Offshore Wins

Thai Offshore Supplier Gets Chevron Contract

Singapore's Miclyn Express Offshore's Thai J/V partner, Uniwise Offshore, wins Chevron marine support contract for Gulf of Thailand operations The 3 year firm contract with plus 2 x 1 year extension options is to provide coil tubing marine support services to Chevron`s production activities in the Gulf of Thailand. Uniwise Offshore will purchase a Platform Supply Vessel currently under construction in a Chinese Shipyard, to fulfil the service requirements. The vessel will commence operation in October 2012. The new contract is a continuation of a long standing relationship with Chevron in the region. CEO Diederik de Boer said, “This new vessel represents our sixth Offshore Service Vessel servicing Chevron in the Gulf of Thailand. We have been able to leverage off our strong operating track record in Crew/Utility Vessels to further increase our exposure to Chevron’s OSV operations. We look forward to further developing our relationship with Chevron and continuing to service them with operational excellence”. Miclyn Express Offshore is a leading provider of service vessels to the expanding offshore oil and gas industry, across South-East Asia, Australia and the Middle East. The Group charters a diverse range of OSVs, Crew/Utility Vessels, Tugs, Barges and Coastal Survey Vessels to a wide range of customers operating across all phases of the offshore oil and gas cycle, namely exploration, development and production

Daewoo Ship, STX Offshore Lead Advances Among Korean Shipyards

According to a Nov. 1 report from Bloomberg, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., the world’s fourth-largest shipyard, led advances among South Korean shipbuilders in Seoul trading on expectations that growing global trade will prompt more orders. STX Offshore gained 8.1 percent to 28,550 won, the highest price since August 2008, at the 3 p.m. close of trade in Seoul. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipyard, climbed 3

Samsung Heavy $630M Orders for Tankers, Offshore Platform

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's third-largest shipbuilder, said it has won orders worth a combined $630m for five oil tankers and an offshore. Under the deal with a Norwegian customer, Samsung Heavy will deliver the oil tankers by 2013. Another deal with a U.S. customer calls for the shipbuilder to deliver the offshore facility by 2013. With the deals, Samsung Heavy has won deals valued at $6.1b in 2010. For the year, Samsung Heavy aims at winning $8b worth of orders.

Report: Hyundai Wins $900m Offshoe Order

According to a report on Yonhap News, Hyundai Heavy Industries won a $900m deal for offshore platforms and other facilities off the coast of Africa. Hyundai Heavy reportedly will build two offshore gas platforms and other facilities by the end of 2014. With the contract, Hyundai Heavy has won orders valued at $19.8 billion thus far this year.  

EPC Offshore Wins Hurricane Field Contract

Project management contractor EPC Offshore has won a major contract to select the optimum concept for the development of Hurricane’s  Lancaster Field, one of the most significant oil discoveries in the West of Shetlands in recent years. Hurricane has a 100 per cent holding in the field and has a CPR (competent person’s report) indicating 2C Contingent Resources of over 200 mmbbl of recoverable oil. The year-long contract, worth approximately £2 million

WINS & POSH Form Indonesian Offshore J/V

PT Wintermar Offshore Marine Tbk (WINS) joins with PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd (POSH) for Indonesian oil and gas joint venture. The joint venture will own and operate two units of Indonesian flagged 100+ tons bollard pull AHTS, “WINPOSH Rampart” and “WINPOSH Resolve”, both of which have been awarded contracts to support drilling activities for a multinational oil and gas company for up to two and half years.

Kvaerner Wins $27M Statoil Contract

Kvaerner ASA won a $27 million contract from Statoil to upgrade its Norwegian offshore installations. Kvaerner's contract for work on Statoil's Sleipner Vest field also includes an option for a further contract to connect a reservoir, called Alpha Nord, to the Sleipner T-platform. Kvaerner said the work would begin immediately and was scheduled for completion by the end of 2004. The Sleipner Vest field started production in 1996 and it comprises the platforms Sleipner B and T

Daewoo Shipbuilding Wins $470M Order

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a $470 million order to construct a drillship for the first time. The order was placed on a turnkey basis by the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, Transocean of the United States. The drillship will be delivered by 2008 for energy giant Chevron Corp.’s oil and natural gas field in the Gulf of Mexico. (Source: Korea Times)

Offshore Oil Exploration to Start Early 2009

Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs and Head of the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) of Bahrain Dr. Abdulhussein Bin Ali Mirza has said that exploration and drilling for oil in the offshore areas would start by early 2009; he added that 2008 would be spent studying the areas geologically and geophysically. Three companies from among 24 that were competing had reportedly won the right to explore in four offshore areas. [Source: http://english.bna.bh]

Aker Wins Bluewater Contract

Aker Maritime's Oil and Gas Technology unit reportedly won a five-year deal with U.K.-based offshore production contractor Bluewater Services worth about 40 million pounds. It said in a statement that under the deal, which was an extension of a previous four-year agreement, Aker Oil and Gas Technology would support Bluewater's three UK-based floating production units.