Canada Rigs/Vessels News

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Husky Oil Operations has issued a letter of award to Seadrill (XOSL:SDRL) for a five-year contract for the newbuild semisubmersible West Mira.

Suncor Energy expects the 21-week dockside maintenance program for the Terra Nova FPSO to start in June.

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd. will perform the drydocking and service on the SeaRose FPSO for Husky Oil.

Maersk Supply Service has contracted Chilean shipyard Asenav to build two new offshore vessels, with an option for up to four more.

SBM Offshore says offshore works on both its newly delivered MOPU jackup platforms continues.

The need to discover new hydrocarbon reserves is pushing frontier exploration into the world's more remote and challenging regions.

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.

Siem Offshore has agreed to supply vessels to support Capricorn Greenland Exploration’s drilling campaign this summer.

SBM Offshore says construction of EnCana’s MOPU platform for the Deep Panuke project off Nova Scotia is at the commissioning stage in the dry dock in Abu Dhabi.

Drydocks World has started construction on a $110-million project to build a compact semisubmersible vessel at its Batam, Indonesia, shipyard for Hallin Marine Subsea International Ltd.

Arctic offshore exploration must be carried out in the short summer (July/August to September), while there is sufficient open water for towed-streamer deployment. Maximum efficiency is essential to make full use of the available acquisition time. Exploring this area responsibly requires specialized equipment and methods, deployed by exceptional crews working closely with local agencies, to meet the environmental challenges.

Drydocks World will build a new design compact semisubmersible well intervention vessel for Hallin Marine.

The MOPUstor jackup platform for Talisman’s Yme field in the Norwegian North Sea has been completed, according to contractor SBM Offshore.

CGGVeritas has won a contract valued at about $465 million to acquire and process 75,000 sq km (28,958 sq mi) of 3D seismic in the Mexican sector of the Gulf of Mexico. The program is expected to begin this month and run through 2013.