Fossil Energy
Flying offshore in UK? Size matters.
Step Change in Safety last week announced a size criteria for helicopter passengers travelling to and from offshore installations on the UK Continental Shelf. Do you know what size you are? No? Read on. The criteria came in response to the size restrictions laid out by the Civil Aviation Authority (
Stubborn doors prevent crew transfer in North Sea
A helicopter carrying offshore crew has returned to its base in Aberdeen from a platform in the North Sea after its passenger doors would not open. According to Evening Express, a daily local newspaper serving the city of Aberdeen in Scotland, a CHC-operated Sikorsky S-92 helicopter has returned t
Bourbon orders ControlCutter tech for arctic AHTS
ControlCutter, a company based in Tananger, Norway, has received an order from Bourbon Offshore to equip its new Anchor Handling Tug and Supply (AHTS) vessel with chain cutting technology. According to Offshore.no, a Norwegian news website covering the oil and gas sector, the vessel in question is t
Global Marine in Tampnet Southern North Sea project deal
Global Marine has been awarded a third contract to extend the Tampnet offshore fibre optic network with a new cable linking offshore platforms in the Southern North Sea. This latest signing follows Global Marine’s successful installation of the previous phases of the North Sea project, using cable s
BMT to monitor riser integrity for Saipem in Brazil
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has been selected by Saipem to supply the riser integrity monitoring systems for the Lula Norte and Lula Extremo Sul developments in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Region, Brazil’s largest sedimentary basin. Riser integrity monitoring s
Sinopacific orders deck machinery for 12 vessels
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a new series of deck machinery orders for twelve vessels with the China-based Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group. This builds on a track-record of contracts that now stands at 150 shipsets of equipment successfully delivered and installed at Sinopacific yards. The
Offshore workers should take part in safety talks, PSA Norway says
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the organisation of employee participation at Talisman’s Gyda organisation. The PSA focused in particular on the structures, remits and coordination of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) activities in t
Contracting in the offshore industry – Recent developments
On the 28th of October 2014, The Dutch Offshore Academy is organizing the seminar ‘Contracting in the Offshore Industry – recent developments’. This seminar will take place during the Offshore Energy Exhibition in Amsterdam RAI. This seminar is organized with the corporation of IABLLC, Margetson Van
Norway: September oil production above NPD’s prognosis
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has informed that preliminary production figures for September 2014 indicate an average daily production of about 1 834 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 16 000 barrels per day (about 1 percent) less than in August 2014. Total gas sales were about 7.
Woodside in Cameroon farm-in. Cheetah well scheduled for 2015
Australia’s oil and gas company Woodside has finalised an agreement with Noble Energy and Glencore to farm in to the Tilapia Production Sharing Contract (PSC) off the coast of Cameroon. The 3875 km2 block is located within the Douala Basin, offshore southwest Cameroon in water depths ranging from th
PSA audits Statfjord A safety management
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of the domains of electrical installations, safety instrumented systems and technical safety at Statfjord A platform, in the North Sea. The Statfjord field is in the Tampen area, in the northern part of the
NPD names head of Harstad office
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has appointed Stig-Morten Knutsen (49) as head of the NPD’s Harstad office. His duties will include responsibility for the annual Awards in Pre-defined Areas (APA). He will be part of the management team under exploration director Sissel Eriksen. Knutsen has broad
JDR to supply umbilical for Wintershall’s Ravn field
JDR has won a contract for the design and manufacture of a hybrid power steel umbilical from Wintershall Noordzee B.V. This umbilical will be deployed to the Ravn field development in the North Sea. JDR’s scope of work includes delivery of an 18.2 km umbilical which will provide power and control; c
Wood Group Mustang nabs pre-FEED for Snorre C TLP
Wood Group Mustang has been awarded the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) contract by Statoil for the proposed Snorre C tension leg platform (TLP) to be located on the Norwegian continental shelf. Work is being conducted by Wood Group Mustang and Wood Group Kenny and follows their comple