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BP and Shell Order Fastwave’s Oil Spill Tracking Buoys

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BP and Shell Order Fastwave’s Oil Spill Tracking Buoys

Australia’s Fastwave has recently received orders on behalf of BP and Shell for its Voyager oil spill tracking buoys.

The orders include provision of Fastwave’s satellite telemetry and data management service.

This was the second tranche of buoys to be supplied to BP, and follows orders from Woodside Energy, ConocoPhillips, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, INC. (CISPRI) and others received this year.

The Voyager provides near-real time tracking of the ocean surface layer and sea-surface temperature, and can be used for hydrocarbon detection when fitted with an optional fluorometer.

The Voyager is part of a suite of subsea and surface oil spill response technologies offered by Fastwave, including Seagliders and autonomous surface vessels such as Wave Gliders.

Former BP Engineer Cleared of Obstruction in Gulf of Mexico Spill

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Former BP Engineer Cleared of Obstruction in Gulf of Mexico Spill

A former BP Plc engineer charged with obstructing justice after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Friday and was sentenced to six months of probation, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman said. Kurt Mix, who had been tasked by BP to analyze the flow rate of oil gushing from its blown-out Macondo well, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval in New Orleans.

Prosecutors accused Mix of deleting hundreds of text and voice messages that may have proven BP lied about how much oil was leaking into the gulf in what became the worst offshore environmental disaster in U.S. history. The engineer was convicted in 2013 on one count of obstructing justice, but Duval later threw out the conviction because of misconduct by the jury foreman.

It was a setback for the Department of Justice’s effort to hold individuals criminally liable for the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and its aftermath. Mix pleaded guilty on Friday to a misdemeanor charge of intentionally damaging a protected computer without authorization. Federal prosecutors dropped an obstruction of justice charge, Mix’s lawyers said.

As part of his plea, Mix admitted to deleting a text message conversation with a co-worker who was also a close friend. The texts were mostly personal and did not include important information about the oil spill, his lawyers said. “The resolution of this case is a vindication of Kurt Mix and an acknowledgement by the Department of Justice that Kurt never acted to obstruct justice,” said his lawyer, Joan McPhee.

“This is a case that never should have been brought.” The Justice Department declined to comment, said spokesman Peter Carr. The sentence of six months of probation and 60 hours of community service was recommended by both the government and defense, he said. The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and triggered an 87-day oil spill. 

 

 

 

 

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Seamec Secures Swiber Charter

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Seamec Secures Swiber Charter

India’s provider of diver support vessel-based diving services, Seamec, has entered into a contract with Singapore-listed EPIC contractor Swiber for the charter hire of vessel Seamec II.

According to Seamec’s BSE notice, the vessel will be undertaking PRP4 & CO26 project in Mumbai High.

Built in 1982, the 95.5 meters long Seamec II is a multi-functional diving support vessel with 300-meter diving system, 100-ton knuckle boom crane and accommodation for 90 persons.

The vessel started mobilization on October 31, 2015 for a contract scheduled for about 142 days.

Seamec estimates the value of the charter to be around USD 17.38 million.

In addition, diving services for this project will be provided by another Singapore-based offshore contractor Kreuz Subsea.

 

 

 

 

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Commercial Diving Training

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Commercial Diving Training

Being a commercial diver is a challenging job. For work, you’ll slip out of this world and enter an underwater world where your skills will help you complete your job and keep you alive.

Commercial dive training is incredibly important. Not only will it help you get a proper job later on, it will give you the skills to be a safe professional.

Dive training starts in the classroom. Academically, you’ll need to have a solid understanding of dive physics, math, medicine, and physiology. It’s important to grasp these skills so that you understand what happens to your body as you dive deep or why and how much time you need to have between dives so that your body functions properly.

You’ll also need to learn about specific dive equipment. This is the stuff that allows you to breath underwater. Full-face masks, dry suits, wetsuits hot water suits, gloves, knives, harnesses, bailout bottles, helmets, weights, and fins are things that you’ll be wearing every time you dive.

 

When you are at work under the sea, you also need to have a solid set of skills for welding, burning, cutting, cleaning, blasting and whatever else you may be doing. This takes specialized equipment like hand tools, hydraulic tools, welding tools, airlifts, lift bags, burning gear, high-pressure tools, cameras, digging equipment, and pneumatic tools. You’ll need to learn how to use these tools in order to successfully complete your job.

As a commercial diver, you’ll be working underwater, but you’ll also be working topside. Topside operations are anything that happens out of the water. On the surface, you need to learn how to work with surface supplied air systems, mix gas like trimix, heliox, or nitrox for deep dives, manage air compressors, take note of the manifolds, communicate with divers, operate hyperbaric chambers to help with any decompression sickness that arises, operate diving bells, or prepare saturation chambers for long term underwater work. Learn about diving air mixeslater on in this section.

Appropriate training is key to being successful as a commercial diver. By earning certain diving certifications, you’ll get a stronger resume and have stronger skills. Certifications come in all aspects of diving. Some certifications are welding, non-destructive testing, HazMat, burning, dive medic, hyperbaric chamber operations, rigging, air systems, and several others.

Check with your dive school of choice to see what certifications they offer.

After you’ve researched commercial dive schools, choose a school with an emphasis in your area of interest. It might be non-destructive testing, salvage, gas mixing, or welding. Check to see that the Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE), the Association of Diving Contractors (ADC), or other respected agencies like the International Diving Schools Association (IDSA), or the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) certify your school of choice to ensure your training meets recognized standards.

Commercial dive training is intense. You’ll need to train for more than a few weeks to really master the skills. Proper training and experience is a must to really be a competent commercial diver. Be sure your commercial dive school can train you to a respected professional level.

 

 

 

 

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UTEC NCS Survey, LDD Secure Wikinger OWF Contract

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UTEC NCS Survey, LDD Secure Wikinger OWF Contract

UTEC NCS Survey has been awarded a contract for heavy lift support services for the Wikinger offshore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea.

The Wikinger offshore wind farm is located 34 kilometers northeast of the island of Rügen and will generate a total capacity of 350 MW.

Partnering with LDD the contract is to deliver, in January 2016, a pile guide frame monitoring system, which will be used for the installation of approximately 70 foundation pile clusters for the subsequent installation of 4-legged jackets for the Wikinger offshore wind farm.

UTEC NCS will be using the heavy lift/renewables internal software package “Groundbase” to monitor the installations.

Crawford Tennant, Regional Manager EMEA stated: “UTEC NCS is delighted to receive this contract award as it supports our commitment to expanding operations in the heavy lift and windfarm survey support sector whilst also offering broader workscopes with our sister companies.”

Mining Jobs Down 4,500; Loss of 2,700 in Oil, Gas Extraction

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Mining Jobs Down 4,500; Loss of 2,700 in Oil, Gas Extraction

Despite the United States adding 271,000 jobs in October, jobs in mining declined by 4,500, with 2,700 job losses in oil and gas extraction and a decline of 1,500 jobs in support activities for mining, according to the jobs report released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The seasonally adjusted figures reveal a continuing trend of a loss in mining jobs for 2015, due in large part to the oil and gas industry’s troubling year because of significantly low commodity prices.

The mining industry has shed 109,000 jobs this year after reaching a recent employment peak in December 2014. Global oil and gas recruiting firm Swift Worldwide Resources estimated in September that the industry had seen more than 200,000 layoffs since crude oil prices began their decline.

And while the consensus among experts, analysts and recruiters in the industry is that the “lower for longer” environment will last through 2016, it’s difficult to trim more jobs after there have been so many layoffs already.

Chris Crawford, president of managing and consulting firm Longnecker & Associates, recently told Rigzone he believed many companies feel they have the right staff to weather the storm for the next 18 months. 

 

 

 

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Ashtead, Blue Ocean in Underwater Glider Agreement

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Ashtead, Blue Ocean in Underwater Glider Agreement

Ashtead Technology has secured a global asset management agreement with Blue Ocean Monitoring to store, maintain and supply underwater gliders for ocean data monitoring.

The deal will see Blue Ocean Monitoring expand its service offering globally with Ashtead providing asset management services and project support from its offices in Aberdeen, Houston and Singapore, the company informed.

Tim Sheehan, commercial director at Ashtead Technology said: “Through this exclusive agreement, Ashtead will hold gliders in each of its bases around the world, from where we will store, maintain and supply them providing our customers with a new, proven technology solution for ocean data collection.

“The gliders can be equipped with a choice of over 40 different sensors, and can be deployed in the water for up to a year at a time.  With two-way satellite communications the gliders can be deployed and controlled anywhere in the world, they are highly weather resilient and have no environmental impact.”

Simon Illingworth, managing director of Blue Ocean Monitoring added: “Initially used extensively for academic and military applications, these gliders are now increasingly being embraced by the oil and gas community for a wide range of purposes.

“Oil and gas applications include pipeline leak detection, oil spill response, decommissioning studies, dredge/construction plume monitoring, environmental monitoring and metocean studies.

“We are delighted to be working with Ashtead and we look forward to strengthening this exciting new partnership going forward.”

 

 

 

 

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Psychology behind the Question: How to Answer Tricky Interview Questions

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Psychology behind the Question: How to Answer Tricky Interview Questions

Anybody who’s ever worked understands the importance of the job interview. No matter how it’s conducted – in person, over the phone or in video format – the job interview is an essential part of the hiring process.

Whether a job candidate has been on one interview or 100 interviews, they can expect to answer several questions – some for which they may be prepared and others for which they may not. And though planning before an interview is key, the job candidate is often at the mercy of the interviewer when it comes to the types of questions that will be asked during an interview.

Occasionally, a job candidate can be caught off guard by a question or simply doesn’t know how to answer a question, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they blew the interview. There’s a reason employers and recruiters ask certain questions during job interviews. Rigzone decided to find out why and also share tips on how to answer the tougher questions.   

Check out this video to see how to answer tricky interview questions! And look for part 2 Wednesday, Nov. 11!

 

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Van Oord to Install Walney Extension Foundations

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Van Oord to Install Walney Extension Foundations

Van Oord has reached an agreement with DONG Energy for the transport and installation of the 87 foundations at Walney Extension offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.

After completion in 2018 the wind farm will deliver sustainable energy to 460,000 households.

The Walney Extension offshore wind farm is located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the Walney Island coast in Cumbria. The wind farm will consist of 87 wind turbines: 40 Vestas and 47 Siemens wind turbines with a total capacity of 660 MW.

Van Oord will transport the foundations, monopiles and transition pieces from the various suppliers in Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom and then install the foundations at the offshore wind farm site. The installation work will start in spring 2017, the company informed.

Johan van Wijland, Managing Director of Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects said: “After signing the contract for the transport and installation of the foundations for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm earlier this year, we are proud that DONG is again showing its appreciation for our approach to constructing offshore wind projects. Both companies are experienced in the field and feel that cooperating on two succeeding projects will enable us to optimise our work methods even further, as well as to gain from each other’s know-how and experience and thus to contribute to the further development of offshore wind energy as reliable renewable energy source.”

BP Signs Agreement to Speed up Atoll Field Development

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BP Signs Agreement to Speed up Atoll Field Development

BP announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement with the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum to accelerate the development of the Atoll gas discovery, located in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta, offshore Egypt.

Full field development of Atoll, which is estimated to hold 1.5 trillion cubic feet of gas resources and 31 million barrels of condensates, is expected to consist of two phases. The first phase will consist of two development wells tied back to existing infrastructure, with production expected to start up in 2018. Success of this first phase is expected to trigger additional investment and further wells to increase production.

Commenting on the agreement, BP Group Chief Executive Bob Dudley commented in a company statement:

“We are pleased to be making rapid progress towards the development of Atoll less than eight months after the announcement of its discovery. This is further demonstration of our continued confidence in Egypt, a key growth area for BP, and our commitment to continue to invest to unlock its energy potential.” 

The development of Atoll will be executed and operated by Pharaonic Petroleum Co, BP’s joint venture with EGAS and Eni. 

 

 

 

 

 

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