Offshore Magazine

Rigs/Vessels: US & Gulf of Mexico

Chevron deploys Pacific Santa Ana for GoM deepwater drilling campaign

Chevron Corp. has announced that the deepwater drillship Pacific Santa Ana has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico to work for Chevron under a five-year contract with a subsidiary of Pacific Drilling S.A.

Vantage takes over Dragonquest deepwater drillship

Vantage Drilling Co. (NYSE Amex: VTG) has agreed to acquire the ultra-deepwater drillship Dragonquest from Valencia Drilling Corp. for $164 million.

Diamond sells jackup to Hercules

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) has agreed to sell its Ocean Columbia jackup drilling rig to Hercules Offshore Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO) for $40 million.

SEACOR to buy GoM liftboats from Superior Energy

SEACOR Marine LLC has agreed to purchase from Superior Energy Services LLC 18 liftboats for $134 million plus working capital.

Helix to build semisubmersible well intervention vessel

Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (NYSE: HLX) will proceed with a newbuild semisubmersible well intervention vessel.

McDermott signs agreement for spool base services in Gulf of Mexico

McDermott International, Inc. says it has signed a 10-year frame agreement with Helix Subsea Construction, Inc. for spool base services in the Gulf of Mexico.

Anadarko contracts ENSCO 8506 for GoM

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has contracted the newbuild ENSCO 8506 ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig to work in the US Gulf of Mexico for 30 months at a day rate of $530,000, plus adjustments.

Shell, Noble introduce Noble Bully 1 ultra-deepwater drillship to GoM

Shell and Noble Corp. have brought the Noble Bully 1 drillship into the Gulf of Mexico from Singapore to complete commissioning and acceptance testing.

DNV to class Dockwise heavy-lift vessel under new rules

DNV reports the Dockwise Vanguard heavy-lift vessel will be the first such semisubmersible vessel built under DNV's new class rules for this type of ship.

Caterpillar to power Harvey Gulf newbuild MPSV

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has been selected to provide four Cat 3516C Diesel Electric Propulsion (DEP) generator sets for the SV-310 multi-purpose offshore construction and supply vessel (MPSV) for Harvey Gulf International.

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