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Hyundai Heavy Wins USD 530 million Drillship Order

To build a new deepwater drillships for Noble Drilling Holding Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's biggest shipyard, today clinched a USD 530 million order to build a new deepwater drillships for Noble Drilling Holding, a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. The order is the second of two options Noble Drilling Holding exercised from the contract the company signed with Hyundai Heavy this January. The order was for two drillships with two options for two more of the same class. The 10th drillship Hyundai Heavy won this year, measuring 229m in length and 36m in width with a maximum drilling depth of 12km from the surface of sea, is scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2014. "Drillships Hyundai Heavy builds presents a variety of technical advantages including optimized ship design and the world's deepest drilling capacity," said Mr. David Williams, Chairman of Noble Drilling Holding. Hyundai Heavy has won orders for 10 drillships this year, the most of any shipbuilder.Chairman of Noble Drilling Holding Mr. David Williams and Senior Executive Vice President & CEO of Hyundai Heavy Mr. Kim Oi-HyunSource: Hyundai Heavy Industries

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BOEMRE holds first post-Macondo Unannounced Spill Drill to test sub-sea containment response

New safety measures include heightened drilling safety standards The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced that the bureau has completed the first unannounced spill drill to test the new requirements of sub-sea containment capabilities for deepwater wells. Led by BOEMRE, the table-top drill, which took place last week, was a joint exercise with the U.S. Coast Guard, the State of Louisiana, and Petrobras America, Inc. The preliminary results of the drill were positive; a final evaluation will follow when analysis of all documentation is completed."We are using many diverse methods, techniques and tools to ensure that oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf are being conducted in the safest and most environmentally-responsible manner," said BOEMRE Director Michael R. Bromwich. "Testing an operator's ability to activate its sub-sea containment resources is one very important tool. The Spill Drill Program can help us validate that operators are appropriate trained in effective containment deployment. It is a natural extension of our enhanced safety and environmental regulations and standards put in place following the Deepwater Horizon tragedy."The Unannounced Spill Drill Program, initiated by the then-Minerals Management Service in 1989, tests an operator's ability to notify the appropriate entities ...

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Hurtigruten fire: how safe is your cruise?

Get the crew to their emergency positions and passengers to their muster stations Ships do sink, as was graphically illustrated in November 2007, when the Gap Adventures' ship Explorer went down in the ice waters of Antarctica, thankfully in calm conditions and with no loss of life.But for captains, the greatest fear is what happened on board a Hurtigruten ship as it was sailing off the coast of Ålesund in Norway earlier today. A fire.It's why during the safety drill held before each cruise - the one people complain about, and talk through - passengers are told never to throw lighted material over the side of the ship and to make sure cigarette butts are extinguished. A smouldering cigarette caused a fire on Star Princess in April 2006 that killed one passenger, injured 11 others and damaged a huge section of the ship.It is too early to know what caused the fire on Nordlys but unconfirmed reports suggest it started in the aft engine room. Tragically two crew have died and eight others have been taken to hospital - four with serious injuries. All other passengers and crew have been evacuated to Ålesund's Rica Parken Hotel.Thankfully incidents like this are ...

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Obama hopes to simplify drilling decisions in Alaska

Industry looks to expand operations in the Arctic President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on federal agencies to better coordinate oil and gas permitting and other regulatory oversight as the industry looks to expand operations in the Arctic and as environmentalists ramp up their opposition.The White House said a federal working group, which will be overseen by Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes, will simplify oil and gas decision-making in Alaska by bringing together federal agencies to collaborate as they evaluate permits and environmental reviews.The working group's formation comes partly in response to criticism about delays in federal air quality and construction permits both onshore and offshore in the Arctic."Time will tell if this working group helps streamline and expedite the process, as I hope it will, or if it adds another level of bureaucracy and red tape," said Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska. "In the meantime, I commend the president for taking a positive step in the right direction."The working group also comes as a coalition of 19 environmental groups announced plans this week to uniformly oppose offshore drilling in the Arctic. The coalition - which includes the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, Greenpeace and the Ocean Conservancy - said the ...

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Help slow down drilling in the Arctic ocean

Arctic Ocean is home to hundreds of thousands of marine animals, The Wilderness Society has a good petition to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar right now on drilling in the Arctic. As it notes, Shell Oil Co. currently has plans to drill up to 10 exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean over the next 2 years. Not cool.It advocates (and I second) that you help protect Arctic Ocean's Beaufort and Chukchi Seas by signing a petition to Secretary Salazar today to "insist that the federal government identifies the threats that oil drilling present to the rich ocean and coastline environment, the wildlife that live there, and the people that depend on it."The petition is available on the Wilderness Society's website.The text of the letter to Secretary Salazar (which can be edited, of course) is:Subject: Comments on the Revised Draft SEIS, Lease Sale 193 Chukchi SeaThe Arctic Ocean is home to hundreds of thousands of marine animals, including seals, walruses, whales and polar bears, and is depended upon by Native villagers for food.Please do not allow drilling in ecologically-critical Arctic waters before basic essential information is gathered and there are proven technologies to clean up spills in the Arctic's icy waters. The ...

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New standards o ddress regulatory nd technical advances in offshore drilling

ABS releases new suite of MODU notations The increased technical sophistication of drill ships and other mobile drilling units, coupled with the greater regulatory oversight of offshore drilling, has spurred ABS to develop a new suite of classification standards and notations intended to provide MODU operators with increased confidence that their operations are being conducted to the highest demonstrable standards.ABS is the leading provider of classification services to the offshore sector, said ABS President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki. We have been talking with the industry, regulators and others with related interests. This has helped us to clearly define existing standards that can be improved, and to also identify those new areas that would benefit from having an independent, third party set of standards that properly address the new technologies that are being incorporated into the latest designs of drillships, semis and jackups.That research has indicated a broad range of both design and operational aspects that warrant additional guidance, according to Ken Richardson, ABS Vice President, Energy Development. Obviously enhanced standards for the classification of drilling systems are key components, he noted, but operators are also looking for a more holistic approach to the maintenance of their assets and we ...

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