HSE

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.

The online assessment has been designed to reinforce the competency of roustabouts.

Under the terms of a deal with Petrobras, Weatherford will deliver 24 Optimax™ deep-set safety valves in the next four years.

The valve is designed to create an improved well control solution for cable deployed electric submersible pumps retrofitted to production wells.

The Norwegian contractor, who demonstrated and implemented a best practice CMS covering operations on one of its North Sea assets, achieved the accreditation in under four months.

The Restrata Platform allows operators to quickly locate people in an emergency situation.