30 New Jobs to Support Growth at MCS
MCS’ Aberdeen office announced at Subsea 09 today (Wednesday, February 11) that it is embarking on a major growth strategy to increase its employee base by almost 50% in order to meet a burgeoning 2009 order book and significant anticipated growth across all services.
SINGAPORE — Hallin Marine, a Singapore-based subsea solutions provider to the oil and gas industry, took delivery of newbuild subsea operations vessel (SOV) Ullswater, eight weeks later than was originally planned.
See the vessel being launched by clicking here
The vessel was originally scheduled for delivery in December 2008, but due to construction delays at Pan-United Marine Ltd. shipyard in Singapore, delivery was pushed to February 2009.
STRATHSPEY — A musher has earned the nickname of the ‘Flying Scotsman’ following his latest performance in the United States.
Twenty-three-year-old dog sled racer John Stewart finished 10th in The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, the largest sled dog race in the lower 48 states.
SAFETY ALERT NO. 204:
|
||
| Country: AUSTRALIA | ||
| Location: OFFSHORE : Specialist vessel eg diving, construction, survey | ||
| Release Date: — | Time incident occurred: — | |
| Type of Activity: Construction, hook-up, commissioning | ||
| Type of Injury: null | Function: Construction | |
| Applicabale Filter Categories: Weather related | ||
|
|
||
| Recently, a construction vessel was unable to avoid a cyclone because the operator failed to initiate preparations to retrieve anchors and evacuate its location in a timely manner. A tropical low formed 250 nautical miles from the location of the vessel and, inconsistent with the predicted forecast track, approached the vessel. The weather deteriorated and the high winds and seas halted operations to retrieve the anchors, attach tow lines and tow the vessel away from its location to avoid the course of the tropical low which formed into a cyclone. The vessel weathered the storm until its final anchor parted, at which point the vessel was able to make way under its own limited capability to a safe location. Fortunately no one was injured during the incident, although had the cyclone intensified in strength, the outcome could well have been more serious. The incident took place in the Timor Sea, an area sometimes known as the cyclone “nursery” because cyclones typically form there from tropical low pressure systems before heading toward the North West Shelf. On the North West Shelf, sometimes known as cyclone “alley,” it is typically easier to predict the track of cyclones than in the Timor Sea, as they are already established by the time they get to the North West Shelf. | ||
What Went Wrong?:The factors that contributed to the late decision to evacuate include:
|
||
Corrective actions and Recommendations:
|
||
|
|
||
Source Contact:
This alert is being distributed via a partnership between the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (http://www.ogp.org.uk/) and NOPSA (http://www.nopsa.gov.au/). For further information email: alerts [at] nopsa.gov.au and quote Alert 28. OGP Safety Incident Reports http://info.ogp.org.uk/safety/ |
||
by North Sea Company News
StatoilHydro, ExxonMobil Norway and Gassco have received consent to conduct manned underwater operations (MUO) during the period of February 1-December 31, 2009.
The application for consent was submitted by SH on behalf of the Companies. The application relates to MUO to be carried out under a contract between SH and Technip Norge AS (Technip), which runs from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2011.
SARANAC LAKE — Salvage crews face logistical challenges removing a truck that sank in Upper Saranac Lake.
Todd Bissonette, a commercial diver from Lake Placid, helped hook two cables to the front of the submerged vehicle last week.
The plan was to slowly winch the truck up, using a scaffolding structure built around a hole in the ice, he said.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Trico Marine Services, Inc. today announced new contract awards and extensions of certain existing contracts representing over $80 million in value. All of the contracts were with Trico Marine Group’s subsea services company, DeepOcean AS, or its subsea protection company, CTC Marine.
HOUSTON — Comments by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar indicate the Obama Administration may open domestic drilling in some areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). During Salazar’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, he promised to “move forward with a comprehensive energy plan that might include drilling in some areas on the OCS.”
The Executive Director of the Diver Certification Board of Canada, David Parkes, will present the new DCBC certification scheme for ROV Pilot/Technicians on Wednesday March 4, 2009 at Underwater Intervention in New Orleans. David wil describe the development of the scheme and how it will be implemented. Our intent is to generate comments and suggestions for improvement so that the scheme can be finalized in time to launch at the Canadian Underwater Conference in Halifax, NS in September 2009.
http://www.divercertification.com
