A group of institutional investors holding roughly 13 percent of Venezuela's foreign debt said on Monday it will not back any restructuring plan that does not imply equal treatment for all creditors. The government of President Nicolas Maduro has halted almost all foreign debt payments…
S.D. Standard Drilling, through wholly owned subsidiaries, has agreed to acquire three ST-216L CD platform supply vessels (PSVs) from Volstad Shipping, increasing its fleet to 10 PSVs. The vessels are to be acquired for a total en-bloc consideration of US$40 million…
New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG) entered a deal to secure a 50.01% holding in its Australian subsidiary, Cue Energy Resources. “Our controlling interest in Cue provides diversified exposure to Cue's production and exploration interests in Australia…
North Atlantic Drilling has again extended a newbuild rig contract standstill agreement with Singapore's Sembcorp Marine. Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary Jurung Shipyard has been building the semisubmersible drilling rig West Rigel, on which a standstill agreement had already been put in place…
Ezion Investments (EIPL), a subsidiary of Singapore's Ezion Holdings, has formed a joint venture agreement with Pacific International Offshore (PIO) to work together to provide additional assets to an existing client, a national oil company…
Statoil has agreed to acquire JX Nippon’s 45% equity share in, and operatorship of, the UK license for the Utgard field, which straddles the Norwegian and UK median line. The move will see Statoil increase its holding in the license to 100%…
The board of directors of AVIC International Maritime Holdings (AVIC Maritime) has announced that it has entered into a contract, as a co-seller, for four RoPax vessels with two plus two options with Stena RoRo, a subsidiary of Swedish ship owner…
Ezra Holdings appointed Chan Eng Yew, current chief executive officer (CEO) of TRIYARDS Holdings, as its interim chief financial officer (CFO). Yew will concurrently hold his CEO position in TRIYARDS with his new CFO appointment, and oversee all financial matters relating to Ezra…
Ezion Holdings Ltd. has secured an agreement to jointly market two service rigs being built by a Chinese state owned enterprise to support the offshore windfarm, oil and gas activities in the energy sector, announced Ezion Holdings board of directors…
Ezra Holding appointed group founder Lee Kian Soo as its non-executive chairman after Koh Poh Tiong steps down with effect from 1 February 2016. Soo has been in the shipping and offshore support services industry for more than 40 years…
North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) entered into a standstill agreement, effective until June 2016, with Jurong Shipyard for the delivery of the sixth generation harsh environment semisubmersible drilling rig, the West Rigel. During the standstill period until June 2016…
AVEVA announced that Orgneftekhim Holding, the parent company for a number of Russian engineering institutes and construction and procurement companies, has standardized on AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) for all engineering and design projects…
Swiber Holdings announced that its subsidiary Swiber Offshore Construction (SOCPL) has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore known as Whitmer Offshore (WOPL). The initial issued share capital of WOPL is US$100. WOPL…
Höegh LNG Holdings has signed an FSRU contract with Octopus LNG for the Penco-Lirquén LNG import terminal to be located in Concepción Bay, Chile. The contract is for a period of 20 years and is expected to generate an average annual EBITDA of around US$36 million…
Helix Energy Solutions’ subsidiary Helix Q5000 Holdings S.A.R.L. took delivery of the Q5000 semisubmersible well intervention vessel from Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard on 30 April. In conjunction with delivery of the vessel, Helix Q5000 Holdings S…
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