A reduced number of technicians currently being transferred to offshore wind farms has led the crew transfer industry, as well as some developers, to start coming up with solutions to mitigate the effects of social distancing measures on energy production. Operations and maintenance (O&M) works have
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for plugging and removal work at the Valhall drilling platform using the Maersk Invincible drilling rig.
OMV is ready to drill an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea following an offshore safety approval for the use of a rig and the receipt of a drilling permit from Norwegian authorities.
UK authorities have approved the plan for the removal of the Petrojarl Banff FPSO and Apollo Spirit FSO from Canadian Natural Resources’ Banff and Kyle fields in the UK sector of the Central North Sea.
Beach Energy has cancelled its proposed Otway development pre-drilling anchoring program, which was under evaluation by Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA).
ConocoPhillips has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Rowan Norway rig on the Ekofisk field offshore Norway.
Three crew members were kidnapped from a tanker at Opobo river mouth, some 27 nautical miles off east of Bonny, Nigeria, on 20 May 2020.
BOEM has selected CSA to review survey data to identify and describe potential hard-bottom areas in US Gulf of Mexico. While much of the GoM seafloor is a soft sediment, there are also hard substrate habitats across the shelf. These hardbottom habitats are often high in biodiversity and biomass, and
Spanish oil company Repsol has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to use the Maersk Inspirer jack-up rig on the Yme field offshore Norway.
A Stolt-Nielsen chemical tanker sustained minor damages over the weekend after armed guards aboard Stolt Apal and pirates engaged in a brief gun battle while the vessel was underway in the Gulf of Aden. Confirming the incident to Offshore Energy, Stolt-Nielsen said that bullets damaged the ship’s br
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has begun working with Siemens Gamesa’s Offshore business unit on training approximately 6,000 employees in developing greater risk awareness to improve safety. The companies partnered to implement DuPont Risk Factor training, as well as group leadership coaching f
Seven people died after an Aframax tanker undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Indonesia caught fire on 11 May 2020.
ECA Group said it has secured a ‘significant’ export contract to modernize robots dedicated to naval mine warfare. This contract, worth around € 20 million will last over 48 months and will allow to modernize the mine clearance capacities of an undisclosed Navy. The evolution of the mine threat in m
Unique Group has merged its expertise in survey and buoyancy technology with Dutch UXO experts Bodac to develop an unexploded ordnance lifting & safe disposal system (UXO-LSDS). The system paves the way for contactless mine recovery. The UXO-LSDS consists of a housing for two 9l, 300 bar composite c
