)’s new build Innovator and Promoter rigs currently under construction in China. i-Tech’s workscope includes the provision of two new build Centurion QX work class and two existing Tiger observation class [...]
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS for an ultra harsh environment jack-up rig to carry out subsea field development of the Brynhild Field in Norway. The contract will be for MAERSK GUARDIAN or MÆRSK GIANT to be declared by 1 January 2013. The firm contract duration is for three wells of [...]
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard and Seadrill Limited set a key milestone on November 5, 2011 with the double naming of high-specification, ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs West Capricorn and West Leo. The double rig naming – a first for Seadrill and Jurong Shipyard – witnessed the christening of West Capricorn by Ms Evelyn MacLean and [...]
Ensco plc reported diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.88 for third quarter 2011, compared to $0.92 per share in third quarter 2010. There were no discontinued operations in third quarter 2011. Losses from discontinued operations in third quarter 2010 were $0.01 per share related to a rig that was reclassified as held [...]
Chinese yard China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has recently signed an order for two jack-up rigs with Singapore-listed Falcon Energy Group (FEG) . The order includes options for two repeat rigs. The rigs are of the GustoMSC CJ46-X100-D design, capable of drilling in a water depth of about 375 ft. Rig construction is expected to [...]
During recent weeks, noreq has been awarded several major contracts with Asian yards. Both Korea and Singapore is growing to be very important markets for Noreq. Some weeks back it was made official that Noreq was awarded the contract for Lifeboat packages for Maersk drillships being built with Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. This week, [...]
