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Seadrill Defers Delivery of Drillships from DSME
Seadrill says it is delaying the delivery of two ultra-deepwater drillships from South Korea's DSME.
7:00 PM EST | January 14, 2016
DSME Files Complaint with LMAA Over Songa Offshore's Newbuild Semisubs
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering seeks arbitration for Songa Offshore to compensate the firm for losses incurred due to delays in construction of four semisubs.
8:00 PM EST | July 30, 2015
DNV Launches JIP with South Korean Yards to Reduce Project Cost by 15%
DNV GL launches joint industry project with South Korean yards to reduce project cost by 15 percent.
8:00 PM EST | July 22, 2015
DSME Delivers Songa Equinox Semisub, Newbuild to Work for Statoil in 4Q15
Songa Offshore takes delivery of newbuild Songa Equinox from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea and the semisub will soon head for Norway to work for Statoil at the Troll field.
8:00 PM EST | June 30, 2015
Delivery of Songa Equinox Semisub Delayed by Remedial Work at DSME's Yard
Delivery of Songa Equinox semisub delayed by four weeks as it undergoes remedial work at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering's yard in South Korea.
8:00 PM EST | March 24, 2015
Songa Offshore Expects 'Challenging Year'
Rig operator Songa Offshore expects 2015 to be a 'challenging year' as it expects more rigs to leave the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
7:00 PM EST | February 19, 2015
Douglas-Westwood: 'Offshore EPC - All Change'
DW Monday briefly discusses the realignment in Asia's offshore engineering, procurement and construction landscape.
8:00 PM EST | October 19, 2014
Newbuild Atwood Achiever Mobilizes for Drilling Contract in North Africa
Atwood Oceanics takes delivery of the Atwood Achiever drillship from the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard in South Korea.
8:00 PM EST | September 03, 2014
Inpex Launches Hull of FPSO for Ichthys LNG Project's in DSME's Okpo Yard
Inpex launches hull of the floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Ichthys gas project at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering shipyard in Okpo, South Korea.
8:00 PM EST | July 07, 2014
ABS, DSME to Jointly Develop the Industry's First LNG Fueled Drillship
ABS partners Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to develop the industry's first liquefied natural gas fueled drillship.
8:00 PM EST | July 02, 2014
Odfjell Drilling Expects to Take Delivery of Deepsea Aberdeen in 4Q 2014
Odfjell Drilling expects to take delivery of Deepsea Aberdeen semisub from DSME around November after completing sea trials in August.
8:00 PM EST | June 26, 2014
Petronas Launches Hull of its PFLNG 1 Facility at DSME's Okpo Shipyard
Petronas launches hull of its first floating liquefied natural gas facility at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard in Okpo, South Korea.
8:00 PM EST | April 07, 2014
Ichthys FPSO Keel Laying Commences at DSME's Okpo Yard in South Korea
Inpex announces that keel laying commences at DSME's Okpo yard in South Korea for the floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Ichthys project off Western Australia.
7:00 PM EST | February 19, 2014
Keel Laying Commences for Petronas' PFLNG 1 Facility at DSME's Okpo Yard
Petronas reports that keel laying for the firm's first floating liquefied natural gas floating facility has commenced at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard in Okpo, South Korea.
7:00 PM EST | January 07, 2014
BW Offshore Acquires VLCC from DSME for Future FPSO Project
BW Offshore acquires tanker Blue Opal for $83.4 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., with the vessel to be converted for a future floating production, storage and offloading project.
7:00 PM EST | January 02, 2014
Rig Under Construction Sinks at Daewoo Shipyard in South Korea
A rig under construction at a Daewoo shipyard in South Korea, ordered by Norway's Odfjell Drilling and intended for use by BP, sinks.
7:00 PM EST | December 29, 2013
GE Wins Gina Krog, Elin Subsea Tie-In Contracts
Ocean Installer awards GE Oil & Gas a contract to supply subsea tie-in connection systems that will support the development of the Gina Krog and Eirin gas fields in the Norwegian North Sea.
8:00 PM EST | October 23, 2013
TTS Signs Deal to Supply Drillship Crane Package to DMSE
TTS Group's subsidiary signs contract to supply a drillship crane package to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
8:00 PM EST | August 26, 2013
Seadrill Orders 4 Ultra-Deepwater Drillships
Seadrill orders 4 new ultra-deepwater drillships, worth around $2.4 billion, from South Korea.
8:00 PM EST | July 14, 2013
Petronas Cuts First Steel for FLNG Facility
Construction of Petronas' floating liquefied natural gas facility begins with the cutting of first steel in a South Korean shipyard.
8:00 PM EST | June 25, 2013
Aker and DSME Awarded $1.1B Dagny Contracts by Statoil
Aker Solutions has been selected to supply detailed engineering services to the Dagny platform while DSME will build the platform's topsides.
7:00 PM EST | February 17, 2013
Aker Solutions Wins Drilling Equipment Award for 'Cat D' rigs
Aker Solutions' equipment is for Category D drilling rigs that are purpose made for North Sea operations.
8:00 PM EST | March 27, 2012
Technip Wins Field Development Contract in Danish North Sea
Technip is partnering with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to service the Hejre field development project.
7:00 PM EST | February 27, 2012
Chevron Contracts DSME to Build Platform Offshore Angola
DSME received an order from Chevron to construct an offshore platform for oil and natural gas production.
7:00 PM EST | November 07, 2010
DSME Secures Rig Order for Kazakh Oil Search
DSME recently won a new order for an inland barge from a South Korean consortium led by the state-run Korea National Oil Corporation.
8:00 PM EST | April 15, 2010
DSME, KOGAS Ink MOU to Develop FPSO Equipment Technology
DSME and Korea Gas Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the research and development of a joint project at the Okpo shipyard on September 22th.
8:00 PM EST | September 28, 2009
DSME Launches Pazflor FPSO's Hull
DSME announced that on Sep. 12, the hull of the Pazflor FPSO was launched at No.1 dock. The Pazflor FPSO is scheduled to arrive in Angola in the first half of 2011.
8:00 PM EST | September 14, 2009
Transocean's Discoverer Inspiration Takes Its Name
The third of five Transocean Enhanced Enterprise-Class ultra-deepwater drillships was named the Discoverer Inspiration at a naming ceremony held on July 20, 2009.
8:00 PM EST | July 20, 2009
Converteam to Gear Up 2 Newbuild Drillships for Offshore Brazil Operations
DSME has awarded Converteam contracts to engineer, supply and commission the integrated control systems for two newbuild drillships, which will be contracted to work in the Campos Basin region for Petrobras.
8:00 PM EST | March 16, 2009
Newly Delivered Deepsea Atlantic Gears Up for StatoilHydro
DSME has delivered the Deepsea Atlantic to Odfjell Invest. The rig has a contract with StatoilHydro for the next four years and will undergo trials before commencing its contract in May.
7:00 PM EST | February 05, 2009
Daewoo Bids Adieu to West Aquarius Semisub
On Jan. 30, Seadrill's West Aquarius semisubmersible drilling rig sailed out of Okpo to Indonesia, where she will start to drill a deepwater well for Esso.
7:00 PM EST | February 02, 2009
Deepwater Semisub West Aquarius En Route to Exxon's Indonesian Ops
The deepwater drilling rig West Aquarius is leaving Korean waters for its first drilling assignment in Indonesia, with start-up set for February.
7:00 PM EST | January 15, 2009
HMC Completes Tombua Landana Installation Offshore Angola
HMC's crane vessel Thialf has left the Tombua Landana site in Angola after a successful installation.
7:00 PM EST | January 07, 2009
West Hercules Ready for Installation at Husky Field
The completed semisubmersible drilling rig West Hercules, owned by Seadrill, sailed out of Okpo on October 25 and is on its way to the Husky field of the South China Sea, where it will be installed.
7:00 PM EST | November 03, 2008
West Hercules Sets Sail for Offshore China Ops
Seadrill today took delivery of the deepwater drilling rig West Hercules from the DSME shipyard in South Korea.
8:00 PM EST | October 09, 2008
FAIR Completes Load-Out of Tombua Landana Modules
FAIR completed the loading of two topside modules onto its heavy transport ship Fjord, which will sail from Korea to the Tombua Landana field in Angola.
8:00 PM EST | October 02, 2008
Aker Solutions Seals $35 MM Daewoo Drilling Riser Deal
Aker Solutions has been awarded another contract for a deepwater marine drilling riser by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The contract value is approximately $35 million.
8:00 PM EST | June 04, 2008
Steel Production Begins for New Odfjell Semisub
Odfjell Drilling announced a milestone achievement in Deepsea Atlantic project. The first steel milestone for rig No. 1, Deepsea Atlantic, was reached in line with plan, confirming the project being on schedule.
8:00 PM EST | May 29, 2007