Offshore Magazine

Rigs/Vessels: Middle East

Jackup component bottleneck slows construction

Fabricator Lamprell warns that its performance will be affected by delays in specialist vendor equipment deliveries for newbuild jackup projects.

Havyard contracts further PSV hull from Turkish yard

Cemre Shipyard has delivered its 20th platform supply vessel, Vestland Mira, to Norwegian contractor Havyard Group, on behalf of Vestland Offshore.

Topaz support vessels primed for duty in Caspian Sea

Topaz Energy and Marine has completed construction of two anchor handling/offshore support/towing vessels for BP.

Finesse booked for Iraq platform floatover

Saipem has contracted Fairstar Heavy Transport to provide floatover and installation services for a platform offshore Iraq.

UK yard completes rig upgrade programs

Harris Pye has completed a comprehensive refit and refurbishment of the Diamond Offshore Drilling drillship Ocean Clipper.

Busy jackup workload for UAE fabricator

Lamprell has won orders from various clients this year for jackup rig upgrades and refurbishment, with a total value around $62 million.

MOS adds Burj accommodations jackup to fleet

Millennium Offshore Services has added a jackup accommodation unit to its fleet and also has expanded operations into the Asia/Pacific region.

Demand steady for support vessels in Caspian region

Renaissance Services has updated its strategy for the offshore support vessel (OSV) sector.

GDI orders third newbuild jackup drilling rig

Gulf Drilling Inc. of Qatar has ordered from PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd a newbuild Pacific Class 400 jackup drilling rig for delivery next March.

Qatar drilling contractor orders further jackup

Gulf Drilling International (GDI) has ordered a Pacific Class 400 jackup from PPL Shipyard in Singapore for delivery in March 2013.

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