Singapore: London Offshore Consultants (LOC) has established a new office in Vietnam, signalling increased expansion in the Asia Pacific region.

Oslo: Offshore deepwater drilling company Seadrill has exercised options for two further jack-up rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co Ltd (DSIC Offshore).

Oslo: Oslo-listed Dolphin Geophysical a two-year-old seismic research company expects its market share to double by 2015.

Dubai: Dubai-based Grandweld has landed a $50m contract to design and build four crane/workboat vessels for Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. The deal, the first new construction contract since...

Singapore: Singapore-based Ezion Holdings has received letters of intent from several multinational companies who are supporting the offshore oil and gas projects in Northern Territory of Australia.

Singapore: Malaysian firms Nam Cheong and Bumi Armada have announced contract agreements worth $130m, with orders for four MPSVs and an option for four more.  

Singapore: Sembmarine's rigbuilding PPL Shipyard has secured a repeat order for a jack-up rig from Malaysian upstream service provider Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Bhd (Perisai).

Houston: Drillship operator Pacific Drilling announced a surge in profits as its four drillship newbuildings from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) come onstream.

Singapore: Ezion Holdings inked a letter of intent with a contract value of around $43.5m over two years to provide a liftboat for a Southeast Asia-based national oil company.

Singapore: Keppel Fels has won three contracts, amounting to $300m, for repeat customers Star Drilling, Ensco and Diamond Offshore.