BW Offshore Archives - Baird Maritime

January 18, 2021

Hydrocarbon exposure leaves two dead on FPSO in Côte d’Ivoire

Written by Baird Maritime on January 18, 2021. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage.

Two people are confirmed to have died in an incident on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel operated by BW Offshore in Côte d’Ivoire on ..

November 27, 2020

COLUMN | Quick updates: BW Offshore, Cadeler, MMA Offshore, McDermott, James Fisher, Noble Drilling, Maersk Drilling, Ocean Infinity, Kris Energy and Rubicon [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on November 27, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Operations & Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.

After announcing in October that it would liquidate the subsidiary that owns the FPSO Umuroa, and hand the idle vessel to the company administrators to maintain, remove ..

July 29, 2020

BW Offshore secures FPSO lease extension from Vaalco Energy

Written by Baird Maritime on July 29, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore Processing & Storage.

BW Offshore has received a one-year contract extension for the lease and operation of the floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Petróleo Nautipa. The ..

January 15, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – January 15, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on January 15, 2021. Posted in Crew Transfer, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Well Intervention.

Charters for offshore vessels are already on the rise this early in 2021, indicating the much anticipated growth of a resilient sector that is steadily overcoming the ..

November 16, 2020

COLUMN | Don’t walk away: how Australia and New Zealand got decommissioning wrong – Part One [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on November 16, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

New Zealand and Australia are both seen as paragons of good government around the world. They consistently score highly in quality of life surveys, reported corruption is ..

July 3, 2020

Pirates kidnap nine FPSO crew offshore Nigeria

Written by Baird Maritime on July 3, 2020. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Piracy.

BW Offshore has confirmed that a kidnapping incident occurred on one of its floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSO) in Nigerian waters on Thursday, July ..

December 8, 2020

COLUMN | Do it yourself: oil companies buy rigs and boats in bargain basement (except Energean) [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on December 8, 2020. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

Boat and rig prices fall. Oil and gas producers buy boats and rigs because they are so cheap. Oil and gas producers own and operate the cheap boats and rigs themselves ..

August 12, 2020

BW Offshore confirms release of FPSO crew abducted by pirates

Written by Baird Maritime on August 12, 2020. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Piracy.

BW Offshore has confirmed that the nine Nigerian crewmen who had been kidnapped by pirates from the floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Sendje Berge ..

June 15, 2020

BW Offshore awarded FPSO lease extension by Petrobras

Written by Baird Maritime on June 15, 2020. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage.

BW Offshore has received a notice from Petrobras extending the lease and operation agreement of the floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) BW Cidade de ..