Due to the amount of interest, and requests from some companies to extend the deadline, the Ministry’s Environmental Tender Audit Committee has announced an extension to the deadline to submit documentation to 27 January 2020.
US$7.25 million has been awarded across eight projects focused on strengthening safety culture in the offshore oil and gas industry.
The target will align Schlumberger with the goals of the Paris Agreement to reduce climate change.
DNV GL will support DNO in enhancing safety, maintaining compliance and reducing its environmental footprint.
The framework agreements cover operation of all the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and onshore plants in Norway.
Two Equinor employees were injured in a serious work-related incident on board the Heimdal platform in the North Sea on 28 November.
With at least 600 000 people worldwide killed or permanently disabled each year, snakebites are the biggest public health crisis that no one has heard of. For projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the oil and gas industry needs to consider the risks of workers being bitten and its corporate social responsibility to support local communities with this silent killer. Remote Medical International, working alongside the Asclepius Snakebite Foundation, have developed proven management and response strategies specific to the threat of snakebites.
As the project’s main automation contractor, Honeywell will deliver all systems, detailed engineering and lead procurement for the integrated control and safety system.
The E5000 will be designed to transfer personnel as well as cargo up to 5000 kg in rough waters offshore.
The agreements will be awarded to Aker Solutions AS, Axess AS, Oceaneering Asset Integrity AS and IKM Operations AS, taking effect from 1 January 2020.
The Witbreak NEO range is inherently biodegradable in seawater.
Swift Technical will support clients with unmanned inspection and detection services, and generally support processes where it is unsafe or inefficient to send humans.
OFFSHORE Energy Union RMT have reacted with concern to an industry report on the safety record on UK oil and gas installations in 2018.
Findings from OGUK’s Health and Safety Report 2019 reveal that offshore helicopter operations were conducted without an accident last year, and the fatal accident rate per 100 000 flying hours dropped to zero for the first time since 2001, despite flying hours increasing by 12% to 77 286 in 2018.
Heavyweight oilfield service providers like Saipem and Baker Hughes are diversifying beyond oil and gas development projects and are moving increasingly into renewable energy projects.