Bristow Helicopters Ltd. has secured a new contract with Apache North Sea Ltd. to support its North Sea operations. The contract which has a five-year primary term, with further extension options, will commence on 1 September 2017. Aircraft…
Bristow US was awarded a contract with Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, for medevac and search and rescue (SAR) services in the Gulf of Mexico. Image from Bristow. As part of the contract…
Nine offshore workers are missing and one has died following an accident offshore Azerbaijan, just over a year after dozens were lost in a previous tragedy. High winds of 41m/s caused a 150m high part of the pier on the right and left sides of the oil gathering station of the No…
Austal Ltd. has delivered its second high speed crew transfer vessel this year, to Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO). The 57.6m, all-aluminium catamaran was designed by Incat Crowther and constructed by Austal’s shipyard in the Philippines. It…
A helicopter carrying six people destined for a Chevron platform offshore Angola has crashed, leaving four people dead and two missing. Image from iStock. Cabinda Gulf Oil Co…
Supermajor ExxonMobil and independent Oil Search have taken stakes in two deepwater licenses offshore Papua New Guinea, in the southwest Pacific. The move will see the two firms each take a 40% stake in the PPL 373 and PPL 375 licenses from Gini Energy…
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…
Azerbaijani officials have recovered and identified six people from the Socar platform incident in the Caspian Sea that resulted with dozens missing at sea, and a fire that is still burning. Image of Socar's West Azeri platform…
Woodside Petroleum informed Papua New Guinea-focused Oil Search that it has withdrawn its proposal to merge the businesses. Woodside CEO Peter Coleman. Image from Woodside. This follows the Australian explorer’s US$8…
A search for missing oil workers continues in the Caspian Sea following a fire offshore Azerbaijan that started last week, on 4 December. Socar's West Azeri plaform. Image from Socar's Facebook…
Papua New Guinea-based Oil Search has rejected Woodside’s US$8.1 billion all stock proposal the Australian company made last week. Woodside CEO Peter Coleman. Image from Woodside. Oil…
Woodside confirms that it provided Oil Search a confidential and non-binding proposal to merge through a scheme of arrangement under the Papua New Guinea Companies Act. Woodside is currently engaging with Oil Search in relation to the proposal…
Statoil has opted for Aptomar’s TCMS tactical collaboration and management system at the energy company’s field monitoring centre at Sandsli in Bergen, Norway. Under the contract, Aptomar will provide Statoil with TCMS (Tactical Collaboration and Management System) workstations…
Standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has unveiled its third new vessel in the past 12 months as part of its fleet modernization program, representing an investment totaling £300 million. Ocean Falcon, a new Class A multi role and emergency response and rescue (MRV/ERRV) vessel…
A consortium of three companies has joined forces to bring enhanced oil spill detection and search and rescue capability to the UK North Sea. Using technology developed in Norway, Aptomar, working with Aberdeen's Briggs Environmental Services…
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