JFD, the subsea operations and engineering company, part of James Fisher and Sons, has launched a new Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA) for commercial divers. According to the company, the bailout system, designed and developed by JFD as part of its Divex range of rebreathers, extends the duration of the supply of emergency breathing gas, delivering… Continue Reading »
A team from the Northern Diving Group is spending a fortnight at the north-western tip of the British Isles dealing with a rich haul of unexploded bombs. Each summer the bomb disposal experts from Faslane decamp to the ranges at Cape Wrath to get rid of high explosives peppering the seabed. The remote ranges, the… Continue Reading »
Osiris has successfully passed an audit with BP Global Diving that sees them reach approved supplier status to carry out surface supplied air and nitrox diving and ROV services within UK and European waters in upstream and downstream projects. The audit took place towards the end of 2014 and was conducted at the Osiris’ head… Continue Reading »
Private equity firm Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the Management Buy-Out (MBO) of Fathom Systems Limited (Fathom). Established in 2005, Fathom provides niche solutions and products to the commercial diving, Remotely Operated Vehicles and underwater engineering sectors. The business now generates a turnover of GBP5 million and employs 36 skilled personnel. The transaction… Continue Reading »
A new organisation has taken up the challenge of representing dive professionals worldwide and across all agencies. The International Association of Dive Professionals (IADP), founded by dynamic dive entrepreneur Henri Hemmerechts, is a non-profit organisation that represents the interests of all diving professionals, regardless of country or affiliation. IADP will act as the united voice… Continue Reading »
On behalf of Michael Shelton of The Shelton Law Firm posted in Maritime Injury on Thursday, October 30, 2014. If you are a commercial scuba diver in Texas or Louisiana, then your job is inherently hazardous, but you are nonetheless entitled by law to a reasonably safe work environment. Safe commercial diving requires proper training, planning, cooperation and adherence to established… Continue Reading »
Danish product tanker carrier TORM A/S and UAE-based Albwardy Marine Engineering (AME), an Albwardy-Damen JV, have signed a Service Level Agreement for diving services in the UAE region. The purpose is to further strengthen their relations and respective commercial reliability. The diving services will be handled from AME’s facilities in Fujairah and include full hull… Continue Reading »
Oil samples have been recovered in the FAN-1 exploration well being drilled offshore Senegal by FAR Ltd and its joint venture partners Cairn Energy PLC (Operator), ConocoPhillips and Petrosen – the Senegalese national oil company. Elevated gas and fluorescence were encountered in a shallow secondary target and the presence of oil was confirmed by an… Continue Reading »
Global oil firms, hit by one of the worst years for discovery in two decades, are about to cut exploration spending, pulling back from frontier areas and jeopardising their future reserves, industry insiders say. Notable exploration failures in high-profile places such as Africa’s west coast, from Angola all the way up to Sierra Leone, have… Continue Reading »
Oilfield services company Weatherford International Ltd said it would cut 7,000 jobs and warned that its fourth-quarter profit would miss its forecast, hurt by severe winter in North America and operational disruptions in the Middle East. The company, which had about 70,000 employees at the end of 2012, said in November profitability at its North… Continue Reading »
