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  • AD Ports backs new dry bulk hub in Cameroon

    AD Ports backs new dry bulk hub in Cameroon AD Ports Group has joined a 30-year concession to develop and operate a new dry bulk terminal at the Port of Douala in Cameroon, deepening its footprint in West and Central Africa. The Abu Dhabi-based operator is partnering with Africa Ports Development (APD) on the project,…

  • Sonangol books LNG carrier newbuild in South Korea

    Sonangol books LNG carrier newbuild in South Korea Angola’s state-controlled energy company Sonangol is moving to grow its gas shipping exposure, placing an order for a new LNG carrier in South Korea. HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has secured the contract to build a 174,000 cu m unit, according to a regulatory filing by the…

  • CMA CGM signals caution by rerouting services away from Suez Canal

    CMA CGM signals caution by rerouting services away from Suez Canal CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest liner, has provided a counter-narrative to the many analysts expecting liners to flock back to the Suez Canal following the Houthis’ three-month-long ceasefire on merchant shipping.  Citing the “complex and uncertain international context”, the French liner today announced that…

  • DOF bags vessel awards across Americas, Africa and North Sea

    DOF bags vessel awards across Americas, Africa and North Sea Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has raked in a batch of new vessel contracts and an IMR deal with Shell in Trinidad and Tobago. The contracts will be executed primarily using DOF’s regional fleet during the fourth quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of…

  • Shearwater prepares new seismic campaign in Nigerian waters

    Shearwater prepares new seismic campaign in Nigerian waters Norwegian offshore seismic vessel player Shearwater Geoservices is preparing to send out one of its vessels for a new multi-client seismic project offshore Nigeria. According to the company, the 3D survey is backed by significant industry funding and will be executed in partnership with Harvex Geosolutions and…

  • Shell books Northern Ocean rig for Namibia campaign

    Shell books Northern Ocean rig for Namibia campaign Northern Ocean has secured more work for its semisubmersible rig with the signing of a contract with a Shell subsidiary for the Deepsea Mira, which will start drilling offshore Namibia in April 2026. The deal covers one firm exploration well with an option for a second. The…

  • Winning doubles down on large bauxite carriers with six more newbuilds

    Winning doubles down on large bauxite carriers with six more newbuilds Large bulkers specialist Winning International Group has expanded its push into the very large ore carrier segment, ordering another six 325,000 dwt VLOCs from CSSC Beihai Shipbuilding to support its growing West Africa–China bauxite trade. The Singapore-based owner — which runs a fleet of…

  • Seafarers kidnapped from LPG carrier off Equatorial Guinea

    Seafarers kidnapped from LPG carrier off Equatorial Guinea A Portugal-flagged LPG carrier has been attacked by pirates off Equatorial Guinea, with at least nine seafarers reportedly kidnapped. Security firm Vanguard said the CGas Saturn was boarded around 50 nautical miles west of Mbini early Monday. The 2003-built gas tanker, owned by Denmark’s Christiania Gas, was…

  • A new blast zone emerges for Russia-linked tankers

    A new blast zone emerges for Russia-linked tankers A Russian-flagged tanker sailing from Russia to Georgia loaded with sunflower oil reported that it was attacked off the Turkish coast but its 13 crewmembers were unharmed, Turkey’s maritime authority said on Tuesday, likely the latest incident in a renewed, sprawling campaign being carried out by the…

  • Nigeria LNG shipping unit picks Hudong-Zhonghua for new LNG carrier batch

    Nigeria LNG shipping unit picks Hudong-Zhonghua for new LNG carrier batch West African LNG exporter Nigeria LNG (NLNG) is moving ahead with a fresh round of fleet renewal, with its shipping arm Bonny Gas Transport (BGT) selecting China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for a new tranche of LNG carrier tonnage. Newbuilding sources said BGT has agreed to…

  • Is the dry bulk market overestimating Simandou’s impact?

    Is the dry bulk market overestimating Simandou’s impact? The extra volumes will result in a significant disruption in the matrix of global iron ore supply, writes Will Fray, director, Maritime Strategies International, but there remain reasons to be cautious. The numbers around the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea approach the hyperbolic. Rio Tinto, as…

  • Splash Wrap: Flows shift again

    Splash Wrap: Flows shift again The Houthis officially announced that they have paused maritime attacks on Israel and lifted their so-called naval blockade on Israeli ports. This announcement appeared at the end of a letter sent to Hamas’s military wing, Kata’ib al-Qassam, by the newly appointed Houthi chief of staff, Yousef Hassan Al-Madani, who succeeded…

  • Simandou opens, reshaping the capesize trades

    Simandou opens, reshaping the capesize trades The long-awaited Simandou iron ore project has finally roared to life — a $20bn gamechanger set to shake up global dry bulk flows, stretch tonne-miles, and tilt the balance of the iron ore market away from Australia and Brazil. On Tuesday, Guinea officially launched the vast Simandou project —…

  • Emboldened Somali pirates spark fear in the Indian Ocean

    Emboldened Somali pirates spark fear in the Indian Ocean The threat of Somali piracy is re-emerging in the Indian Ocean, with recent incidents highlighting the increasing sophistication and reach of pirate groups.  Yesterday’s hijacking of the Malta-flagged Hellas Aphrodite—carrying gasoline from India to South Africa—marked the first merchant vessel boarding of the year, with the…

  • Somali pirates board tanker in deepwater attack

    Somali pirates board tanker in deepwater attack A Malta-flagged products tanker has been boarded by armed pirates in the Indian Ocean. According to maritime security specialists Vanguard Tech and Ambrey, the Hellas Aphrodite was attacked early today, approximately 549 nautical miles east-southeast of Hobyo, Somalia, far beyond the traditional high-risk area. The 50,000 dwt vessel,…

  • Flag-hopping hits extreme levels

    Flag-hopping hits extreme levels The monthly publication of Clarksons Research’s World Fleet Monitor increasingly shows data that reflects the extraordinary geopolitical challenges and machinations that shipping has to navigate in 2025. With flag-hopping becoming standard operating procedure for the shadow – or parallel – fleet, monthly changes in registry numbers have never been so extreme…

  • Valaris lands $140m drillship deal with BP

    Valaris lands $140m drillship deal with BP New York-listed offshore driller Valaris has won a contract for one of its drillships from a subsidiary of supermajor BP. The contract for the 2014-built Valaris DS-12 is for five wells with BP Exploration Delta Limited in Egypt. The deal is expected to commence in the second quarter…

  • Court clears ICTSI to run Durban terminal after Maersk challenge fails

    Court clears ICTSI to run Durban terminal after Maersk challenge fails A South African court has dismissed a legal challenge by AP Moller-Maersk’s terminal arm against the award of a key port concession to International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), paving the way for the Filipino operator to take control of Durban Container Terminal (DCT)…

  • Total lack of safety culture laid bare in Wakashio disaster

    Total lack of safety culture laid bare in Wakashio disaster Mauritius has finally published the long-suppressed Court of Investigation report into the 2020 grounding of the Wakashio. The findings are damning — exposing what investigators call a “total lack of safety culture on board the Wakashio,” a disaster born from distraction, negligence, and systemic oversight…

  • UNCTAD warns shipping is entering a period of fragile growth and mounting uncertainty

    UNCTAD warns shipping is entering a period of fragile growth and mounting uncertainty Global shipping is entering a period of fragile growth, rising costs and mounting uncertainty, according to The Review of Maritime Transport 2025 released yesterday by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). After firm growth last year, seaborne trade is expected to stall in…

  • Bulker crew stranded in Nigeria without pay for three months

    Bulker crew stranded in Nigeria without pay for three months The crew of the 2008-built bulker Eleen Armonia has been stranded in Nigeria for more than three months without receiving salaries. According to an email sent to Splash from a crew representative, many crew contracts have already expired, but the owner of the Liberian-flagged vessel…

  • Comoros takes action on dark fleet

    Comoros takes action on dark fleet Israeli maritime analytics firm Windward is reporting that the government of Comoros has begun a clean-out of its international registry, a flag which has been central to sanctions-circumventing dark fleet tankers shipping Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil. There are now 62 tankers, three liquefied petroleum gas carriers and one…

  • Bourbon lines up newbuilds for ExxonMobil in Angola

    Bourbon lines up newbuilds for ExxonMobil in Angola French OSV owner Bourbon has strengthened its long-standing relationship with ExxonMobil in Angola with a five-year charter for newbuild crew transfer vessels. The deal will see Bourbon Mobility deliver tailor-made 34-m crewboats to shuttle personnel between Soyo and Block 15, located around 80 miles offshore. The new…

  • South Africa tightens offshore ship-to-ship rules

    South Africa tightens offshore ship-to-ship rules South Africa has introduced a new regulatory framework for offshore ship-to-ship (STS) transfers, sharply increasing penalties and setting strict environmental conditions in a bid to protect coastal ecosystems and the endangered African penguin. Under regulations signed by minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment, Dr Dion George, transgressors face…

  • Shipping navigates net-zero waters without US support

    Shipping navigates net-zero waters without US support The US decision to go public on its offensive against the International Maritime Organization’s proposed net-zero framework has created considerable debate within the shipping community.  Various ministers within the Donald Trump administration issued a joint statement this week branding the plan a “global carbon tax on Americans” and…

  • Splash Wrap: Flags, fines and fakes

    Splash Wrap: Flags, fines and fakes Sanctions, the shadow fleet, and the many ways authorities are trying to clamp down on this illicit trade kept Splash reporters busy all week, with clear evidence that the dark fleet is growing quicker than the West can contain.  The grey fleet – as tracked by broker BRS –…

  • Hutchison eyes Chinese strategic partner to get $22.8bn ports deal over the line

    Hutchison eyes Chinese strategic partner to get $22.8bn ports deal over the line CK Hutchison, the Hong Kong-based conglomerate, confirmed on Monday that it is in discussions to bring a “major strategic investor” from China into the bidding consortium for its $22.8bn global ports business. The move follows the expiration of a 145-day exclusivity agreement…

  • West Africa now drives one in seven cape cargoes

    West Africa now drives one in seven cape cargoes West Africa now represents 14% of capesize liftings as compared to 6% three years ago, according to new data from Jefferies, an investment bank. The redrawing of the global cape trading map has been driven by strong bauxite export growth, mainly out of Guinea. Cape volumes…

  • Six new Bourbon vessels set to serve Eni’s FLNG projects in Congo

    Six new Bourbon vessels set to serve Eni’s FLNG projects in Congo French offshore vessel player Bourbon has inked a five-year contract with Eni for the renewal of its crewboat fleet with an order for six new vessels. The contract covers the charter of six new S200X-G2 units, scheduled to be commissioned progressively between June…

  • NATO warns of surging state-linked cyber threats targeting ports

    NATO warns of surging state-linked cyber threats targeting ports Ports are facing a deluge of cyber attacks from state-backed hackers, according to a new policy brief from NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). Handling 80% of world trade and underpinning NATO’s logistics chain, ports are now “magnets” for cyber aggression from Russia, Iran,…

  • EU and UK sanction UAE-based operator of the Gabon and Comoros flags

    EU and UK sanction UAE-based operator of the Gabon and Comoros flags The European Union and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Intershipping Services, a UAE-based company that operates the flag registries of Gabon and Comoros, both of which have played a central role in supporting the opaque tanker network transporting sanctioned Russian crude. The move…

  • HD Hyundai eyes Morocco shipyard

    HD Hyundai eyes Morocco shipyard South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is eyeing a strategic leap into North Africa, as it seeks to secure long-term operating rights for Morocco’s flagship Casablanca shipyard. The latest global expansion effort comes at a time when South Korea’s largest shipbuilder aimed faces production bottlenecks at home amid a record…

  • Clarion Group sets sail with launch of Nigerian-owned shipping line

    Clarion Group sets sail with launch of Nigerian-owned shipping line The Clarion Group, a prominent Nigerian logistics and port services firm, has officially entered the regional liner shipping market with the launch of Clarion Shipping. The new shipping line took delivery of its first vessel, the 349 teu Ocean Dragon, on July 3 from China’s…

  • Guinea forms its own shipping line to move booming bauxite exports

    Guinea forms its own shipping line to move booming bauxite exports Bauxite shipping out of West Africa, a fast-growing source of extra tonne-miles for the cape trades, faces headwinds with news from Guinea where the government is vowing to take greater control of the maritime supply chain. Guinea has been the dominant source of bauxite…

  • Splash Wrap: Red Sea attacks lead coverage

    Splash Wrap: Red Sea attacks lead coverage The global shipping industry has been rocked by two deadly attacks this week in the Red Sea, with Yemen’s Houthi rebels launching their first campaign against merchant shipping of the year, sinking two bulk carriers, killing at least three seafarers, wounding others, and reportedly kidnapping crew. A new…

  • New maritime electrification alliance out to change zero-emission game

    New maritime electrification alliance out to change zero-emission game Four maritime associations have launched the Global Alliance for Maritime Electrification (GAME), a coalition of nonprofit organisations looking to accelerate the electrification of maritime transportation. The new alliance will initially focus on inland, nearshore, and commercial vessels and push for zero-emission solutions through coordinated research, policy…

  • Limpet mine threat in the Mediterranean grows

    Limpet mine threat in the Mediterranean grows A series of suspected limpet mine attacks and unexplained blasts targeting commercial tankers in the Mediterranean has reignited concern over the evolving nature of maritime threats.  “These incidents – marked by stealth, ambiguity, and geopolitical undertones – signal a shift in the maritime risk landscape that demands a…

  • Splash Wrap: Trump leads headlines in a calmer week for shipping

    Splash Wrap: Trump leads headlines in a calmer week for shipping Compared to almost every other week of 2025, from a shipping news/geopolitical point of view this week has been comparatively calm. Nevertheless, the word Trump featured in more Splash headlines than any other word once again. The big news at the start of the…

  • Jackup barge sinks in Gulf of Suez, four dead

    Jackup barge sinks in Gulf of Suez, four dead Four crew members died after a jackup barge owned by Saudi oil and gas driller ADES capsized on Tuesday evening, some 300 km south of the Suez Canal. Egyptian authorities said that the incident happened off Ras Ghareb, located on the African side of the Gulf…

  • The week in shipping: Iran dominates the headlines

    The week in shipping: Iran dominates the headlines Starting today, Splash will be bringing readers a weekly wrap to digest the important shipping news of the past few days. This complements Daily Splash, our free newsletter published Monday through Friday, as well as Splash Extra, our monthly digest. Conflict with Iran dominated the headlines in…

  • 2014-built drillship embarks on Eni’s hydrocarbon search in African waters

    2014-built drillship embarks on Eni’s hydrocarbon search in African waters Eni Ghana, a subsidiary of Italy’s energy giant Eni, has kicked off drilling activities off the coast of Ghana with a seventh-generation drillship, which previously worked for the Italian player in Côte d’Ivoire, Africa. The post 2014-built drillship embarks on Eni’s hydrocarbon search in African…

  • Subsea 7 hot streak continues with West Africa contract

    Subsea 7 hot streak continues with West Africa contract Offshore engineering and services player Subsea 7 has announced a third contract award in as many days, this time in West Africa. Under the contract, Subsea7 will be responsible for transporting and installing flexible pipelines, umbilicals, and associated subsea components for the connection of an FPSO…

  • Suez Canal offers discount in bid to lure boxships back

    Suez Canal offers discount in bid to lure boxships back Egypt’s Suez Canal will offer a 15% discount for the next three months on transit fees for containerships of approximately 13,500 teu and above in terms of capacity, to encourage trade back, with recent headlines suggesting the Red Sea shipping crisis is coming to a close. The…

  • Vaalco advances FPSO overhaul and drilling plans off Africa

    Vaalco advances FPSO overhaul and drilling plans off Africa Houston-based Vaalco Energy has provided an update on its exploration agenda offshore Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon. The post Vaalco advances FPSO overhaul and drilling plans off Africa appeared first on Offshore Energy. Dragana Nikše Go to offshore energy biz

  • Valaris bags $135m drillship deal in Africa

    Valaris bags $135m drillship deal in Africa New York-listed offshore driller Valaris has been awarded a five-well contract offshore West Africa for one of its drillships. The contract, awarded to the 2014-built Valaris DS-15 drillship by an undisclosed client, is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2026. Based on an estimated duration of…

  • Russian line founded with focus on West Africa

    Russian line founded with focus on West Africa The former chairman of FESCO has formed a shipping line to provide links between West Africa and Russia. Andrei Severilov, who founded JSC A7 Holding last year, has just debuted A7 African Cargo Lines with a first link set to be established between Novorossiysk and Nigeria’s port…

  • Trump’s tariffs crash world trade forecasts

    Trump’s tariffs crash world trade forecasts Many of shipping’s go-to bodies for trade forecasts are now slashing economic predictions for the year ahead in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariff war.  Creating significant alarm, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has warned global merchandise trade for 2025 could drop by as much as -1.5%, potentially becoming…

  • 54 ships abandoned so far this year

    54 ships abandoned so far this year The scourge of crew abandonment is proving very hard for global administrators to rein in. A total of 54 ships and their crews have been abandoned so far this year, according to data carried by the International Labour Organization (ILO), putting 2025 potentially on track to be the…

  • Contentious late night IMO meeting ends in stalemate

    Contentious late night IMO meeting ends in stalemate Splash has obtained the contentious draft text regarding how shipping will pay for its green transition, with news that a flat levy is very much off the agenda at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). A draft legal text on a package of regulations for the implementation of…

  • Borr Drilling jackup scores 120-day contract in Benin

    Borr Drilling jackup scores 120-day contract in Benin Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Rex International, has hired a Borr Drilling-owned jackup rig for work off Benin. The oil and gas player signed a deal with a Borr Drilling subsidiary for the Gerd jackup, which will be used to work for 120 days. The rig…

  • HD KSOE confirms Angolan suezmax orders

    HD KSOE confirms Angolan suezmax orders HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has firmed up a deal with Sonangol for a pair of suezmax tanker newbuildings. The shipbuilding intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai said in a filing the Angola state-controlled oil company is paying $176m to see the 157,000 dwt duo delivered…

  • Aquaterra wins well intervention work in Nigeria

    Aquaterra wins well intervention work in Nigeria UK-based Aquaterra Energy has secured a multi-year contract with Intrepid Energy Limited to deliver a bespoke subsea well intervention equipment package for a project in Nigeria. The well access package will enable Intrepid Energy to conduct intervention operations across multiple mature oil wells in the region, supporting enhanced…

  • Depressed bunker sales point toward shakier world trade outlook

    Depressed bunker sales point toward shakier world trade outlook The tide has turned for bunker sales and prices, an indication that global seaborne trade is on shakier ground this year.  “Bunker prices tell the tale of a softening market,” broker BRS noted in a new report.  As of yesterday, 0.5% very low sulphur fuel oil…

  • Floating wind still going strong despite US policy turmoil

    Floating wind still going strong despite US policy turmoil The United States’ shift in offshore wind policy is set to create a potential global installation shortfall of 26GW by 2035 as a result, according to TGS’ latest report. The company said in its Quarterly Market Overview Report that the withdrawal of a major market like…

  • Flags of questionable quality grow market share

    Flags of questionable quality grow market share Over 5,000 vessels  – equivalent to 14.5% of the global merchant fleet – operate under registries with less than 10% ratification of International Maritime Organization and the International Labour Organization conventions, increasing exposure to enforcement actions, according to new data from analytics firm Kpler. “Flag risks are increasingly…

  • Capesize tonne-mile uptick seen as Africa outmuscles Australia for iron ore

    Capesize tonne-mile uptick seen as Africa outmuscles Australia for iron ore Iron ore exports out of Africa are set to be one of the great growth drivers of global seaborne trades for the rest of the 2020s, new research from broker SSY shows. Guinea’s Simandou mine alone is set to deliver 60m tonnes of iron…

  • More tankers and dry bulk carriers turn away from the Red Sea

    More tankers and dry bulk carriers turn away from the Red Sea While there have been no attacks by the Houthis from Yemen on merchant shipping this year, shipowners are still giving the Red Sea a wide berth to the consternation of the Suez Canal Authority. Indeed, for shipping’s two largest sectors, the number of…

  • South Africa seeks operator for multipurpose terminal in Durban

    South Africa seeks operator for multipurpose terminal in Durban South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is looking for an operator for a multipurpose terminal in Durban. The state-run ports and freight-rail operator has invited interested parties to submit proposals to design, develop, fund, build, operate, maintain, and transfer the terminal in the Maydon Wharf…

  • Shipping in the crosshairs as trade uncertainty hits all-time high

    Shipping in the crosshairs as trade uncertainty hits all-time high At no point since tracking began on the subject have global trade policies been more uncertain than right now, according to one index developed in the US.  The Trade Policy Uncertainty (TPU) Index (see chart below) developed by four employees at the Federal Reserve Board…

  • Stena Bulk forms Nigerian tanker venture

    Stena Bulk forms Nigerian tanker venture Swedish shipowner Stena Bulk has signed a deal with NNPC Shipping, part of oil producer Nigerian National Petroleum Corp and local integrated offshore support player Caverton Marine for a new tanker joint venture in Nigeria. The deal will create a new tanker operation serving Nigeria and West Africa’s regional…

  • Africa increasingly seen as the next crewing frontier

    Africa increasingly seen as the next crewing frontier With shortages of crew from traditional seafaring sourcing nations, Schulte Group shipmanager BSM has turned to West Africa as its new source of seafarers. Germany’s Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement is diversifying its crew pool by launching a maritime training centre in Ghana, located on the campus of the…

  • Countries registering 70% of global tonnage support a carbon levy

    Countries registering 70% of global tonnage support a carbon levy Two new reports led by UCL Energy Institute and Oceans Research Group show what’s at stake at the upcoming International Maritime Organization (IMO) meetings and in the crucial period in the run-up to the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting set for April. The IMO is…

  • Upcoming ops in Namibia, Angola, Nigeria, and Libya mark oil & gas drilling hotspots across Africa

    Upcoming ops in Namibia, Angola, Nigeria, and Libya mark oil & gas drilling hotspots across Africa African Energy Chamber (AEC), which serves as the voice of the energy sector in Africa, has shed more light on the ongoing and anticipated high-impact drilling campaigns in Namibia, Angola, Nigeria, and Libya. The post Upcoming ops in Namibia,…

  • Equatorial Guinea launching new oil & gas licensing round after six years

    Equatorial Guinea launching new oil & gas licensing round after six years Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons is set to launch a new oil and gas licensing round to up the country’s offshore exploration and production ante. The post Equatorial Guinea launching new oil & gas licensing round after six years appeared first…

  • CMA CGM and AD Ports establish Congo terminal venture

    CMA CGM and AD Ports establish Congo terminal venture French liner giant CMA CGM has reached an agreement with AD Ports Group to jointly develop, manage and operate the new multipurpose terminal at the Port of Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Congo. The deal will see the formation of a joint venture majority-owned…

  • Capes carrying more bauxite than coal for the first time

    Capes carrying more bauxite than coal for the first time China’s remarkable thirst for bauxite to manufacture aluminium has helped prop up cape rates considerably in recent years. Now for the first time, the capesize fleet is carrying more bauxite than coal, according to broker Arrow.  “Volumes from Guinea have surged at the start of…

  • Fastest growing flag data brings shadow fleet into light

    Fastest growing flag data brings shadow fleet into light San Marino, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Comoro Islands, Guinea Bissau and most notably Guinea are the flag states that stand out for their extraordinary fleet growth in the latest data compiled in Clarksons Research’s World Fleet Monitor, statistics that highlight the whack-a-mole game authorities in the West…

  • Batch of onshore and offshore drilling jobs brings $513 million to KCA Deutag

    Batch of onshore and offshore drilling jobs brings $513 million to KCA Deutag KCA Deutag has landed new multimillion-dollar drilling assignments and extensions across the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the UK. The post Batch of onshore and offshore drilling jobs brings $513 million to KCA Deutag appeared first on Offshore Energy. Melisa Cavcic…

  • Dolphin Drilling wins $100m in Nigerian court case

    Dolphin Drilling wins $100m in Nigerian court case Semisub rig owner Dolphin Drilling has won a prolonged court spat with Nigerian oil company General Hydrocarbons Limited over a contract termination. The disagreement between the two companies started in April this year when Dolphin Drilling terminated a contract for the Blackford Dolphin rig with the Nigerian…

  • TotalEnergies adds more time to Northern Drilling semisub deal

    TotalEnergies adds more time to Northern Drilling semisub deal French energy major TotalEnergies has exercised an extension option for Northern Drilling’s semisub Deepsea Mira. John Fredriksen-controlled Northern Ocean, a semisub rig spin-off of Northern Drilling, won the extension back in August. The rig, managed by Odfjell Drilling, has been working in Namibia under a multi-country…

  • FLNG milestone keeps Eni’s next chapter of African LNG story on track (Gallery)

    FLNG milestone keeps Eni’s next chapter of African LNG story on track (Gallery) Eni has made inroads in bringing its new floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit to life in line with its start-up timeline, thus, the unit is still slated to come into operation mode in the fourth quarter of 2025 at the Italian player’s…

  • Bourbon to support exploration drilling off Namibia

    Bourbon to support exploration drilling off Namibia French offshore vessel player Bourbon has been awarded a new fully integrated logistics contract by an oil and gas major to support its exploration campaign and the drilling of its first well off southern Namibia. The contract’s scope covers international shipment and customs clearance of the equipment required…