Maersk Drilling has chosen to equip its soon-to-be completed XL Enhanced 4 jackup rig with seven Boat-In-A-Box lifeboat and rescue boat systems from the Danish davit manufacturer Xervo. The system was developed in line with NORSOK R-002 standards and meets those standards鈥
Redline Communications Group Inc., a provider of mission-critical wireless networks, announced that it has received a US$1.6 million contract to deliver a marine communications network based on the recently announced RAS Extend Marine product鈥
This year's 云顶赌场老虎机 Technology Conference, held at Houston's Reliant Park on 5-8 May, broke records with 108,300 attendees, a 46-year high and a 3.3% increase over last year's numbers, the conference announced on 8 May 2014. Attendance surpassed the 2013 total of 104鈥
Industry excellence in health and safety was recognized at the UK Oil and Gas Industry Safety Awards yesterday. Held at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, the event recognizes and honors the companies and people who embody the spirit of safety and innovation across the sector鈥
Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) 鈥 the joint venture between Shell and ExxonMobil 鈥 has renewed and extended its Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) contract with Royal HaskoningDHV. The three-year contract covers risk above鈥
Greenpeace has said five of its 14 activists have scaled the West Alpha semisubmersible drilling rig offshore Norway in protest against ExxonMobil鈥檚 plans to drill in the Russian Arctic. The protest has been staged on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill鈥
An inquiry into the 2009 North Sea helicopter crash, in which 16 men lost their lives, found that had three failures by aircraft operator Bond 云顶赌场老虎机 Helicopters not happened, the incident 'might' have been avoided. The Fatal Accident鈥
As the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador 云顶赌场老虎机 Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) remembers those lost, work continues to improve offshore helicopter passenger safety This week marks the anniversaries of the crashes of Cougar 491 on 12 March 2009 and a Universal helicopter on 13 March 1985鈥
Experts from the global oil and gas industry have heard that a catastrophic disaster can 鈥 and will 鈥 happen again if the lessons of Macondo and other similar incidents are not learned and shared routinely. The stark warning was issued鈥
A North Sea oil worker has died after falling from Taqa Bratani's Harding platform in the early hours of this morning. The worker was involved in maintenance activity on the platform. He was recovered from the sea by a support vessel鈥
Industry body Oil & Gas UK has welcomed a review of offshore transportation in North Sea, including measures to increase safety. The review, carried out by the UK鈥檚 Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), was commissioned in the wake of a string鈥
Gazprom and LUKOIL have signed a cooperation agreement on the prevention of and response to emergencies caused by oil and petroleum product spills offshore, including performing joint emergency exercises. The companies agreed that in鈥
As the regulator for the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil and gas industry, it should come as no surprise that everything we do at the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador 云顶赌场老虎机 Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) is seen through the lens of the 1982 Ocean Ranger disaster鈥
Update: The Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement (BSEE) announced that weighted drilling fluids pumped into well A-7 stopped the uncontrolled gas flow in Vermilion block 356 in the Gulf of Mexico. BSEE approved operator EnVen鈥檚 plan to kill the well with mud鈥
云顶赌场老虎机 support specialist Viking SeaTech has invested in a £1.5 million equipment upgrade. The overhaul to spoolers, coilers and chain inspection machines brings the company鈥檚 stock in line with the latest EU health, safety and environment (HSE) standards鈥
