Drill Ship

Wärtsilä to Supply for Oil Drilling Ship

Wärtsilä will supply six engines for reportedly, the world's largest oil drilling ship. The 46 MW order, received in October, also includes ancillary equipment in addition to the engines. The vessel is being built by Samsung Heavy Industriels Co. Ltd. in Korea. Ordered by Stena Drilling Ltd, part of the Swedish Stena group, the vessel will be used for oil and gas exploration in the Norwegian and Barents Seas. Its completion is scheduled for the end of 2007.

Korean Shipyard Celebrates 600th Construction

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard celebrates completion of 600th ship over 14 years Hyundai Mipo Dockyard  celebrated having built its 600th ship in 14 years since entering the market when the shipyard completed construction on the milestone vessel -- a 1000-TEU container ship named Sky Hope that will be delivered to CK Line. Since it was established in 1975, the dockyard had focused mainly on ship repairs until it took a change of course after receiving an order from a Norwegian shipper

Hyundai Heavy Wins $652m Order

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. has won a deal valued at $652m to build a drill ship. The deal from a Liberian shipping company calls on Hyundai to deliver the vessel used to explore for oil in deep water by May, 2011. Shipyards in South Korea, the world's largest shipbuilding nation, have received record orders in recent years as demand has surged for vessels to transport raw materials to China and goods to the rest of the world. Source: Business in Asia Today

Daewoo Wins $1.4b Drill Ship Order

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd said it had secured an order to build two drill ships worth $1.38b from the .  The South Korean company said in a filing to the Korea Exchange that it will deliver the vessels by April 15, 2011. Source:  Reuters

Daewoo Expects 18% Jump in Offshore Orders

According to a report from Bloomberg, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s third-largest shipyard, expects orders for drilling vessels and offshore platforms to increase 18% this year, helped by higher fuel prices. Contracts for drill ships, semi-submersibles and offshore platforms may rise to $6b this year from $5.1b in 2010, according to Nam Sang Tae, Daewoo Shipbuilding’s chief executive officer, the report said.

Shell Drilling Fleet Sails for Arctic

Two Shell drilling ships with support vessels are leaving Seattle for operations in Arctic waters According to an AP report, the Kulluk and the Noble Discoverer on Wednesday morning began the process of departing and will be en route to Alaska's Dutch Harbor. The rigs will wait in the Aleutian Islands port until open water allows them to move north.

Emsys Selected for 3 Rig Contract

W R Systems, Ltd (WRSystems) have been awarded a contract to supply its  laser-based Emsys Emissions Monitoring System (EMS) to a major offshore drilling contractor for three drilling ships/rigs located in the Gulf of Mexico. The EMS will be incorporated into the vessel’s proprietary data management technology, to provide compliance with each vessel’s EPA Air Permit requirements. WRSystems has been working with the drilling contractor for over a year in preparation for

Ocean Rig UDW Inc. Announces Drilling Contract

Nicosia, Cyprus – Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that it has signed a new drilling contract for its semisubmersible drilling rig Eirik Raude with an independent operator, for work offshore West Africa. The expected total backlog to complete the two-well program is estimated at $ 67.5 million for a period of 84 days. The new contract is expected to commence after the rig completes its scheduled 10-year special survey

Offshore Drill Ship Secured for East African Field

Pancontinental Oil & Gas operator, Apache Kenya, secures deepwater drilling ship for giant Mbawa Prospect Pancontinental Oil & Gas announce that the Kenya L8 licence operator Apache Kenya Limited (Apache) has secured the use of the deepwater drilling ship Deepsea Metro 1 to drill the giant Mbawa Prospect. Apache is anticipating a spud date within Q3 2012, with the actual date depending on when the drilling rig is finished with its current operations

Arctic Drillship Granted 'Protest-free' Zone

Shell is granted a designated 'safety zone' around its Arctic drilling ship by the U.S. Coast Guard The oil giant Shell has obtained what critics are calling a "protest-free zone" around a drilling vessel set to begin operations off Alaska’s Arctic coast later this month, reports 'Democracy Now'. The U.S. Coast Guard has granted Shell’s Noble Discoverer vessel "a 500-meter safety zone" that no demonstrators will be allowed to enter.