Cameron welcomes OGUK chief to officially open Aberdeen facility
Oil & Gas UK chief executive Deirdre Michie formally opened the new Aberdeen base for oil services firm Cameron.
Technology
Underwater Centre and Stork combine for new training course
Fort William's Underwater Centre, is working in collaboration with asset integrity multi-national Stork to deliver a new one-day certified course in bolt tensioning for divers.
Petrofac uses Shetland Gas Plant to upskill workers
Petrofac workers based at the Shetland Gas Plant (SGP) have upskilled to become qualified tradesmen thanks to a new training programme partnership.
SGN saves £1million by cracking down on bad driving practices
Gas distribution company SGN is expecting to save in the region of £1million by implementing a driver performance improvement programme across its 2,000-strong fleet.
Subsea UK provides apprenticeships boost to businesses
Subsea UK has launched a new support service to bring fresh, young talent into the subsea sector by making it easier for businesses to recruit apprentices.
Kongsberg Maritime creates European support centre for Seaglider
Kongsberg Maritime has launched a new European support centre for its Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
IWCF launches new online system for well control training
The International Well Control Forum (IWCF), the independent organisation that sets international well control standards, has launched a new online administration system.
Survivex provides safety training package to Nexen
Specialist training provider Survivex has developed a customised safety service package for oil major Nexen.
Training academy helps unemployed back into work
A new training academy aimed at giving people skills to find work in the oil and gas industry has produced its first graduates.
Peak launches well bore tubing tool
Peak Well Systems has developed a tool which can confirm the minimum diameter specification of well bore tubing with the ability to cover a range of services. The company said FlexiDrift consists of a mandrel with two sets of extendable rails that can be manually extended with ease using the adjustment sleeves to the desired radius of the well tubing. When run downhole, the positioning of the extended rails provides the highest radial contact across the widest operating range of required drift sizes.
New test site aims to cut pipeline failures
A unique test facility that can help identify and prevent potentially catastrophic pipeline failures around the world has opened for business. The $1.5 million Technology Development Centre in Houston was created by the PRCI (Pipeline Research Council International). It will helps enable operators and pipeline companies to carry out real world testing of onshore and offshore pipelines in one place and then assess how equipment will perform in extreme conditions.
GE Oil & Gas invests in new riser connectors for the offshore market
GE Oil & Gas has invested in the development of new completion and workover riser connectors for the offshore market. The company said the move will help enable operators in a bid to save rig time during operations. GE Oil & Gas has awarded SRP (Subsea Riser Products) a contract to develop and qualify SRP’s Nimway 510 and Nimway 710 completion and workover riser connectors.
Atlantic Offshore Rescue to unveil Ocean Falcon
Atlantic Offshore Rescue is to unveil the third vessel of its modernisation programme. The standby vessel operator will showcase the Ocean Falcon, which totals £300million, at a ceremony in Aberdeen today. Ocean Falcon is a new H820 design from Havyard Ship Design. It was built and developed in Passai, Spain by Zamakona shipbuilders, in close collaboration with Atlantic Offshore Rescue over an 18 month period.
Atlas Knowledge secures Iraq training contract
Learning solutions provider Atlas Knowledge has signed a deal with the Ministry of Oil and Baghdad Oil Training Institute (BOTI) in Iraq. The contract will enable the firm to deliver safety and technical training to the country’s oil and gas workforce as part of a project sanctioned by the Ministry of Oil’s Department of Training and E-learning.
Plexus Holdings lands £1m deal
Plexus Holdings has secured a new £1 million contract with Premier Oil Norge AS. The contract will enable the Aberdeen-based firm to supply its wellhead technology for an exploration well in Norwegian Central North Sea in August.
Proserv reaches “milestone” in Brazil contract
Energy services firm Proserv has completed the first phase of one of its biggest contracts. The Aberdeen-quartered company has delivered three of nine control systems that will support drill pipe riser (DPR) intervention services at depths of 2,500 metres.
ITB awarded contract from Stork
A competency firm has been awarded a contract to deliver training courses to Stork. The 12-month deal will enable Aberdeen-based ITB company to supply assessor and verifier courses to OPITO standards to more than 80 operatives at Stork. Jenny Stokes, ITB’s managing director and founder, said the move would help create a stronger workforce.
Lloyds Register Energy forms strategic alliance
Lloyd’s Register Energy has formed a strategic alliance with MaxGrip. The move will see the development of a new risk-based inspection (RBI) software module called ‘strEAM+RBI’. The collaboration leverages Lloyd’s Register Energy’s market leading integrity engineering and RBI experience with MaxGrip’s expertise in software development and its strEAM+ framework. It offers a unique software solution that directly embeds into an enterprise’s asset management application, including IBM Maximo, SAP and INFOR EAM. Andy Scott, VP asset integrity services Americas, Lloyd’s Register Energy, said: “Companies operating in asset intensive industries are seeking ways to balance long term decisions with day to day operational challenges.
International Well Control Forum to host Aberdeen workshop next month
International Well Control Forum (IWCF) has announced a workshop and networking event for Aberdeen next month ahead of Offshore Well Intervention Europe 2015. The event will take place on Tuesday April 14, and will focus on the best practices for global safety, new initiatives that are being launched to drive up well control competency, and operators, contractors and service companies will be on hand to explain how to get more involved.
Bureau Veritas supercharges software for oil and gas industry
Global laboratory testing, inspection and certification services firm Bureau Veritas (BV) said today it had "supercharged" its Optimise software to help offshore operators and contractors get more out of their assets and develop projects more cost-effectively. Matthieu de Tugny, senior vice-president and head of offshore, BV, said: "Low and falling energy prices focus attention onto the reliability, availability and maintenance (RAM) of both existing assets and plant and ongoing developments.
Training numbers up 36% at Kongsberg Maritime’s Westhill site
Global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime reports a large increase in the number of people taking part in its training courses. Trainee numbers rose by 26% last year, boosted by a 36% increase for courses at the firm's training centre in Westhill, near Aberdeen.
Sentinel Marine awarded contract for new emergency vessel
Sentinel Marine has been awarded a contract for a new emergency vessel for the Mariner field. The five-year deal with Statoil will enable the Aberdeen-based industry support firm to provide a new emergency response and rescue ship on the Mariner field.
N-sea completes industry first subsea repair operation
Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) specialist N-Sea said today it had used the world’s first "wet repair habitat" to complete a subsea cable repair. The habitat has been developed by Moyle Interconnector for a 500 megawatt cable in the Irish Sea.
Ceona awarded letter of intent for flagship vessel
Surf and subsea contractor Ceona has secured a letter of intent for its flagship field development vessel. Operated by Walter Oil & Gas, the Ceona Amazon will be deployed for the Coelacanth Export Pipeline project which will involve the the installation of an oil and gas line to the new Coelacanth Platform.
Statoil helps students prepare to become “Heroes of Tomorrow”
Months of hard science by budding young students at an Aberdeen school came to an end yesterday when they presented their projects at TechFest last week. TechFest's Heroes of Tomorrow event, sponsored by Statoil, had pupils from S1 to S6 giving short presentations to their families and peers on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).