Diamond Offshore has taken delivery of the Ocean BlackHawk, the first of four newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships. According to Diamond Offshore’s President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Dickerson, the vessel will soon begin a journey to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, where it will embark on a five year contract with Anadarko. Mr. Dickerson also informed […]
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Horizon Survey and Geotechnical Companies (Horizon) announce the delivery of their new build DP2 Geotechnical Drillship, ‘Quest Horizon’. The 65m vessel was commissioned and designed specifically to support Horizon’s geotechnical drilling projects. The ‘Quest Horizon’ can also be utilised for survey, ROV and light construction activities. The vessel is currently located in the United Arab […]
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Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (CIMC Raffles), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CIMC Group, has secured an order from a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norshore Holdings AS to build 1 unit of Multi-Purpose Drillship. The drillship is scheduled to be delivered in the second half year of 2016 .In addition, Norshore has options to build up to […]
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Vantage Drilling Company (“Vantage” or the “Company”) announced that Sigma Drilling Ltd. (“Sigma”) has terminated the construction contract for a new, high-specification drillship with STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.(STX). STX had notified Sigma that it was suspending activity on the project on August 29, 2013 due to efforts to restructure their operations and finances. […]
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Atwood Oceanics, Inc. announced the delivery of the Atwood Advantage from the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. The Atwood Advantage has departed the DSME shipyard and commenced its drilling services contract with Noble Energy, Inc. Following its mobilization to the U. S. Gulf of Mexico, the Atwood Advantage […]
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Following positive feedback and strong enquiries from the market, Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), is proceeding with the building of its new CAN DO drillship. When completed in 2016, the drillship is expected to be a state-of-the-art deepwater exploration, development and completion drilling vessel. […]
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Northern Offshore, Ltd. announced that the company has executed a letter of intent with CAMAC International Limited, an affiliate of CAMAC Energy Inc., for the drillship Energy Searcher. The letter of intent, which is subject to customary conditions, provides for a subsidiary of Northern Offshore to work towards executing a definitive drilling contract on or […]
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Tower Resources plc (the “Company” or “Tower”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Neptune Petroleum (Namibia) Limited (“Neptune”), has received formal notification from Repsol Exploration (Namibia) (Pty) Limited (“Repsol”), the Operator of Namibia PEL0010 (Neptune 30% working interest), that the scheduled arrival of the Rowan Renaissance Drillship in Walvis Bay, Namibia, will be delayed by approximately one […]
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The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited refers to its announcement on 22 July 2010 in relation to the turn-key EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract worth more than US$500 million secured by the Company’s subsidiary, COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd. with Dalian Deepwater Development Ltd to build an advanced and versatile DP3 […]
Transocean Ltd. announced it has been awarded a five-year contract for a newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillship by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Shipyard delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2016. After customer acceptance, the contract is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2016, contributing an estimated revenue backlog of approximately $1.1 billion, […]
