“When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” American baseball star Yogi Berra once said. Maersk Drilling now admits that it stands at a crossroads, as per the tit ..
Author: Hieronymus Bosch
This anonymous commentator is our insider in the world of offshore oil and gas operations. With decades in the business and a raft of contacts, this is the go-to column for the behind-the-scenes wheelings and dealings of the volatile offshore market.
Last week saw a legal ruling against Royal Dutch Shell in the district court in The Hague regarding the company’s efforts to reduce its carbon emissions. Shell must red ..
Holland’s Glorie is a novel published in 1940 by the Dutch writer Jan de Hartog. The novel glorified the life of the pre-war salvage master. In English, it was publishe ..
As the end of the quarter nears, we give you a cool quartet of updates on stories and companies in the offshore sector. We begin with a wait of over three years. Teras Ly ..
We return once again to the issue of subsea mining this week. This means we can’t offer any insight into the tragic loss of the Afcons Infrastructure work barge P305, w ..
Last week we looked at mistakes – mistakes from lenders in Singapore to Swiber and KrisEnergy (here), and a terrible error of judgement that led to the capsizing and si ..
Last week, Norwegian floating accommodation provider Prosafe finally announced (here) some good news, albeit not for its shareholders, who are about to be wiped out. Like ..
There’s so much not to talk about this week. We’re not talking about Tidewater Earlier this month, industry leader Tidewater reported its quarterly results (here) wit ..
The tragic sinking of the liftboat Seacor Power with the loss of thirteen lives when it capsized on April 13 in a squall three hours after departing Port Fourchon, Louisi ..
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