Last week saw Noble Corporation cement its place as the great consolidator in the offshore drilling industry recovery. Seven days ago, Noble announced that it was buying Diamond Offshore Drilling in a stock plus cash transaction valuing the company at around US$1.6 billion, a deal unanimously...
Cote d’Ivoire
DOF books Baleine field FPSO and FSO installation contract
Norway’s DOF Group has been awarded a contract by Altera Infrastructure to install an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading unit) and one FSO (floating storage unit) for the phase 2 development of the Baleine field in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa, which is operated by Eni with Petroci Holding as partner.
Altera was awarded a contract last October that will see the cylindrical shaped FPSO Voyageur Spirit deployed to the Baleine field with the shuttle tanker Nordic Brasilia being...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/dof-books-baleine-field-fpso-and-fso-installation-contract/
COLUMN | Vroon, Vroon, Vroon: Britoil’s take-over marks closure, as Golden Energy flip shows ING’s folly [Offshore Accounts]
Finally, Singapore-headquartered Britoil announced last week that it had completed the purchase of most of the offshore fleet of Vroon, the Dutch ship-owner. Britoil bought 29 offshore support vessels, plus a small oil spill response vessel from Vroon. Golden Energy Offshore had announced in August that it was buying four large PX121 design platform supply […]
Offshore Projects News Roundup | May 10 – Windfarm site surveys and installation works in Europe and Australia plus geophysical mapping off West Africa
New projects in the pipeline include cable and turbine installation works in the German and Danish sectors North Sea, a site survey in support of Australia’s first offs ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Esperance – Israeli yard supplies new patrol vessel to Ivorian military
The Armed Forces of Cote d’Ivoire has taken delivery of the first of two new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in a series built by Israel Shipyards at its facilities ..
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Pirate attack reported on tanker off Abidjan, Ivory Coast
A commercial oil/chemical tanker underway off Ivory Coast was targeted by a pirate attack on Monday, April 10, security consultancy Praesidium International has confirmed ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Enforcement boats enter service with Ivorian port authority
Ivorian Maritime and Port Affairs (Affaires Maritimes et Portuaires Ivoiriennes; AMPI), the central maritime law enforcement agency of the Ivory Coast, has taken delivery ..
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COLUMN | Nigeria teeters on the edge as oil production collapses, boats sink and the currency plunges [Offshore Accounts]
For all of my lifetime, if you had asked which country was the largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, the answer would have been Nigeria. For five decades, the count ..
Offshore Projects News Roundup | October 7 – EPC and well intervention contracts in Europe, West Africa and North America
New installation works are in the pipeline in the UK North Sea, Mexico, and West Africa. Well intervention projects are meanwhile either underway or already completed in ..
COLUMN | Holiday Shorts Part Two: books and music [Offshore Accounts]
As the out of office messages continue to ping back, and the summer holiday season draws on, it’s time to share a few more ideas for poolside reading or beachside liste ..
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