From 10 to 13 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Statoil’s use of managed pressure drilling using COSL Innovator on the Troll field. The objective of the activity was to audit that Statoil, the service providers, drilling contractor and other stakeholders, were
A settlement agreement reached last week between the Army Corps of Engineers and Northwest Alloys, Inc., resolves a past permit violation in Longview with a planned purchase of wetland bank credits to make up for wetland impacts from an unauthorized mechanical clearing at a site along the Washington
From 24 March to 18 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s monitoring of major-accident and OHAS risk associated with a modular drilling rig (MDR) in temporary use for well plugging at the Heimdal facility. The objective of the activity was to audit
During its 91st session in November 2012, IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted a number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Among these amendments was the adoption of the new SOLAS regulation II-1/3-12, which requires ships to be constructed
To protect Deventer, Zutphen and the villages on the IJssel River from extreme high water and flooding, an eight-kilometre-long channel is being created between Veessen and Wapenveld. Work will start after the summer on the channel, which can take a maximum of 45% of the water from the IJssel. Scale
From 3 to 25 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s engineering of the Aasta Hansteen spar platform. The objective of the audit was to assess whether Statoil’s and the contractors’ management of detail engineering in the area of OHAS was being carrie
Damen Marine Components (DMC), part of Damen Shipyards Group, has smashed its propeller nozzle world record by 33 percent downwards. This downsizing to an inside diameter of 665 millimetres only – from the previous 1,000 mm ‘entry level model’ – marks a new milestone for DMC’s Optima Nozzle series.
From 5 to 8 May 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS (GDF) on board the Gjøa platform. The objective of the audit was to monitor GDF’s work in complying with its own and the authorities’ requirements for barrier management and follow-up on G
The port of Rotterdam achieved steady results in the first half of the year. Total throughput increased by 0.6% compared to the first half of 2013. Turnover in the first half of 2014 increased by € 8.6 million compared to the first half of 2013. This is primarily due to an increase in revenues from
The Hong Kong Government proposes to allow CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) to install two submarine cables of about 880 metres in length and 150 millimetres in diameter within an area of approximately 1.58 hectares of foreshore and seabed from Liu Ko Ngam to Pak Sha Tau Tsui at Kat O. Curren
A new independent report has revealed the scale of the contribution made by Associated British Port’s (ABP) Port of Southampton both to the regional and national economy. The latest statistics from consultants Arup show that the port contributes £990 million to the UK economy every year, including £
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has reported that the Phoenix South-1 well has successfully set the 9 5/8” casing in the side-track well and is drilling ahead. As at 12:00 hours today the well was drilling ahead at approximately 3,750 meters MD in the final hole section. The primary targets for the Phoe
Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has provided a real-time wellhead fatigue monitoring system for drilling and well testing operations on the Lancaster Discovery, west of Shetland in the UK North Sea. The well operator, Hurricane Energy plc, wanted to check the wellhead fatigue
For (future) decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, offshore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies organises the International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation. The IA
