Tag: The Metals Company

COLUMN | The last four of the twelve days of Christmas: Myanmar’s misery, floating wind’s progress, Bourbon’s revival, P&O Maritime’s hubris, and Standard Drilling’s transformation [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

Hope you had a very Merry Christmas – unless, of course, you are of the Orthodox faith, in which case you have to wait until January 7 for Christmas. This week, we clos ..

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COLUMN | Surprises from the war in Ukraine: BP in Mauritania, P&O Maritime, USM Holdings, Viking Supply Ships, Sevnor, OSM, PXGEO [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Boxship World, Dry Cargo World, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Seabed Mining, Ship World Features, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Last week (here) we looked at the impact of the horrific Russian invasion of Ukraine. Brent crude closed on Friday at US$118 per barrel. Russian artillery and missiles po ..

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COLUMN | What does the future look like? More private equity deals – Esvagt, Havfram, JP Morgan, Huisman, Nabors, James Fisher and The Metals Company [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Seabed Mining, Standby, Rescue & Emergency Services, Work Boat World Features.

This week has seen a number of big deals, and a couple of big stumbles. Money is sloshing through the renewables sector like there is no tomorrow. Private equity is enjoy ..

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COLUMN | Disappearing acts: Mozambique’s tuna money, The Metals Company’s alleged big investor, and LNG CO2 emissions [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Catching, Fishing Boat World Features, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Seabed Mining, Work Boat World Features.

Last week we looked (here) the multiple cases of corruption and bribery that have stained the oil and gas industry’s reputation in recent years from Angola to Azerbaija ..

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COLUMN | Quick updates: Shell’s Prelude fiasco, The Metals Company’s Siberian challenge, Chevron’s CCS problems, whilst BP and Socar face corruption claims in Azerbaijan! [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Seabed Mining, Work Boat World Features.

Two weeks ago we looked at some surprises that were perhaps quite predictable (here); time for an update on developments in Australia at Prelude and Gorgon, two of the mo ..

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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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