A new publication to help guide the growing use offshore of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) – also known as drones - has been published by Oil & Gas UK. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operations Management Standards and Guidelines were developed by a work group set up by the trade body…
An investigation has been launched into a fire that broke out on an oil production platform in the US Gulf of Mexico yesterday. Image from the USCG Twitter. The fire was on Renaissance…
Optime Subsea Services has signed a contract with an undisclosed US-based customer to supply a new hyperbaric testing system that simulates hydrostatic pressures found at water depths up to 14,000m. The 20,000psi hyperbaric pressure vessel…
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said it is to keep in place a ban on use of Super Puma helicopters despite a European move to allow the unit back into service. The ban on the Airbus Helicopters' Super Puma EC225LP and AS332L2 aircraft followed a crash at Turøy…
Orga, design and manufacture of helideck lighting systems, announced that its Circle-H touchdown positioning and heliport identification marking (TD/PM) system has been certified by CAA International (CAAi) to all UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) CAP 437 standards…
Navigational aids specialist Pharos Marine Sims Systems has completed the design, manufacture and installation of a bespoke solar navigation aid system for Shell's Brent Delta platform in the North Sea. The Great Yarmouth-based firm completed…
Bristow Helicopters Nigeria announced a new dedicated helicopter rescue and recovery (RRS) service for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry to provide critical life-saving assistance currently not available in the country’s aviation landscape. The new service is expected to launch in August 2016…
The Super Puma helicopter crash which killed 11 offshore staff and two helicopter pilots in Norway was sudden, catastrophic and developed in just seconds, according to a preliminary report by Norway's Accident Investigation Board, released today…
Following the double-digit fatality involving a CHC-operated Norwegian Super Puma helicopter at the end of April, UK and Norwegian Civil Aviation Authorities have implemented restrictions on two helicopter types that will prevent operators from using it for commercial flights…
BP has renewed its contract with Asco for its Norwegian operations. The supply services contract will be delivered across Norway, providing support in Tananger and Farsund, as well as further services in the northerly base of Sandnessjøen…
Bristow Group has invested US$4.2 million in Sky-Futures, drone inspection data services provider for the oil and gas industry, giving Bristow immediate entry to the fast-growing UAV services business. Image from Sky-Futures…
Sky-Futures, the provider of drone inspection services for the global oil and gas industry, completed the first ever oil and gas inspection by drone in the Gulf of Mexico last week for a global oil and gas service and drilling company. Drone…
ITC Global, a provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, has announced that it has been awarded two multi-million dollar contracts, each spanning three years, to provide remote offshore communications to five floating production…
US-based Era Group’s Brazilian joint venture Aeróleo Taxi Aero received notification from Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) that Petrobras will cancel the ongoing tender process for heavy and medium helicopters, leaving the helicopter with a potential workforce reduction…
The Coast Guard Sector New Orleans responded to a report of a natural gas pipeline fire, 25mi south of Marsh Island on Wednesday (26 August). Watchstanders at the Coast Guard received notification at 8:30 p.m. that a natural gas pipeline had ruptured and was on fire…
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