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Equinor Starts Damage Control Ops Following Sleipner B Outage

Oct 23, 2024

Norway's Equinor has started monitoring operations of the Sleipner B platform in the North Sea, following the outage due to smoke development reported in one of its electrical facilities.The emergency vessels Skandi Mongstad and Esvagt Bergen…

German JV Orders Four New Vessels for Offshore Energy Market

Sep 24, 2024

A joint venture between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt has ordered four construction commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) from the Chinese shipyard for offshore wind and wider offshore energy sector.The construction…

OHSUK Secures Two New Helicopters for Offshore Energy Services

Sep 17, 2024

Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHSUK), part of Ultimate Aviation Group, has secured the service in the offshore energy sector for the next decade with two new bespoke multi-million-dollar helicopters, developed with the input from the offshore energy industry…

Johan Castberg FPSO Anchors at Barents Sea Field

Sep 17, 2024

Equinor, the operator of the Johan Castberg field, has anchored the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) unit at the field in in the Barents Sea, which is expected to start producing at the end of 2024.The hook-up of the FPSO to the subsea facilities…

Crew Rescued from OSV That Caught Fire Off South Africa

Sep 13, 2024

Fifteen crew members have been rescued from an offshore supply vessel (OSV) that went up in flames off the coast of South Africa.The fire reportedly broke out and grew out of control in the messroom aboard the Marshall Islands registered vessel AM Pride on Thursday…

First Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall at US Revolution Wind Project

Sep 04, 2024

The first 11 MW Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbine, out of total 65 planned, has been installed at Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the United States.Once in operation, Revolution Wind will have the capacity to generate…

New Emergency Vessel Part of Equinor Plan to Fortify Barents Sea Safety

Aug 27, 2024

Equinor will establish and operate a new area-wide emergency preparedness solution for the southwestern Barents Sea.'Together with the other operators, the authorities and the supply industry, we have through 50years developed the preparedness…

Video: Injured Crewmembers Airlifted from Fire-hit Liftboat in the Gulf of Mexico

Aug 12, 2024

Two crewmembers were medecaved on Sunday after being injured in a fire aboard a U.S.-registered liftboat in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said.At approximately 7:53 p.m. Coast Guard District Eight watchstanders received a notification…

OEG Offshore Inks Deal with Decommissioning Firm for Helifuel Inspection Services

Jul 31, 2024

OEG Offshore has secured a long-term Master Services Agreement (MSA) with a tier 1 well decommissioning company to provide helifuel inspections and aviation support services across the company’s offshore assets.The contract will see OEG Offshore…

Vestas to Pilot Sustainable Aviation Fuel at Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm

May 23, 2024

Danish offshore wind turbine maker Vestas will test the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for helicopters transporting technicians and jack-up vessel crew at the Baltic Eagle Wind Farm in the Baltic Sea.The helicopters will be partly powered…

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