Tag: Northern Drilling

COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2022: Day 4 to 6: Global Marine, Jan de Nul, Seatankers, Østensjø Rederi, Reach; Transocean and DSME; liftboat safety [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Salvage Operations, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a ..

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COLUMN | “Oops!… I did it again” – Transocean, Saipem, Northern Drilling, Swire Pacific Offshore and Ocean Infinity [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Salvage Operations, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Pop star Britney Spears was so right when she warned of the dangers of repetition (here). Recent weeks in the offshore industry have seen several major players are doing ..

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COLUMN | Offshore is back: Keppel, Borr Drilling, Northern Ocean, Seatankers, Dolphin Drilling and Standard [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

We highlighted last week (here) that Middle Eastern demand is running red hot for jackups, and that prices have now passed the US$100 million per rig mark again. Thus, we ..

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COLUMN | Falling knives and walking away: drilling contractors, Chinese yards, Korean cast-offs, Northern Drilling, SinoOcean and the Tiger rigs – Part One [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Sometimes it is not only easier to walk away, but actually better The deepwater drilling industry is in crisis, as you know. In 2020, four major owners of deepwater rigs ..

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COLUMN | Maersk/Noble: Danish retreat from oil and gas raises bigger questions [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

On November 10, drilling giants Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling announced their merger (here). The new company will own 20 floaters and 19 jackups. Each company’s ..

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