Health

Bridging the gap: DNV GL launches first standard for classification of offshore gangways

Submitted by Editorial staff on 8th December 2015

08th December 2015

DNV GL has published the first industry standard providing guidance on offshore personnel transfer by gangway.

First-of-its-kind travel risk map launched by International SOS and Control Risks

Submitted by Editorial staff on 7th December 2015

07th December 2015

International SOS and Control Risks have launched Travel Risk Map 2016 to help oil and gas companies better understand the risks in the markets where they operate and travel.

DNV GL helps industry navigate environmental requirements

Submitted by Editorial staff on 16th September 2015

16th September 2015

The recently implemented EU Offshore Safety Directive is now mandatory and requires identification of major environmental incidents (MEIs) and the associated safety and environmental critical elements (SECEs).

International additions to Survivex course portfolio

Submitted by Editorial staff on 10th September 2015

10th September 2015

Energy training provider takes further steps towards growing global reach

New oil spill recovery record

Submitted by Mark Venables on 20th August 2015

20th August 2015

Norwegian offshore player Egersund Group recently set a new oil spill recovery record when its newly developed MOS Sweeper system managed to recover 96.4 percent of oil released in a North Sea exercise.

Enhancing RFID to improve safety and productivity in potentially hazardous areas

Submitted by Editorial staff on 22nd January 2015

22nd January 2015

How the recent introduction of the innovative UNI900 UHF RFID reader/writer for ecom’s i.roc Ci70-Ex handheld computer (PDA) enables new levels of safety and productivity in potentially hazardous locations.

Shell pays out USD 52.9m of compensation to Bodo community in Nigeria following 2008 oil spills

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 7th January 2015

07th January 2015

Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), has today announced a USD 83.2m (GBP 55.0m) settlement agreement with the Bodo community in respect of the two operational spills in 2008

Shell warns of ‘the scourge of oil theft’ after dishing out USD 52.9m to Nigerian community affected by spills in 2008

ExxonMobil committed to Liberia offshore plans despite Ebola crisis

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 27th November 2014

27th November 2014

ExxonMobil committed to Liberia offshore plans despite Ebola crisis

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL), along with its partner ExxonMobil, remains committed to completing its work programme and obligations under the LB 13 amended and restated Production Sharing Contract (PSC) dated March 31, 2013 when the situation in Liberia improves

Blast at Sinopec pipeline kills 55

Submitted by Editorial staff on 27th November 2013

27th November 2013

Pipeline explosion in eastern coastal city of Qingdao kills 55 and injures 136

Remembering incidents, rethinking safety

Submitted by Editorial staff on 7th November 2013

07th November 2013

Remembering incidents, rethinking safety

GL Noble Denton’s executive vice president for the Americas, Arthur Stoddart talks exclusively to Oil & Gas Technology about the evolution of regulation in the UK 25 years after Piper Alpha, changes to the US regulatory framework following Macondo and how experience drawn from major offshore accidents may lead to a more risk-free industry