Next Generation

The present offshore drilling industry is involved in an unprecedented construction and drilling boom. Hundreds of millions of dollars a...

In 2011, LeTourneau Technologies announced it has entered into a contract to furnish a kit and license to Lamprell Energy, Ltd. ("Lam...

Scarabeo 9 is one of the largest offshore drilling rigs in the world. It is the first (and as of 2012 the only) Frigstad Engineering devel...

One of the earliest tasks for the electrical engineer who is designing a power system is to estimate the normal operating rig power plant ...

Offshore rig stability is a complicated aspect of naval architecture which has existed in some form or another for past years. Historicall...

What is a diesel run engine gen-set and how does it differ to the industrial engine on which most are based? The following basically ...

The company has secured a US$300 plus million to build a repeat semisubmersible drilling rig for Brazilian drilling contractor group Queir...

In early 1955 ( before I was born in '59 and I started to work only in 1980, see my blog article on pressure vessel design ), the firs...

A jack-up rig consists of a movable platform which can be jacked up and down the (usually) three supporting legs. The video clip below sho...