On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features about the offshore industry. Lovers of festive traditions get scrolling, as for the fourth year in a row, we […]
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COLUMN | The first twelve days of Christmas 2022: Sonangol, PwC and Isabel dos Santos; Windcat, Damen and CMB; LNG in East Timor, Mozambique and Tanzania [Offshore Accounts]
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a ..
COLUMN | There’s a price to be paid: ADES, Seadrill, and Icon jackup rigs; Sapura; Adnoc Drilling, Aban and others; Saipem and Lukoil [Offshore Accounts]
Eighteen months ago, we highlighted (here) the transformation of the Middle Eastern oilfield services market as big, state-owned players in Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, an ..
COLUMN | Rescue Remedy? Shelf and Noble; Saipem and BW Energy; Borr Drilling and the nameless one; Lamprell on the rocks [Offshore Accounts]
For over eighty years, stressed English ladies, and the occasional offshore supply vessel master, have sworn by the power of Rescue Remedy, a patented concoction of five ..
COLUMN | About damn time: Tullow merges with Capricorn; Siem returns to profit; Shell approves Crux FLNG project in Australia as Prelude FLNG unions act [Offshore Accounts]
Curvy, body positive American singer Lizzo’s new single “About Damn Time” has stormed to number one on the Billboard Chart in the US, and into the top ten i ..
Offshore Rig Dayrates ‘Quickly Heading’ to $400,000
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, May 27 (Reuters) – Rental rates for offshore oil and gas rigs have rocketed higher, boosted by a race to lift production because of the war in Ukraine and a…
https://gcaptain.com/offshore-rig-dayrates-quickly-heading-to-400000/
Maersk Shutting Down Oil Rig Decommissioning Unit It Opened in 2018
A.P. Moller – Maersk has opted to close the oil rig decommissioning business it launched in 2018. Named Maersk Decom, the company was launched as a 50-50 joint venture between…
https://gcaptain.com/maersk-shutting-down-oil-rig-decommissioning-unit-it-opened-in-2018/
COLUMN | Singapore spin hits Cayman secrecy? Temasek, Keppel, Baluran and Kyanite’s US$2.9 billion drilling rig deal is very hard to follow [Offshore Accounts]
It’s the biggest offshore rig deal of 2022, and it is the most confusing by far. The complexities of the deal scream out why more transparency is needed in corporate di ..
Noble and Maersk Drilling to Divest Rigs to Soothe UK Competition Concerns Over Proposed Merger
By Katharine Gemmell (Bloomberg) — Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling offered to divest some of its offshore operation platforms to avoid an in-depth investigation from the U.K.’s antitrust regulator over the…
https://gcaptain.com/noble-and-maersk-drilling-to-divest-rigs/
COLUMN | What goes around comes around: Mermaid Maritime grows, Ultra Deep Solutions shrinks, whilst ADES and Tidewater close purchases [Offshore Accounts]
Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS), the Singapore based commercial diving company, formerly boasted of operating five of the shiniest and most prestigious dive support vessels (D ..