en Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:51:16 UT Big Medium 2.0b49 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/index.shtml South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has won a $350 million order from BP in Norway to build and install the deckside process equipment for the floating production storage and offloading vessel FPSO Skarv. Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:10:31 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/samsung-scoops-350m-skarv-topsides.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1388 Oil Oil/Supplier Contracts By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/Asia-Pacific News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/vetco-gray-gets-265m-skarv-sub-sea-nod.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/bp-submits-5b-skarv-plan-for-norwegian-nod.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/poles-gain-skarv-in-norway-first.shtml Operator BP has handed Vetco Gray the NOK1.59 billion ($265 million) job of engineering, building and then maintaining the subsea production equipment of the Norwegian Sea’s Skarv development. Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:06:27 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/vetco-gray-gets-265m-skarv-sub-sea-nod.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1387 Oil Oil/Supplier Contracts By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/North Sea Rim News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/bp-submits-5b-skarv-plan-for-norwegian-nod.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/poles-gain-skarv-in-norway-first.shtml Seadrill has entered into a $598-million turnkey contract to build a third ultra-deepwater drillship at the Samsung Shipyard in South Korea, the drilling contractor announced Thursday. Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:12:47 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/seadrill-orders-598m-deepwater-drill-ship.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1382 By Province By Province/Yard News Rigs Rigs/Rig market News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Rigs/seadrill-raises-153m-money-hints-at-new-semis.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Rigs/Rig_market/seadrill-secures-four-more-years-for-west-navigato.shtml Singapore’s shipyard owner Keppel Offshore & Marine has won a S$150 million (US$98.3 million) contract to install equipment packages on a new drillship. Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:56:52 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/keppel-coup-is-98m-drillship-order.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1377 By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/Asia-Pacific News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Rigs/keppel-secures-534-million-rig-contracts.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/Supplier_Contracts/keppel-converting-tankers-into-160m-in-fpsos.shtml Rig-maker Lamprell has announced Scorpion International Ltd is the orderer of a $168 million rig reported earlier this week by OilGas24.com. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:13:06 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/scorpion-jack-up-at-heart-of-lamprell-order.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1368 By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/Middle East Financial Financial/Supplier News News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/lamprell-announces-168m-letourneau-order.shtml Middle East yard Lamprell declared Friday that it has a $168-million deal with a rig contractor to build a new jack-up, provided the orderer shores up its financing. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:53:54 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/lamprell-announces-168m-letourneau-order.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1347 By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/Middle East Rigs Rigs/Rig market News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/Supplier_Contracts/awilco-orders-197m-in-gear-ahead-of-rig-order.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Rigs/keppel-secures-534-million-rig-contracts.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Rigs/index.shtml Drilling contractor Awilco Offshore has secured a drilling package from National Oilwell in Kristiansand, Norway for a fourth new-build, semi-submersible drill rig not yet ordered. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:57:38 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/awilco-orders-197m-in-gear-ahead-of-rig-order.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1315 Oil/Supplier Contracts Gas/Supplier Contracts By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/North Sea Rim By Province/Asia-Pacific Rigs Rigs/Rig supplier news Rigs/Rig market News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Rigs/awilco-offshore-asa-exercises-option-to-build-a-ja.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/awilco-orders-newbuild-drill-rig-no-8.shtml French-Canadian yard Davie in Quebec City has been handed its third shipbuilding contract in as many months with a US$145.3 million order to make an offshore construction vessel able to lift 400 tonnes into 3,000-metre depths. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:26:56 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/davie-of-quebec-grows-with-norway-order-fed-help.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1215 By Province/Yard News By Province/Americas onshore/Latin America News WILLIAM STOICHEVSKI http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/Supplier_Contracts/subsea-7-launches-seven-seas.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/subsea-7-snares-340m-vega-troll-hook-up.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/North_Sea_Rim/deepocean-deepens-subsea-reach-doubles-earnings.shtml Keppel FELS Ltd. will build its forth “ultra-deepwater” semi-submersible drill rig for a subsidiary of U.S.-based drilling contractor ENSCO, a work order worth $427 million for the Singapore yard. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:28:41 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/ensco-orders-427m-semi-from-keppel.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1182 By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/Asia-Pacific Rigs Rigs/Rig market News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/petromena-orders-524m-deepwater-semi.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/keppel-to-build-second-rig-for-petrovietnam-drilli.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Rigs/index.shtml Stavanger-based SeaMetric has a deal with Chinese yard interests to build its unique “catamaran” heavy lift system capable of lifting 20,000-tonne topsides in one pass, OilGas24.com was informed Tuesday. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:18:39 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/seametric-gets-chinese-help-on-decommissioner.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1170 By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/Asia-Pacific Financial Financial/Supplier News News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Financial/sealift-seals-200m-as-transport-gets-ready.shtml Oil company BP has awarded Paris-based contractor Technip the €90 million job of engineering and delivering flexible pipes to the Skarv floating production ship in the North Sea. Mon, 21 May 2007 07:03:00 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/bp-spend-reaches-le-trait-lowestoft.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1056 Oil Oil/New Developments Oil/Supplier Contracts Gas Gas/New Projects Gas/Supplier Contracts By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/North Sea Rim News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/bp-tightens-aker-kvaerner-bond-in-29m-well-deal.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/valhall-gains-royal-assent.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/North_Sea_Rim/bp-donning-aker-kvaerner-jacket-at-valhall.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/North_Sea_Rim/bp-hands-953m-mm-job-to-aker-kvaerner.shtml SemCorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has won two conversion contracts worth  a combined US$88-million, it was announced Friday. Fri, 18 May 2007 09:27:21 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/jurong-twin-converion-jobs-good-for-88m.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1052 By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/Asia-Pacific News Toensberg-, Norway based Grenland Group has penned a tentative deal with FMC Technologies, Kongsberg, to build, assemble and test a large sub-sea template bound for the Troll field. Wed, 09 May 2007 10:38:32 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/grenland-yard-gains-in-troll-build-up.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/990 Gas Gas/New Projects Gas/Supplier Contracts By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/North Sea Rim News Japanese floating technology expert MODEC has awarded Aker Kvaerner the $13 million task of providing process modules for a floating production storage and offloading vessel, or FPSO, the supplier contractor announced Wednesday. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:17:00 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/aker-modules-for-otc-prize-winner.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/855 By Province By Province/Yard News By Province/Asia-Pacific Rigs/Rig supplier news News Norwegian Aker Group has sold its 40.1 stake in shipbuilder Aker Yards for $475.5 million, shareholders were informed Monday. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:02:52 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Yard_News/aker-sells-aker-yards-stake-for-4755m.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/680 By Province/Yard News By Province/North Sea Rim Financial Financial/Supplier News News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/About/Term_of_use/aker-in-40-yards-sell-off.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/North_Sea_Rim/aker-oilfield-float-sinks-on-market-jitters.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/North_Sea_Rim/aker-dof-alliance-good-for-two-more-ships.shtml