Bisso Marine salvages lift boat
Bisso Marine has salvaged a 200 Class lift boat that sank earlier in the year 45 mi (km) offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Hurricane lessons bring new rules, floating system designs
Offshore development designs and design criteria are moving targets marked by regular innovation and change.
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Stimulation vessel market demands upgrades, modifications
Since last year, there has been a major shift in the stimulation vessel market. All of the companies that own vessels have aging fleets that need replacing, and new markets demand different capabilities that place newbuilds/modifications high on the agenda.
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Eirik Raude in transit to the US Gulf of Mexico
Ocean Rig ASA's Eirik Raude semisubmersible is in transit to the US Gulf of Mexico after completing the five-year class work in Marystown, Newfoundland, Canada.
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Pride secures five-year contract for Pride Mexico
Petrobras has contracted with Pride International Inc. for a five-year contract for the Pride Mexico semisubmersible. The rig will carry out drilling operations offshore Brazil, Pride says.
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Rigdon Marine delivers high-speed crewboat for ultra deepwater
Rigdon Marine Corp. has added another new generation crewboat to its fleet with the delivery of the Rigdon Sailfish.
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Hornbeck Offshore Announces Expansion Of MPSV Program
Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. has expanded its multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) program to include a 430-ft new generation DP3 MPSV to be constructed at a European shipyard with an anticipated 3Q 2009 delivery.
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Keppel AmFELS on track to deliver first Scorpion jackup
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. subsidiary AmFELS Inc. is on course for a timely delivery of Scorpion Offshore Ltd.'s first jackup drilling rig at the end of May 2007.
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Seven Oceans coming into GoM
Subsea 7's new Seven Oceans reeled rigid pipelay vessel is scheduled to begin its first job on Chevron's Blind Faith field in the Gulf of Mexico starting this June.
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GULF OF MEXICO
Marathon Oil Corp. hit pay with Droshky No. 1 in Green Canyon block 244 in 2,900 ft (884 m) of water.
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Helix to deploy first ship-shaped DP FPU in Gulf of Mexico
Operators in the Gulf of Mexico continue to evolve every possible mechanism capable of extracting the region’s rich resources to adapt to challenging field development and operational conditions.
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VESSELS, RIGS, UPGRADES
Bourbon is adding to its fleet to serve the offshore industry, placing orders in 1Q 2007 for 46 next-generation vessels to be delivered over the next four years.
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Agnes Candies performs first GoM job
Deep Marine Technology Inc.'s Agnes Candies saturation dive support vessel has completed its first Gulf of Mexico job.
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Pemex awards Pride jackup contracts
Pride International Inc. has secured one-year contracts with Mexico's PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion for three 200-ft (61-m), mat-cantilever jackup rigs, the Pride Alabama, Pride Colorado, and Pride Mississippi, to drill in the Mexican Gulf of Mexico.
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Bollinger completes conversions to dive support vessels
Bollinger Shipyards Inc. has performed conversions and modifications to three dive support vessels for EPIC Divers & Marine of Harvey, Louisiana.
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Caesar backlog filling up
Helix's latest deepwater construction vessel, Caesar, will have plenty of work lined up when it enters the company's active fleet in late-2007/early-2008. The $138-million vessel is undergoing conversion at COSCO shipyard in Shanghai.
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Harsh environment semi provides improved stability and deck space
Grenland Group’s P099 semisubmersible rig concept is designed for drilling ultra deep holes in ultra deep waters, and to operate in ice-laden waters, giving it all-round capability for the most demanding conditions.
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Heavy-lift equipment active in Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater development calls for high-capacity construction and installation equipment.
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Conrad Shipyard delivers liftboat
Offshore Marine Contractors Inc. has taken delivery of the 53-m (175-ft) class liftboat, Lacie Bourg from Conrad Shipyards.
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Rowan’s dock fit for multi-purpose, 24-hr operation
Rowan’s dock in Port Fourchon sits on 35 acres of land on a 213-m (700-ft) wide slip in the northern expansion area.
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HOS Port positioned for deepwater support
Hornbeck Offshore Services moved into Port Fourchon in early 2006 to establish a service base for its newbuild multi-purpose supply vessels (MPSVs), and named it - HOS Port.
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LA1 highway project enters Phase 1
According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), James Construction Group Llc was the low bidder for Phase 1A of the LA1 highway construction project.
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Huisman introduces drilling/pipelay semi
Huisman-Itrec is actively marketing its model-tested combination drilling and pipelay semisubmersible, according to Joop Roodenburg, Huisman president.
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Balder restarts work in GoM
In early February, the deepwater construction vessel (DCV) Balder restarted work in the Gulf of Mexico. The Balder, one of three crane vessel in the Heerema Marine Contractors fleet, left its repair position at Ewing Bank en route to its destination in the GoM.
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Edison Chouest to build more supply vessels
Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) plans to build several new anchor handling towing supply vessels (AHTS), and more than a dozen 85-m (280-ft) platform supply vessels (PSV) at its affiliated shipyards in the US. The vessels are scheduled to join the ECO domestic fleet within the next three years.
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