“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...
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COLUMN | Reaping what you sow: McDermott, Seatrium, Gunvor and Trafigura [Offshore Accounts]
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...
COLUMN | The chickens come home to roost again: Swiber charges in Singapore; Texas judicial investigation; CWind sold; Guardian Geomatics sold; Newbuild! Newbuild! [Offshore Accounts]
This week we look at consequences: judicial consequences, legal consequences, the consequences of bad strategy and bad execution, and the inevitable consequences of high day rates. Ladies and gentlemen, there is a newbuilding anchor handler out there, being built as you read this. Adjust your forecasts accordingly. But first, we look at other consequences. Goh-Goh […]
COLUMN | What are the consequences of the offshore surge? Tidewater’s triumph provides Chinese yards with boom, and starts North Sea exodus [Offshore Accounts]
One of the delights of the offshore market recovery has been the surge in charter rates for platform supply vessels (PSVs) around the world. Tidewater’s triumphant presentation at the Barclays CEO Energy Conference earlier this month showed the potency of the market recovery that the company has driven ever onwards and upwards after its acquisition […]
COLUMN | More offshore deals in Brazil: Oceanpact vs Grupo CBO [Offshore Accounts]
Last week we looked here at how the higher oil price, the growth of offshore wind energy, and abundant funds have driven deal-making in offshore in the usually quiet summ ..
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 ..
Keppel, Sembcorp Marine Reach Rig Settlement with Sete Brazil
SINGAPORE, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Singapore firms Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Marine said on Monday they had reached settlements with indebted Brazilian firm Sete Brasil over long-standing contracts to build drillships and rigs. Sete, which leased oil rigs to Brazil’s state oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA...