Jackups/Liftboats Archives

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, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

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 ..

November 10, 2020

Maersk Drilling awarded three-well contract by Petrogas

Written by Baird Maritime on November 10, 2020. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction.

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract from Petrogas E&P Netherlands for the harsh environment jackup rig Maersk Resilient to drill three wells at the B13 and A12 ..

September 28, 2020

COLUMN | Sale of the century: DOF, Vroon, Swire, Maersk and POSH shrink too – Part two [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on September 28, 2020. Posted in Anchor Handling, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Wind, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

In Part One (here) we looked at how the biggest names in the offshore sector, Tidewater and Bourbon have drastically shrunk their fleets in the face of pressure from ..

November 23, 2020

COLUMN | Wind farm subsidies: build back bigger and better? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on November 23, 2020. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

“Build back better” is the slogan used shamelessly by both Joe Biden and Boris Johnson. Both believe that the recovery from the pandemic should be spearheaded ..

November 5, 2020

COLUMN | Wind Rush: Cadeler, Scorpio, Vestas, Seaway 7, Van Oord, Cosco, GSP [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on November 5, 2020. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind, Work Boat World Features.

Last month Swire Pacific Offshore announced (here) that its subsidiary, the owner of two jackup windfarm turbine installation vessels (WTIVs), the company formerly known ..

September 22, 2020

Ezion Holdings to sell turbine installation jackup

Written by Baird Maritime on September 22, 2020. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind.

Singapore company Ezion Holdings, through wholly owned subsidiary Teras Pneuma, has entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with British Virgin Islands-based EBO ..

November 12, 2020

Japan Drilling jackup secures contract offshore Indonesia

Written by Baird Maritime on November 12, 2020. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction.

Japan Drilling Company (JDC), through subsidiary Japan Drilling Indonesia, and an unnamed Indonesian shipping company have entered into a drilling contract with ..

October 9, 2020

Maersk Drilling awarded two-well development contract by Dana Petroleum Netherlands

Written by Baird Maritime on October 9, 2020. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction.

Maersk Drilling has secured a contract from Dana Petroleum Netherlands to drill two development wells as part of Project Unity in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The ..

September 17, 2020

Noble Drilling Norway awarded three-well contract

Written by Baird Maritime on September 17, 2020. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction.

Noble Drilling Norway has been awarded a contract for drilling three wells at the Valemon field from the summer of 2021. The contract includes an option for drilling one ..