According to his carefully edited Wikipedia entry, Evangelos Marinakis “is a Greek media mogul, shipowner, lyricist, and member of the Piraeus city council. He is the founder and owner of Capital Maritime and Trading Corporation and also the owner of the football clubs Olympiacos in Greece and Nottingham Forest in England.” And now he is […]
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Transocean Adds $745 Million to Contract Backlog
Transocean added $745 million to its contract backlog in the last quarter, reflecting continued demand for offshore drilling rigs. The new contracts were revealed in the company’s quarterly fleet status report….
https://gcaptain.com/transocean-adds-745-million-to-contract-backlog/
COLUMN | Unlucky for some! Scotland’s Ferries; Argentina’s YPF Nationalisation; SBM sued by whistleblower; BP’s CEO quits [Offshore Accounts]
This week was a great week for Transocean – the company announced it had secured a three-year award for the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Aquila with Petrobras for work offshore Brazil starting next year on a day rate of around US$443,000 plus 90 days’ worth of mobilisation fees. In 2021, Transocean bought the rig for […]
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Transocean Announces $486 Million Drillship Contract in Brazil
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has announced a three-year contract for its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Aquila in Brazil. The contract was signed with a “national oil company for work offshore…
https://gcaptain.com/transocean-announces-486-million-drillship-contract-in-brazil/
COLUMN | Tension: Chevron in Cyprus; Ørsted’s woes; Maersk Supply Service restructures; Borr’s Mexican receivables [Offshore Accounts]
Kylie Minogue has a new pop single out this week, called Tension, which is most appropriate. There’s tension in the Eastern Mediterranean, tension across the offshore wind industry, as another major operator takes a big write off, and tension in Maersk Supply Service, where 130 British staff face redundancy, the COO has been let go, […]
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AWARDS 2022 | Best OSV – Drillship – Deepwater Atlas – LMG Marin & Sembcorp Marine
Best OSV – Drillship – Deepwater Atlas – LMG Marin & Sembcorp Marine This kind of deepwater drillship has become a Singaporean speciality. Of course, no one, not even in Singapore, knows the deepwater drillship industry better than Sembcorp Marine (now Seatrium). This drillship is a fine example of...
Transocean Reveals $222 Million Drillship Contract in India
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean (NYSE: RIG) has announced a new $222 million contract for its drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 in India. The contract was signed with state-owned Oil and Natural…
https://gcaptain.com/transocean-reveals-222-million-drillship-contract-in-india/
Transocean Sees Increased Demand for High-Specification Floaters Amid Offshore Market Rebound
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean (NYSE: RIG) says it is seeing increased demand for its fleet of high-specification semi-submersible rigs and drillships, i.e. “floaters”, as the offshore drilling market continues to…
Transocean Lands $518 Million Contract for Ultra-Deepwater Drillship in Mexico
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean (NYSE: RIG) gas announced a $518 million contract for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships off Mexico. Transocean said the contract covers 1,080 days and will contribute…
https://gcaptain.com/transocean-lands-518-million-contract-for-ultra-deepwater-drillship-in-mexico/
COLUMN | Updates on offshore wind orders from Cyan, Havfram, Edda Wind, North Star Shipping etc. Also news on Heroic Idun ̶s̶h̶a̶k̶e̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ restitution [Offshore Accounts]
The money is still pouring into new wind vessels, even as the wider orderbook for new vessels to work in offshore oil and gas remains at zero, and has been for the best p ..