Australia & New Zealand Rigs/Vessels News

Fairstar Heavy Transport has won two contracts to provide marine transportation services for the Ichthys LNG project off northern Australia.

EMAS say that its Lewek EMAS FPSO has received first oil from the Chim Sáo project offshore Vietnam.

D2M is transferring its experience in the design of large ships and marine structures to floating liquid natural gas (FLNG) units.

Buccaneer Energy Ltd. has selected Archer Drilling LLC to operate the Adriatic XI jackup.

Apache Energy Ltd. has contracted the Atwood Eagle and the Atwood Falcon for work in Australia.

Atwood Oceanics Inc. says it has received a six-month contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd.

SBM Offshore says it has the contract award from Technip to engineer, procure, construct, and integrate a turret mooring system for Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd. to use at Prelude field on the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas vessel.

Dockwise has won transportation contracts with a combined value of $42 million, all for execution in the next three months.

Floatel International has awarded Keppel FELS a $260-million contract to build a new accommodation semisubmersible for delivery early in 2014.

Shell Development (Australia) has authorized the Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC) to start work on the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility.

The Royal Dutch Shell board of directors has approved the final investment for the Prelude floating LNG project offshore Australia.

Farstad Shipping has been awarded charter contracts for six offshore support vessels.

Installation contractors must constantly anticipate energy developments. The widespread additions to the global construction vessel fleet of recent years were driven by offshore operators’ shifting priorities.

Teekay Shipping (Australia) has awarded Sembawang Shipyard a contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) of a dynamically positioned blue water research vessel.

Construction group DSME has contracted Fairstar Heavy Transport to transport FPSO components from Angola to South Korea for Total’s CLOV FPSO.

The Atwood Osprey ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig is on schedule for delivery in early 2011, according to Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd.

Sea Trucks Group is preparing to take delivery of Jascon 31, the fifth in a series of seven newbuild offshore construction units.

Keppel FELS has delivered its second semisubmersible accommodation rig to Floatel International, 63 days ahead of schedule.

Aker Solutions has agreed to transfer ownership in its subsidiary Aker Marine Contractors (AMC) to Ezra Holdings, in exchange for taking equity in Ezra.

Construction has started of Fairstar Heavy Transport’s new 50,000-dwt semisubmersible transport ship Forte.

Sembcorp Marine’s Sembawang Shipyard has won two FPSO conversion/upgrade contracts with a total value of $56.7 million.

Sea Trucks’ construction vessel Jascon 25 has arrived in northern Australia to start work on removal of the damaged jackup West Atlas.

Roc Oil (VIC) and the other named participants in proceedings before the Federal Court of Australia have agreed to a settlement terms covering all claims and counter-claims with BW Offshore.