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COSL Innovator: Learning from the accident, making sure it never happens again
October 17, 2016 – Waves are like snowflakes, and no two snowflakes are alike…
DredgingToday.com Podcast: Global Dredging Perspective
Welcome to the second DredgingToday.com Podcast, with our host Rosie Moth of RedMeters.com. In this episode we will be discussing the global dredging perspective with the Secretary General of the International Association of Dredging Companies, Rene Kolman, and Technical Consultant Murray Leach. The
Interview with Polarcus CEO: What’s ahead for marine seismic?
Rod Starr (photo) was named the CEO of Polarcus, a marine geophysical company, in February 2015, at the time when the oil price was slightly over $50 a barrel, down from over a $100 in mid-2014, after having spent years at TGS-NOPEC (TGS), another Oslo-listed seismic company. We caught him on the ph
DredgingToday.com Podcast: WODCON XXI
Welcome to the first DredgingToday.com Podcast, with our host Rosie Moth of RedMeters.com. In this episode we will be discussing last week’s World Dredging Congress & Exposition (WODCON) dredging conference with industry experts: Jay Wise of Kruse Integration, Steve Rutherford of Caterpillar Industr
Interview with offshore diver/photographer
Offshore Energy Today has interviewed Mr. Christian Schachta, a commercial diver working in the offshore oil and gas industry. The reason we talked to Christian is the fact that apart from being a diver, he is also an outstanding photographer. OET: So Christian, tell us something about yourself? W
ACCOMMODATION VESSELS: THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE
The concept of using vessels as hotels, or floatels, accommodation vessels, or recently, SOVs, or whatever name you give them, has been available in the market for a while. With some of the current and more future projects being built further at sea in harsher sea states this concept is now gaining
ACCOMMODATION VESSELS: THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE
The concept of using vessels as hotels, or floatels, accommodation vessels, or recently, SOVs, or whatever name you give them, has been available in the market for a while. With some of the current and more future projects being built further at sea in harsher sea states this concept is now gaining
Interview: Industry downturn is an excellent time to be preparing for HPHT developments
Offshore Energy Today has interviewed Mr. Ian Penman, Senior Global Technical Advisor with Halliburton’s Completion Tools. He has over 25 years experience in completions globally in Operations, Business Development and Technology roles, for HPHT applications. We discussed HPHT and uHPHT developments
The vision of Pieter van Oossanen
Although he reached the retirement age some time ago, and the management has been taken over, dr. Ir. Pieter van Oossanen is still committed to the company he founded 23 years ago and cannot resist looking over the shoulders of the company’s employees: “I come to the office three afternoons per week
BP’s Dudley: Gas to be No.1 fuel during this century
Bob Dudley, CEO of British Petroleum was at the World Gas Conference in Paris yesterday where he delivered a speech, predicting that natural gas, the fastest growing fossil fuel, will surpass oil in becoming world’s number one fuel during this century. He spoke about gas through three ‘S’s – suffici
Hybrid Rotortug – the Well Cultivated Green Tug Revolution
On 26 November 2014 Elisabeth Ltd of Malta took delivery of the latest addition to their fleet of (Rotor-) tugs, which happens to be the first new ART 80-32 Hybrid Rotortug. This tug, named RT Evolution, was built by Damen Shipyards of Hardinxveld-Giessendam, the Netherlands and designed by an allia
2015 Offshore Achievement Awards winners
The offshore energy industry’s companies were recognised last night, Thursday, March 12, at the 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA), with Gordon Ballard, chairman of Schlumberger UK, receiving the Significant Achievement accolade. Great Large Company and Great Small Company were awarded to Proser
Seven Waves Every Seventh Wave is Higher
Seven Waves, a ‘flex-lay’ pipe laying vessel, is the latest addition to the Subsea 7 fleet. The vessel is designed and built by IHC Merwede, whilst the pipe-laying equipment and cranes were developed and installed by Huisman. It will initially be used in the Brazilian territorial waters to support t
Wind farm support vessels: The lifeblood of a wind farm
There are some blunt facts about wind farm support vessels and some of them do not make pleasant reading. In the past four years there have been many wind farm support vessels built, some for existing companies and some for new companies. At the time they were ordered the prospects looked good with
Wind farm support vessels: The lifeblood of a wind farm
There are some blunt facts about wind farm support vessels and some of them do not make pleasant reading. In the past four years there have been many wind farm support vessels built, some for existing companies and some for new companies. At the time they were ordered the prospects looked good with