
There’s a scramble developing as Indian interests all race for a piece of the offshore, oil cake. Read the rest of this entry

There’s a scramble developing as Indian interests all race for a piece of the offshore, oil cake. Read the rest of this entry
Aberdeen Harbour has reported a healthy first half of 2010, with quarter two closing ahead of forecast. Read the rest of this entry

It seems that ever more Indian shipping companies are looking to invest in the offshore market.

Companies in Brazil are jockeying for position to take advantage of the huge tidal wave of oil and offshore investment due to sweep the country.

The future for ultra-deepwater drillships still looks rosy - with the US potentially shunning the sector those companies new to the market are still confident that demand will be stong for their vessels.

Vantage Drilling Company has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 55 percent ownership interest in Mandarin Drilling Corporation, a Marshall Islands corporation, from F3 Capital, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands for a purchase price of approximately US$139.65 million.

Shares in Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, gained 4 percent last week after a U.S. federal court refused to reinstate a ban on deepwater oil drilling imposed after BP’s (BP.L) massive oil spill.

Capt. Richard Garner’s 280-foot supply boat, the Carol Chouest, is hard at work in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, supplying the oil rig West Sirius with tools and equipment for installing a new blowout preventer on top of a well. Read the rest of this entry

Noble is looking to strike it rich with a $2.16 billion acquisition of Frontier Drilling (FDR Holdings), as the offshore drilling contractor seeks to expand its footprint in the mid- and deepwater drilling zones, the company has announced. Read the rest of this entry