On 27 May 2013 Karoon signed an agreement with CGGVeritas Services SA for a marine 3D seismic survey (Chrysalids) over permit WA‐482‐P in the offshore northern Carnarvon Basin. The survey is for a total of approximately 2,386 square kilometres. This survey is to delineate leads and other prospects identified on existing 2D and 3D seismic [...]
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Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced that it has closed the previously announced sale of its pipelay vessel, the Caesar, to Trevaskis Ltd. Cash proceeds of approximately $108 million of the total selling price of approximately $138 million were received at closing; the Company had previously received a $30 million cash deposit for this transaction [...]
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Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (the “Company” or “Ocean Rig”), a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that it has received a Letter of Award for its ultra deepwater drillship “Ocean Rig Skyros”, from a major oil company. The Letter of Award is for 5 wells or a minimum of 275 days contract for [...]
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Reach Subsea has entered into a charter party agreement with Bourbon for the MPSV “Bourbon Emerald” for 140 days + options. The vessel will be equipped with the company’s own ROVs for operations in the North Sea and under the Joint Venture with Marin Mætteknik. Further, Reach Subsea has entered into a contract with Petromarker [...]
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Osiris Projects has announced that their latest custom build survey vessel, to be launched in August 2013, will be named ‘Proteus.’ The 14.0m GRP survey caramaran is based on a popular and well proven design within the industry. The hull design ensures exceptional manoeuvrability at both low and high speeds and incorporates a low drag [...]
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On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 CARIS’ former colleague, Björn van Vliet, took over command of the Royal Netherlands Navy hydrographic vessel Zr. Ms. Luymes. Having already worked for the Dutch Navy for 13 years, Björn started working at CARIS BV in June 2007 where he proved to be a very good colleague with excellent knowledge [...]
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On 27 November 2011, the 34 year old Cook Islands-registered general cargo ship Swanland experienced a structural failure when heading directly into rough seas and gale force winds while on passage from Llanddulas, Wales to Cowes, Isle of Wight with a cargo of limestone. The vessel sank about 17 minutes later. Two of the vessel’s [...]
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Samsung Heavy Industries’ Nigerian subsidiary announces the award of a new order to build an FPSO vessel worth around $3 billion. The FPSO, being built for an unnamed customer, will become the largest vessel of its kind in the world, and is expected to begin production in 2017. The vessel will be 330 metres (1,082 [...]
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Incat Crowther and Marine Engineering Consultants (MEC) announced the commencement of the construction of a 24m long-range Catamaran Patrol Vessel to work in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA). The GBRWHA is jointly managed by Queensland’s Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing (DNPRSR) and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [...]
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Atlantic Offshore has ordered a new vessel valued EUR 25 million from the Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards in Bilbao. The ship is the ninth newbuilding and the company expects that there will be more new vessel in the fleet over the next few years. This is the third time the Bilbao based shipyard constructs vessels [...]
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