R-R teams up with Petrobras
ROLLS-ROYCE has secured a £38million contract to supply a newly developed anchor-handling system that will enable floating production units to be secured to the seabed in extreme conditions offshore Brazil, where a string of large discoveries awaits development.
Published: 01/06/2009
Helix has shipshape solution for GoM
THE Helix Energy Solutions floating production unit, Helix Producer I (HPI), has arrived in the US Gulf of Mexico following major modifications at a shipyard in Greece to continue preparations for installation in the company’s Phoenix deepwater field in Green Canyon blocks 236 and 237 in Q1 2010.
Published: 01/06/2009
Hallin grasps Pearl package
FOOTSIE-LISTED Hallin Marine has teamed with GeoLab to win the vessel and ROV contract for the Pearl GTL project under development by Shell and Qatar Petroleum.
Published: 01/06/2009
Norwegian yard wins $110million contract
STX Norway Offshore has been contracted to construct three North Caspian capability icebreaker tugs for JSC Circle Marine Invest.
Published: 04/05/2009
Orders, a cancellation and setting new world records
Swire Pacific Offshore has signed a shipbuilding contract with Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine) to design and construct a new seismic acquisition vessel.
Published: 06/04/2009
Pioneering Azurite Africa-bound on maiden voyage
Prosafe Production’s innovative hybrid Azurite floating, drilling, production, storage and offloading vessel (FDPSO) is on its maiden voyage en route from the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore to its first contract – working offshore the Republic of Congo.
Published: 02/03/2009
Global LNG tanker fleet reaches 300
It took 34 years for the in-service fleet of LNG carriers to reach 100 vessels and a further eight years for it to break through the 200-vessel barrier. Now, the 300-ship mark has been reached just over two-and-a-half years later, according to LNG World Shipping.
Published: 02/02/2009
