Marine engineering company Incat Crowther and Singapore shipbuilder Penguin International have been hired to design and construct a new 36-metre fast supply vessel (FSV) for O3S – Oil Senegal Support Services The new vessel will be capable of transporting 28 service personnel as well as 20 tonnes...
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Oil Senegal Support Services, a Senegal-based operator of offshore support vessels (OSVs), has placed an order for a new fast catamaran crewboat that will support the activities of clients in the country’s offshore energy sector. The aluminium-hulled vessel will be capable of transporting 28...
French shipbuilder Piriou has delivered the final one of three Walo-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ordered from the company by the Senegalese Navy. Named after a former kingdom that is now part of northern and central Senegal, Cayor was being built by the Kership joint venture formed by...
It seems appropriate to get all biblical this week, just after Easter. When Saint Paul wrote in his letter to the Galatians that “a man reaps what he sows,” he probably wasn’t thinking about corruption in the oil and gas industry two millennia later. But the last month has seen no less than four...
Whilst the first big consolidator of this offshore upcycle was Tidewater, rapidly followed by ADNOC and AD Ports of Abu Dhabi, Europe is also experiencing a quiet wave of consolidation. Driving this is the biggest of the “Big Four” lowlands dredging and offshore companies, Boskalis. But whereas the gains in Tidewater have been open to […]
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Energy supermajor BP has started legal action against US subsea and deepwater engineering and construction player McDermott, seeking damages for failing to fulfil its contractual obligations on the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Kosmos Energy, BP’s partner in...
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UK-based Enshore Subsea has partnered with Belgian construction and engineering company Herbosch-Kiere to purchase a cable-laying vessel in a new joint venture between the two organisations. The vessel that has been purchased is the 88-metre-long Topaz Installer. The acquisition, which will see the...
Offshore engineering specialist Petrofac has secured a new contract from BP to provide operations services for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas project in Mauritania and Senegal. The multi-million-dollar deal is for three years and covers a wide scope of services, including...
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The Senegalese Navy has taken delivery of the second in a series of three offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built by French shipyard Piriou. Named Niani, the second Walo-class OPV utilises a design developed by the Kership joint venture of Piriou and compatriot shipbuilder the Naval Group. The vessel...
Deliveries include a floating LNG liquefaction vessel and an exploration platform that will operate in support of the Chinese offshore wind market. A Chinese yard floats out a new cable-laying vessel with an innovative trenching system. Finally, a Taiwanese wind farm operator will add a second walk-to-work vessel to its fleet. Golar LNG acquires floating […]
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