Tag: offshore industry

Offshore investments are expected to rebound from 2021 and oil and gas operators will be looking for yards to build new facilities, according to Rystad. 40% of these contracts are expected to be floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units in the next five years.

DNV GL and Aker BP jointly conducted a pilot project concerning remote inspections on three of their offshore cranes on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. On both installations, crane operators and specialized crane technicians on board the platforms used tablets to take close-up video and pictures based on an agreed checklist of selected safety functions, which were shared with DNV GL’s onshore inspectors.

In an effort to enhance digitalization within the operations,UK Government agreed to invest up to £5.6 million to promote North Angus and Montrose as a clean growth zone where new technologies can be used to improve energy efficiency.

Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Ørsted, and Eversource inked a long-term charter agreement for the provision of the first-ever US-flagged, Jones Act-compliant Service Operations Vessel (SOV).

Norwegian offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), completed its investigation of the incident on West Mira rig where the lower marine riser package (LMRP) was unintentionally disconnected.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on September 25, the extension of a ban until 2032 on oil drilling off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia.

Following the Hurricane Sally in the U.S. Gulf Coast, energy majors along with ports and refiners had no choice but to shut down.

US President Donald Trump, recently inked an order to extend a ban until 2032 on offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida, in an effort to earn support in the state ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) will include from September 1st 2020 remote vessel inspection option as a temporary tool within its Offshore Vessel Inspection Database (OVID), the inspection protocol for offshore vessels.

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority issued an investigation into the problems about the construction of the giant FPSO for Equinor's new Johan Castberg offshore development.