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COLUMN | There’s a price to be paid: ADES, Seadrill, and Icon jackup rigs; Sapura; Adnoc Drilling, Aban and others; Saipem and Lukoil [Offshore Accounts]

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

Eighteen months ago, we highlighted (here) the transformation of the Middle Eastern oilfield services market as big, state-owned players in Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, an ..

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COLUMN | A tale of six restructurings: Polarcus, Seadrill, Diamond Offshore, Siem Offshore, SeaBird Exploration, and Pacific Radiance [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Seabed Mining, Standby, Rescue & Emergency Services, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Charles Dickens offered only A Tale of Two Cities. This week, I offer a tale of no less than six restructurings, as the crisis in the offshore sector comes to a head. One ..

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COLUMN | About damn time: Tullow merges with Capricorn; Siem returns to profit; Shell approves Crux FLNG project in Australia as Prelude FLNG unions act [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Construction, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

Curvy, body positive American singer Lizzo’s new single “About Damn Time” has stormed to number one on the Billboard Chart in the US, and into the top ten i ..

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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 | 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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COLUMN | Do it yourself, Gulf style: Middle Eastern states invest in offshore oilfield services companies [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Crew Transfer, Dive Support, Dry Cargo World, Gas Tanker World, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore World, Pilotage, Platform Supply, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

In Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, public investment by petro-states is increasingly focused on squeezing out private sector businesses in oilfield services, especially ..

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