After more than a decade of effective threat-reducing counter-piracy operations the shipping industry has removed the ‘Indian Ocean High Risk Area' (HRA).
A new study reveals that unnecessary growth in the number of processes and procedures and lack of equipment reliability are the biggest concerns for maintenance managers in the oil and gas industry.
Two James Fisher and Sons’ (James Fisher) companies, James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables), trusted technical and operations solutions provider to the offshore renewables industry, and ScanTech Offshore (ScanTech), leading service provider to the global energy market, announce the appointment of Barry Craig to Vice President Renewables – North America.
Berg Propulsion has secured its first new tug order in Türkiye since the opening of Berg Propulsion Eurasia in April 2022 - the entity which has been revitalizing the well-known marine equipment brand regionally. The company has been contracted to provide a range of propulsion and control equipment for a harbor tug to be built at İÇDAŞ Shipyard.
Geochemical data from the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea are now available via the NPD’s Fact pages.
Odfjell Oceanwind develops, owns and operates a fleet of floating Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs). The primary purpose of the MOWUs is to supply electricity to “off-grid” or “micro-grid” consumers.
Safetec UK Limited, a leading provider of risk management, technical safety and environmental consultancy and sustainability services, is planning to recruit after the company recorded sales of £3million in the first half of 2022.
Safetec UK, based at 1 Marischal Square in Aberdeen, has grown in all aspects of its energy consultancy this year.
This company has doubled its workforce in the last year, including a new Risk Management and Reliability Lead, Phil Smith, plus growth in the decommissioning and environmental teams. There have also been appointments in administration and graduate positions.
Babak Alnasser, Managing Director of Safetec UK said: “We’ve surprised ourselves in how much we have achieved in the last three years. Despite a pandemic and energy uncertainty, we’ve been able to grow our team and establish close relationships with major operators, developers and EPC companies, both in the UK and overseas.
“We’ve seen a huge increase in North Sea decommissioning work but also growth in renewables, particularly offshore wind, as well as new energies and net zero areas such as hydrogen and CCUS. Safety and efficiency are two vital components for any company and our flexible and nimble approach, on top of our knowledge, is appealing to organisations across the energy industry.
“We are looking to add another four engineers to the team by the end of the year, to support further strengthening of our safety, risk management and environmental service lines and ongoing projects.”
Process, pipeline and industrial services specialist, WSG, has signaled a new phase of expansion with the acquisition of Australian pre-commissioning, maintenance and shutdown business, Eftech International PTY Ltd.
APA Corporation has announced an oil discovery offshore Suriname at Baja-1 in Block 53 and provided an update on recent drilling operations at Dikkop-1 in Block 58.
Ecochlor is launching a containerized version of the EcoOne® filterless ballast water management system (BWMS). The EcoOne® Container Unit is well suited for Semi-Submersible Rigs, Jack-Up Rigs, Drillships, FPSOs, FSRUs and other vessels with infrequent ballasting operations at medium to high flow rates.
“The EcoOne® Container Unit offers incredible benefits to Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU),” said Andrew Marshall, Ecochlor CEO. “One system can simultaneously serve up to four separate sea chests or quadrants, in the case of the semi-submersible rigs. It also allows for gravity ballasting on uptake and discharge, and has very low power requirements. Plus, a single unit can be easily shared between multiple rigs and/or vessels. This is a great break-through for the offshore market as they have faced difficulty complying with the BWM Convention due to a lack of systems that work reliably and cost-effectively for their unique needs.”
The EcoOne® Container Unit
The EcoOne® Container Unit has a small footprint and does not require filters. Installation requirements below deck and in the pontoons are minimal with only one-way, 1”/DN25 piping. Additionally, the container can be removed while the MODU is stationary, saving valuable deck space.
Join Ecochlor at SMM Hamburg in Exhibition Stand Hall A1.327 for a workshop on, An Introduction to Ecochlor BWMS Advantages for MODUs, on September 7, 2022 at 13:00.
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), an international marine environmental consulting and survey company, today announced the appointment of two key hires to the firm’s rapidly expanding Environmental Data and Geospatial Services (EDGS) team—Vanessa Ward joins CSA from Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection as a Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst, and Cairra Martin takes up the post of GIS Developer, having previously worked at Trimble Inc., a California-based software and technology services company.
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has just signed a sizeable contract with Med Marine in Turkey to deliver 32 high-performance, future-proof US series thrusters for installation on new Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboats.
Petrobras has extended the contracts and awarded new long-term charter and service contracts to Norskan Offshore Ltda. and DOF Subsea Brasil Servicos Ltda. for the vessels; Skandi Chieftain, Skandi Olympia and Skandi Commander. All contracts include vessels and ROVs and are for a period of three years.
Digital technologies from ABB have enabled the harbor tug Maju 510 to become the first vessel in the world to receive Autonomous and Remote-Control Navigation Notation from ABS classification society and first Singapore-flagged vessel to receive the Smart (Autonomous) Notation from MPA.
Facing an energy supply gap due to rapid decline of traditional fossil fuel sources and fast, but not fast enough, growth of renewable energy sources, Huisman has arrived at a solution. The company’s Harsh Environment Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig is aimed at making the extraction of fossil fuels as sustainable as possible while we make the transition to renewable energy.
National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito issued the following statement as President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act:
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