COLUMN | What could possibly go wrong? Local content in Nigeria, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Qatar [Offshore Accounts]

“They come over here, taking our jobs and stealing our women,” is a familiar refrain against foreigners all around the world, as likely to be uttered from Dublin to Durban, from Dusseldorf to Des Moines, and from Denpasar to Dubai (well, probably not the second part in the UAE, but we won’t dwell...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/column-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-local-content-in-nigeria-brazil-saudi-arabia-and-qatar-offshore-accounts/

COLUMN | “Oops!… I did it again” – Transocean, Saipem, Northern Drilling, Swire Pacific Offshore and Ocean Infinity [Offshore Accounts]

Pop star Britney Spears was so right when she warned of the dangers of repetition (here). Recent weeks in the offshore industry have seen several major players are doing ..

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-oops-i-did-it-again-transocean-saipem-northern-drilling-swire-pacific-offshore-and-ocean-infinity-offshore-accounts/

COLUMN | Do it yourself, Gulf style: Middle Eastern states invest in offshore oilfield services companies [Offshore Accounts]

In Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, public investment by petro-states is increasingly focused on squeezing out private sector businesses in oilfield services, especially ..

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-do-it-yourself-gulf-style-middle-eastern-states-invest-in-offshore-oilfield-services-companies-offshore-accounts/

COLUMN | Falling Knives and Walking Away: Sete Brasil, Petrobras, Keppel Corp., Knarr Drilling and Magni Partners [Part Two]

Last week we looked here at how China State Shipbuilding Corporation has decided to restart work on a pair of unfinished deepwater drilling rigs in Shanghai Shipyard at ..

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-falling-knives-and-walking-away-sete-brasil-petrobras-keppel-corp-knarr-drilling-and-magni-partners-part-two/