Shell Australia is taking safety to new heights with its new helicopter operated by CHC, to help with any rescue efforts needed offshore Australia. In this video, Shell shows a training run of new helicopter with a trained rescue…
North Sea oil and gas operators have committed to fund a search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service, supplementing national SAR cover for parts of the Central North Sea. The participating companies have awarded Bond Offshore Helicopters a US$88…
Update: 17 February 2015 - BW Offshore has confirmed that the death toll has now risen to six after an explosion on the the company's Cidade São Mateus FPSO offshore Brazil. The body of one of the previously four missing Brazilian…
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), confirmed in a statement that four employees died in a platform accident on 23 October. According to SOCAR's statement, 'The dead bodies of three of the four employees, missing after…
3M added two rescue devices to its personal safety portfolio to help protect people working at height. The 3M and DEUS Escape and Rescue Systemenable workers to steadily control their descent from heights up to 590ft. The easy-to-use…
The US Coast Guard announced that the first launch and landing of an unmanned aircraft system from an icebreaker occurred on the flight deck of the USCGC Healy on 18 August in Arctic waters. The aircraft is being evaluated to determine…
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued a notice yesterday containing updated requirements for emergency response cooperation plans and requirements for emergency response and search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopter operations relating to offshore renewable energy installations (OREIs)…
Aberdeen-based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned a US $9.88million vessel for a long-term charter with Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd. Thirty new jobs have been created as a result of the new vessel, Ocean Tay…
Following a competitive tender process, Bristow Helicopters Ltd. has a significant new contract to provide helicopter transportation services to BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. The contract has a five-year term, with an option to extend…
Malaysia-based offshore oilfield services firm Bumi Armada Berhad has been awarded three contracts by LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft LLC to provide three Ice-Class vessels to service offshore platforms in the Filanovsky field, in the Caspian Sea…
The Kursk tragedy in 2000 identified a need for a Russian submarine rescue ship after 118 sailors and officers perished when the nuclear-powered, cruise-missile submarine sank in the Barents Sea. As a response, the Russian Admiralty is constructing the Igor Belousov…
Ten bodies have been recovered during a rescue operation off the coast of Nigeria after a tugboat contracted by Chevron sank on May 26, 2013. According to Chevron, the Jascon-4 capsized and sank while supporting a tanker loading at SBM 3…
Transocean’s ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig, Sedco Express (EXS), was working offshore Nigeria for customer ENI when it received news of a nearby fuel tanker on fire. What ensued that day showed the company’s core value of safety in action…
US Coast Guard PhotoAfter 100 hours of search and rescue efforts, Black Elk Energy has ended its search for a missing worker who vanished following an explosion at its production platform offshore Louisiana on Friday, the company announced on 20 November…
New software developed by naval architects and marine engineering consultants Safety at Sea to address the International Maritime Organization's challenging regulations on a ship's safe return offers potential for aspects of offshore vessel design…
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